Dow declines 253.25 points ( -1.43 %) to settle at 17,495.84.
The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 31.18 points ( -1.50 %) and is now at 2,041.89.
The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 68.58 points ( -1.35 %) closing at 5,002.55.
Oil settles at $34.75 ( -0.57 % from last trading day.)
Gold is now at $1,050.50 ( +0.09 % from previous.)
The 10 year bond yield is at 2.24%. The interest rate of the yield has decreased ( -0.05 %), meaning that the value of the bond has increased. Decreasing bond yield means that the value of the bond increases and benefits bond holders but can discourage people from putting money in bonds.
The percentage of advancing stocks in the InvestDashboard.com stock universe is at 25.68 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 68.32 %. Volume is 06.60 % % from the average. Higher volume means there is higher conviction in this (down) move.
The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 30.23 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 34.16 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.
There are 00.36 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 03.45 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.
The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is 01.52 %.
The median forward PE is at 15.49, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 13.09 % and average yield is 02.14 %.
The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.11. The PEGY Ratio of 2.11 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!
The average short percent of float is at 06.87 %.
The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:
- Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 108.98 (-2.36;-02.12 %)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 670.65 (-5.12;-00.76 %)
- Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) at 55.70 (-0.43;-00.77 %)
- Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 106.22 (-0.57;-00.53 %)
- Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 122.51 (-0.13;-00.11 %)
The winners with above average volume are:
- ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (RWLK) at 11.00 (5.00; 83.33 %)
- MYOS Corporation (MYOS) at 2.68 (0.97; 56.73 %)
- Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. (MNRK) at 17.01 (4.85; 39.88 %)
- American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) at 5.88 (1.67; 39.67 %)
- Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (WMLP) at 5.15 (1.37; 36.24 %)
The losers with above average volume are:
- Teekay Corporation (TK) at 7.27 (-10.22;-58.43 %)
- Teekay Offshore Partners LP (TOO) at 3.76 (-4.04;-51.79 %)
- Teekay LNG Partners LP. (TGP) at 9.01 (-9.37;-50.98 %)
- CHC Group Ltd. (HELI) at 5.01 (-1.93;-27.81 %)
- EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (EPRS) at 2.78 (-0.91;-24.66 %)
Most Recent Financial News (Updated Thu Dec 17 15:00:01 MST 2015)
- Mortgage rates are NOT going up now, but…
- Yellen: Fed won’t kill the U.S. economy’s return
- PayPal doubles paid leave for new moms
- Busting 3 myths on how to play the Fed rate hike
- Prosecutor: Drug CEO ran firm like Ponzi scheme
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- Tim Cook shakes up Apple’s management
- Fed done, now traders look for rally
- Rave reviews for ‘The Force Awakens’
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- Fed hike no biggie for mortgages
- Art Cashin: Why the Fed raised rates
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- Banks haven’t raised deposit rates
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- Fed move doesn’t quash volatility
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- Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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- Red Hat shares rise as earnings come in ahead of estimates
- Treasury yields finish lower as foreign investors scoop up
- U.S. stocks snap 3-day win streak as oil sinks to below $35
- U.S. stocks tumble as oil falls to 7-year lows
- Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump ‘outstanding and talented’
- Take a look at the out-of-favor parts of the market.
- Resistance levels are important, but investors can’t afford to
- The upside breakout will be shelved if the sellers get the upper
- With the Fed out of the way, look for traders to be active into
- Watch everything follow now.
- ACN’s chart is pointed up, but the OBV line hasn’t confirmed price
- What would a Brexit mean for U.S. investors?
- Prices could keep falling toward the next chart support area
- It will take a real and large production collapse to end the
- We expect prices to work lower from their current $34 to $40
- The long-term and short-term charts of FedEx are not healthy.
- I expect Ford to continue its downward trend in the near term.
- Slow down and stay calm when a position starts to go awry.
- Understandably, there’s been a lull in this space in 2015.
- It’s unclear whether the market can get into the holiday spirit
- I would not be surprised to see it above $230 at the end of 2016.
- The SEC charged the controversial health care CEO with committing
- This news is incrementally positive, as it assembles a
- Fed action and possibility of more hikes brings urgency.
- Watch for a close below $169, as this is likely to get traders to
- When compared to potential cost of losing Stern’s services, it was
- A decline to $85 could be the first sign of an anticipated
- Some reconciliation is in order for the stocks that have been
- Here’s a closer look at what happens to the stock market — and to
- Bill Gross argues that central banks are behaving like casinos,
- Residential real estate continues to do well, although some
- Will Ben Bernanke’s positive reputation survive turmoil or an
- A Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey predicts the Federal
- Expedia Is on the Brink of a Breakout
- Mc: Donald’s Is Headed for a Deep Pullback
- The merits of quantitative easing in the post-crisis era are still
- A lot has happened in the year and change since the Fed brought an
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- General Mills had a challenging quarter in its cereal business,
- JPMorgan Is Ready to Break Out and Rally
- The largest industrial company in the U.S. expects to overcome
- This industrial blue chip might not be as sexy as, say, Apple, but
- Unlike in the U.S. when it first launched, Apple will have major
- Avon (AVP) stock is advancing as the company will sell 80.1% of
- Now that the Federal Reserve’s initial rate liftoff has taken
- It’s a question of whether you still believe, even despite the
- Driverless technology and smartphones could create a new model for
- Focus on the Federal Reserve’s rate hike fades on Thursday as
- By delivering exposure to the upside while limiting downside risk,
- Health care investors in 2016 will need to be more selective about
- When the Fed raised interest rates this week, Chair Janet Yellen
- Wireless carrier T-Mobile was one of seven companies to be added
- Technicals suggest a decline worse than 2007-2009 should dominate
- The deal will give AstraZeneca a potential blockbuster cancer
- It’s not Communism. Call it capitalism with a big difference:
- Apple has named a new executive to the long-vacant post of chief
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- Fed Rally Fizzles as Crude Oil Skids
- 2015 was a rough year for specialty retailers as online giants like