Dow appreciates 304.06 points ( +1.85 %) to settle at 16,776.43.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 35.69 points ( +1.83 %) and is now at 1,987.05.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 73.48 points ( +1.56 %) close at 4,781.26.

Oil settles at $46.32 ( +0.13 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,135.30 ( -0.20 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 2.06%. The interest rate of the yield has increased ( +0.07 %), 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 80.66 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 14.61 %. Volume is 09.84 % % from the average. Higher volume means there is higher conviction in this (up) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 47.11 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 27.27 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.

There are 00.99 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.35 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -02.24 %.

The median forward PE is at 14.71, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 13.91 % and average yield is 01.73 %.

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 06.89 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 110.78 (0.40; 00.36 %)
  2. The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) at 46.31 (1.86; 04.18 %)
  3. General Electric Company (GE) at 26.82 (1.35; 05.30 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 94.01 (1.94; 02.11 %)
  5. Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 111.25 (5.14; 04.84 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CTRV) at 4.72 (2.61; 123.70 %)
  2. China Housing and Land Development, Inc. (CHLN) at 2.48 (0.97; 64.24 %)
  3. Willbros Group Inc. (WG) at 1.86 (0.44; 30.99 %)
  4. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) at 1.02 (0.21; 25.93 %)
  5. USMD Holdings, Inc. (USMD) at 9.06 (1.81; 24.97 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Cadiz Inc. (CDZI) at 4.91 (-2.99;-37.85 %)
  2. Cemtrex Inc. (CETX) at 2.87 (-0.44;-13.29 %)
  3. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) at 163.46 (-18.86;-10.34 %)
  4. Vicon Industries, Inc. (VII) at 1.52 (-0.16;-09.52 %)
  5. AtriCure, Inc. (ATRC) at 20.47 (-1.98;-08.82 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Mon Oct 5 15:00:01 MDT 2015)


  1. How the mortgage process just changed
  2. TPP trade deal: What you need to know
  3. Cheerios recalls 1.8 million gluten-free boxes
  4. Alaska Airlines loses its CEO’s bags
  5. Best soda companies you’ve never heard of
  6. Don’t look now. But stocks are on fire again
  7. Gun stocks are doing way better than Apple
  8. Advice for GOP candidates: Care about the poor
  9. World poverty rate to fall below 10% for the first time
  10. MSNBC has new roles for Steve Kornacki and Alex Wagner
  11. Key: Why the ‘Trans-Pacific Partnership’ deal matters
  12. Why the IPO market is a mess right now
  13. Hotels get crowdfunding kick
  14. Alphabet rises in midday trade
  15. A $4.52 fee every single time you do this
  16. Hope you like Transformers films
  17. Bernanke: No hurry to hike
  18. Bernanke’s legacy: Fed did too much?
  19. Ken Griffin heads to divorce court
  20. Data hack at 7 Trump hotels confirmed
  21. Disney considers Uber-pricing model for theme park
  22. Ellen Kullman, chairman and chief executive officer of DuPont Co.
  23. Yikes: General Mills recalls 1.8M Cheerios boxes
  24. A longer mortgage process
  25. Global slump causes this hedge fund to shut down
  26. I’m selling the rally’here’s why: Trader
  27. Is the annual pay raise dead?
  28. What to expect from Microsoft’s Windows 10 event
  29. American Apparel files for bankruptcy
  30. Pinterest adds 3 e-commerce platforms
  31. Silicon Valley vs Los Angeles for VC
  32. SC hit by deadly ‘1,000-year’ floods
  33. Supreme Court has bad news for Madoff victims
  34. Expect this fourth quarter surprise: Strategist
  35. Volkswagen admits rigging of 8M cars in EU: Report
  36. GOPers’ obsession with Reagan
  37. These 7 stocks tend to blast the competition in Q4 USAToday
  38. Why my company is on a hiring spree
  39. 12 of the most compelling Apollo moon mission images from
  40. Arena Pharma shares tick higher as CEO retires
  41. Container Store Q2 misses EPS, sales estimates; narrows
  42. Du: Pont CEO Ellen Kullman steps down
  43. Du: Pont reduces outlook and announces departure of CEO, shares
  44. General Mills to recall Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios due to
  45. Gold may be on verge of ‘breakout’ higher as ETF holdings rise
  46. How bad news on Wall Street can be good news
  47. Illumina’s stock plunges after disappointing sales outlook
  48. Just like TV, business will run on apps in the future
  49. This app makes it ‘less awkward’ to loan friends money. Is
  50. Treasury’s Jacob Lew to use IMF/World Bank meeting to call on
  51. Xtera Communications files for IPO
  52. The charts of WEC, GXP and EIX are worth a look.
  53. This stock’s chart has entered some troubling territory.
  54. Tech stock is up 10% in a week, but looks ready to move higher.
  55. Biotechnology and medical-related names aren’t holding up as well.
  56. After a two-year base pattern, the stock is showing some life
  57. Short-term interest rates will rise — at some point before the
  58. But it isn’t easy to invest when pessimism is high.
  59. A classic bullish divergence in technicals points to a turning
  60. The rally today appears to be an upside breakout from its sideways
  61. Technicals show the stock should take the path of least
  62. With no top in sight, we remain bulls on this name.
  63. The charts look in gear for the auto-parts seller, breaking out on
  64. And Mattel may not be feeling too playful these days.
  65. There are some big-name winners, but this tide is lifting a number
  66. Or why investors shouldn’t even try to time the market.
  67. 10 Stocks Billionaire David Einhorn Is Buying
  68. 7 Big Dividend Stocks Billionaire John Paulson Loves
  69. 5 Big Stocks to Trade for Big Gains
  70. 5 Breakout Stocks Under $10 Set to Soar
  71. With the slump in commodity prices you should avoid
  72. Boeing’s backlog looks fragile because of the economic slowdown in
  73. Pepsi: Co (PEP) reports earnings Tuesday morning. Judging from past
  74. It’s easy to have a shortsighted view of personal finance in your
  75. In the competitive supermarket aisles, a 102-year-old consumer
  76. The U.S. has relied too much on the Fed to drive its recovery from
  77. Will Jack Dorsey’s return improve Twitter’s stock? In the short
  78. Women are just as likely as men, and in some instances even lead
  79. Packaged food giant General Mills is a high-quality businesses
  80. Microsoft (MSFT) stock is Monday’s ‘Chart of the Day.’
  81. When money is tight, consumers often turn to various debt sources
  82. Volkswagen’s investigation into a cheating scandal connected to
  83. Auto: Zone has one of the strongest buyback programs out there,
  84. Victims are vulnerable to identity theft.
  85. Last quarter’s decline of the U.S. dollar against the euro could
  86. These stocks have both short-term gain catalysts and longer-term
  87. Will moving on from arguably the greatest catastrophe in the U.S.
  88. These heavily shorted stocks could get squeezed much higher if
  89. Using cash to settle the debt was MannKind’s worst-case option
  90. With its 1% stake, activist fund Trian is urging the industrial
  91. Shares of Alphabet started trading on Monday, but consumers — and
  92. Stocks extend big gains into the final hour of trading Monday,
  93. Tony Sagami, editor of Rational Bear, points out that U.S.
  94. These stocks rising on unusual volume are within range of
  95. Unusual volume can be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum
  96. Trian’s Nelson Peltz, who engaged in a bruising proxy fight with
  97. Arne’s army stands down as his second in command takes over to
  98. Micron investors should consider the stock a buy on weakness as a
  99. Living in one of these vacation destinations may sound like a
  100. Major retailers are switching to EMV systems that increase the
  101. Wall Street welcomes big gains, and a 2015 winning streak, to kick
  102. Wynn Resorts (WYNN) stock is up in late afternoon trading on
  103. The market’s late summer squall carried over into September, but

As of: Mon Oct 5 15:10:02 MDT 2015

Dow appreciates +304.06 points (1.85%) to end at 16,776.43: Monday October 05, 2015
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