Dow appreciates 228.67 points ( +1.40 %) to settle at 16,620.66.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 27.72 points ( +1.45 %) and is now at 1,945.50.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 66.18 points ( +1.47 %) close at 4,570.61.

Oil settles at $31.43 ( -0.16 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,209.30 ( -0.07 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.77%. 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 72.02 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 22.16 %. Volume is -01.64 % % from the average. Lower volume means there is lower conviction in this (up) move.

The percent of stocks above the 50 Day Moving Average is 52.52 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 26.67 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.

There are 00.91 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.40 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -09.12 %.

The median forward PE is at 13.93, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.41 % and average yield is 02.56 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.95. The PEGY Ratio of 1.95 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 07.01 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 107.16 (2.59; 02.48 %)
  2. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 96.88 (0.84; 00.87 %)
  3. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 559.50 (24.60; 04.60 %)
  4. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
  5. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) at 75.92 (-9.07;-10.67 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Parnell Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd. (PARN) at 2.86 (0.73; 34.27 %)
  2. Industrial Services of America, Inc. (IDSA) at 1.68 (0.38; 29.23 %)
  3. Eco-Stim Energy Solutions, Inc. (ESES) at 2.59 (0.54; 26.34 %)
  4. Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (ECTE) at 1.25 (0.26; 26.26 %)
  5. Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. (OMEX) at 3.07 (0.55; 21.83 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Chimerix, Inc. (CMRX) at 4.55 (-3.08;-40.37 %)
  2. Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (LL) at 11.40 (-2.81;-19.77 %)
  3. CPS Technologies Corp. (CPSH) at 1.49 (-0.34;-18.58 %)
  4. Empire Resorts Inc. (NYNY) at 14.59 (-3.08;-17.43 %)
  5. Proteon Therapeutics Inc (PRTO) at 6.01 (-0.97;-13.90 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Mon Feb 22 15:00:01 MST 2016)


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  2. Apple promises privacy – but not on iCloud
  3. I’ve lost over $200,000 on Puerto Rican bonds
  4. Will Marissa Mayer be Yahoo’s last CEO?
  5. Oil producers are selling stocks big time
  6. U.S. recession fears fade after market rally
  7. Ford CEO: Our ‘customers own their data’
  8. Hollywood is a ‘white boy’s club,’ says study
  9. Carl Icahn faces cash crunch due to bad oil bets
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  11. Calif.’s Obamacare insurers see shift
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  13. Is this the ‘Bad Goldilocks’ economy?
  14. ‘Black Girls Code’ aims to reboot diversity in tech
  15. Deere lowers 2016 income outlook
  16. Mester: Economy ‘solid,’ hikes ahead
  17. Meet the upstarts taking aim at Uber
  18. Why Nordstrom shares tumbled
  19. America’s economic gap isn’t closing fast enough
  20. Wow: Poll: Apple should unlock terror iPhone Re/code
  21. BHP Billiton reports $5.67B loss, cuts dividend
  22. Boeing taps veteran Muilenburg as new board chair
  23. ECB ready to do more: Bank of Finland governor
  24. El-Badri: OPEC to work with non-OPEC producers
  25. Fitbit signs and traders at the NYSE during their IPO, June 18,
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  27. Now: Honeywell, United Technologies held talks: Sources
  28. Are markets out of the woods? Watch this, not that
  29. Maserati enters luxury SUV market
  30. More tech giants take on the feds
  31. Owners clueless on home equity: Study
  32. Thai princess gets $40K toilet built
  33. Time to bet on India: Wells Fargo’s Jacobsen
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  35. Must: Two more signs a recession could be coming
  36. US oil producers buckling up for cuts
  37. Kashkari’s bank crackdown is dangerous
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  39. BHP Billiton posts record 1H loss, cuts dividend
  40. U.S. stocks close higher as oil soars
  41. Fitbit tanks as weak outlook overshadows better-than-expected
  42. Fitbit warns product launches to weigh on results
  43. In 1992, Biden urged president to wait until after election on
  44. Mark Zuckerberg ‘sympathetic with Apple’ in FBI encryption
  45. Nasdaq readies for its next leg upward
  46. Sen. McCaskill says she has breast cancer
  47. Sovereign-wealth funds could pull another $404 billion out of
  48. Ted Cruz asks spokesman to resign over false Rubio Bible video
  49. Tenet Heathcare shares down 8% after results
  50. Texas Roadhouse fourth-quarter profit jumps 12%
  51. U.S., Russia agree to enforce Syria cease-fire starting
  52. U.S. stocks close higher as oil prices surge
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  55. The expected decline should take prices down into longer-term
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  62. Companies that own farmland look like good long-term plays.
  63. Last week, BMO Capital Markets said several bank stocks were
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  65. The best thing to come out of the current situation globally will
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  68. Genuine Parts, P&G, Stanley Black & Decker and PepsiCo have been
  69. The oil sector and banking stocks are lifting markets today.
  70. Nice market gains, but few opportunities.
  71. When it comes to investing in health care, hedge fund pro John
  72. Nordstrom (JWN) shares will make another big rally, but then
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  75. When Target announces earnings on Feb. 24, here is what investors
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  77. Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) stock is higher alongside oil and copper
  78. Instead of just unveiling the S7 and the S7 Edge to combat the
  79. Scott Devitt, an analyst at research firm Stifel, downgraded his
  80. Stocks maintain their highs by mid-afternoon Monday as crude oil
  81. Restaurant stocks can pay off for investors, if they choose
  82. Defense to repayment claims may leave ED vulnerable to loan
  83. A positive opinion on Amicus’ migalastat Thursday or Friday will
  84. This oil and gas driller is barely keeping its head above the
  85. These heavily shorted stocks could get squeezed much higher if
  86. CSX shares are rallying on Monday after Bank of America/Merrill
  87. Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google (under parent company
  88. With FCA’s market capitalization at only $8 billion, the company
  89. Facebook (FB) stock is up this afternoon after creating a team
  90. These stocks are seeing big trading volume today. Here’s what to
  91. Clorox (CLX) stock is the top consumer pick for Jim Cramer, who
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  93. Jim Cramer is avoiding cyclical trades like Freeport McMoRan and
  94. United Technologies (UTX) stock is up this afternoon on a possible
  95. A healthy pullback will produce a low-risk buying opportunity for
  96. The: Street’s Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer is
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As of: Mon Feb 22 15:10:03 MST 2016

Dow appreciates +228.67 points (1.40%) to end at 16,620.66: Monday February 22, 2016
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