Dow declines 50.58 points ( -0.31 %) to settle at 16,279.89.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 3.98 points ( -0.20 %) and is now at 1,938.76.

The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 3.98 points ( -0.08 %) closing at 4,752.74.

Oil settles at $44.73 ( +0.56 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,129.50 ( -0.18 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 2.14%. The interest rate of the yield has increased ( +0.02 %), meaning that the value of the bond has decreased. Increasing bond yield means that the value of the bond decreases and hurts bond holders but can encourage people to put more money in bonds for the higher yield.

The percentage of advancing stocks in the InvestDashboard.com stock universe is at 37.72 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 56.89 %. Volume is -16.56 % % from the average. Lower volume means there is lower conviction in this (down) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 30.14 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 26.01 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.

There are 00.45 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 05.40 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -00.80 %.

The median forward PE is at 14.74, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 13.79 % and average yield is 01.74 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.87. The PEGY Ratio of 1.87 says market is on the more expensive side, but not a more extreme expensive valuation (PEGY of greater than 2.)

The average short percent of float is at 06.72 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 114.32 (0.92; 00.81 %)
  2. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 93.97 (1.01; 01.09 %)
  3. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) at 60.00 (-1.90;-03.07 %)
  4. Bank of America Corporation (BAC) at 15.72 (0.15; 00.96 %)
  5. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) at 536.07 (-2.33;-00.43 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (CANF) at 5.24 (1.20; 29.70 %)
  2. Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CNCE) at 22.46 (4.22; 23.14 %)
  3. CVSL Inc. (CVSL) at 2.79 (0.47; 20.26 %)
  4. MYOS Corporation (MYOS) at 2.50 (0.40; 19.05 %)
  5. Evoke Pharma, Inc. (EVOK) at 3.50 (0.56; 19.05 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Summit Midstream Partners, LP (SMLP) at 17.52 (-3.89;-18.17 %)
  2. Cemtrex Inc. (CETX) at 3.61 (-0.72;-16.63 %)
  3. OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OGXI) at 2.50 (-0.42;-14.38 %)
  4. Diana Containerships Inc. (DCIX) at 1.29 (-0.19;-12.84 %)
  5. Baytex Energy Corp. (BTE) at 3.41 (-0.50;-12.79 %)

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As of: Wed Sep 23 15:10:02 MDT 2015

Dow declines -50.58 points (-0.31%) to end at 16,279.89: Wednesday September 23, 2015
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