Dow appreciates 120.81 points ( +0.69 %) to settle at 17,602.30.
The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 8.99 points ( +0.44 %) and is now at 2,049.58.
The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 20.66 points ( +0.43 %) close at 4,795.65.
Oil settles at $39.32 ( -0.30 % from last trading day.)
Gold is now at $1,255.60 ( +0.10 % from previous.)
The 10 year bond yield is at 1.87%. The interest rate of the yield has decreased ( -0.03 %), 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 59.03 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 34.89 %. Volume is 47.76 % % 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 78.93 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 48.45 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in a downtrend and not yet oversold.
There are 01.60 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.38 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.
The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -03.44 %.
The median forward PE is at 14.68, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.63 % and average yield is 02.04 %.
The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.90. The PEGY Ratio of 1.90 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 07.03 %.
The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:
- Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 105.92 (0.12; 00.11 %)
- Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 111.45 (0.43; 00.39 %)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 552.08 (-7.36;-01.32 %)
- Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) at 53.49 (-1.17;-02.14 %)
- The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) at 83.15 (0.40; 00.48 %)
The winners with above average volume are:
- Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) at 1.53 (0.37; 31.90 %)
- China HGS Real Estate Inc. (HGSH) at 1.99 (0.45; 29.22 %)
- Oncothyreon Inc (ONTY) at 1.29 (0.28; 27.72 %)
- Central Federal Corp. (CFBK) at 1.45 (0.25; 20.83 %)
- North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) at 3.91 (0.65; 19.94 %)
The losers with above average volume are:
- Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc. (CBAY) at 1.30 (-0.40;-23.53 %)
- Enduro Royalty Trust (NDRO) at 2.76 (-0.83;-23.12 %)
- EXCO Resources Inc. (XCO) at 1.05 (-0.31;-22.79 %)
- Paragon Shipping Inc. (PRGN) at 1.39 (-0.41;-22.78 %)
- Rex Energy Corporation (REXX) at 1.19 (-0.34;-22.22 %)
Most Recent Financial News (Updated Fri Mar 18 15:00:01 MDT 2016)
- 50,000 college students could lose scholarships
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- Cleaners and handymen get equity at startup
- The Top 1% haven’t recovered yet, either
- Chinese firm snatches Starwood from Marriott
- Why Mark Zuckerberg is getting criticized in Beijing
- This glass can bend in half without shattering
- The clock is ticking on Aeropostale
- Why Beyonce & Jay Z like these bikes
- What to expect at Monday’s Apple event
- Rural US hit hard by OD deaths
- Wall Street checks out of coal mines
- Why you didn’t get that raise
- Job openings rise in January
- Dentists get busy after holiday
- The Dow hasn’t done this since 1933
- Ben Bernanke
- Reigning beer label champ advances
- Which FANG stocks scream opportunity?
- Fed’s Bullard: Low rates may be causing low inflation
- Here’s how the GOP could stop Trump
- Hillary fundraiser will not be held at Theranos
- How a city took its time and remade its economy
- Siegel: These forces will keep markets stable
- Poof! There went the brackets
- Would you pull a #familyfirst?
- Northeast may get foot of snow on 1st day of spring
- Oil is going back to $49 ‘ ‘get on board’: Trader
- Paris suspect Abdeslam captured in raid: Belgian PM
- Must: More food delivery apps to bite the dust
- Spotify, NMPA in ‘landmark’ royalties deal
- Investors confused, why it’s good
- Teen retailer’s shares halved
- This CEO gave $10M in cash to employees
- What analysts expect from Apple
- A decline back below $18 in XME would turn the short-term chart
- After closely tracking Jabil Circuit’s movement, there is no
- A strong close above $11 on XRX could set the stage to make it a
- Why this week was more important than it felt.
- If going short, give upside momentum plenty of room and wait for
- PS4 sales are leading the Sony turnaround one year after
- The tech giant recently tapped Goldman Sachs in another effort to
- ETN could advance to the mid-$60s before running into some
- Our price objective for EMR is in the low $80s.
- The company appears to be a key industrial player as China intends
- To make a sale? We will probably trade sideways around current
- Stock screens based on three market gurus’ theories favor the
- Restoration Hardware’s moving averages remain in a bearish
- We expect some resistance in the $65 area.
- There is speculation that the central banks planned a coordinated
- Two beaten-down stocks that have won big.
- Selloffs on Fed hikes will be temporary, offering good entry
- We are beginning to see some bullish signals in Timken’s charts,
- The Canadian buyer has been looking for ways to expand after the
- U.S. stocks are set for their fourth straight week of gains.
- Less than 20% of the S&P 500 components that bought back stock did
- Facebook has all the aces to step into the TV broadcast arena.
- Assets under management in the alternative investment sector are
- Investors who say the Federal Reserve is behind the curve seem to
- Owning ‘consumption’ stocks can be a wildly profitable strategy.
- New government research shows heightened supervision may not hurt
- Beverage giant PepsiCo has finally entered a surging space —
- Trans: Canada (TRP) stock is slipping in midday trading on Friday
- Political pressure on Capitol Hill has been clobbering biotechs,
- Michaels Companies (MIK) stock rallied on better-than-expected
- There’s a fair amount of optimism surrounding Apple’s big event
- Stocks edge higher on Friday as crude oil extends its 2016 records
- Starwood (HOT) stock is higher this morning after agreeing to be
- Dividend growth investing doesn’t need bombastic endorsements. The
- Jim Cramer points out that Adobe (ADBE) stock is rallying to new
- Sensing technology for braking a key enabler for other autonomous
- This fast-growing software firm is underappreciated by investors,
- Twitter (TWTR) must improve its customer service in order to boost
- Trans: Canada acquired Columbia Pipeline for roughly $13 billion to
- The power of the Federal Reserve and other central banks has
- Stocks wiped away their losses for 2016 on Friday thanks to some
- Don’t get seduced by high yields that aren’t sustainable. Here’s a
- Children’s Place beat earnings estimates on Tuesday and the stock
- Stocks pare gains by mid-afternoon Friday as crude reverses
- Survey points to a rise in loan balances that top $100,000; $120k
- Jim Cramer takes a look at another hot sector, this time covering
- The renowned aircraft manufacturer has stumbled recently but its
- Jim Cramer likes home improvement stocks and Stanley Black &
- The biotech sector is showing encouraging signs that a significant
- There’s no reason to take profits in Verizon or PayPal, the home
- Want to support your favorite charity without all the pain of
- Brian White of Drexel Hamilton is a big fan of Apple, Oracle,
- Wall Street’s Best Streak Since October
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