Dow appreciates 145.46 points ( +0.82 %) to settle at 17,851.51.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 14.48 points ( +0.70 %) and is now at 2,090.54.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 33.83 points ( +0.70 %) close at 4,894.89.

Oil settles at $49.70 ( +0.28 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,224.60 ( +0.07 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.87%. The interest rate of the yield has increased ( +0.01 %), 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 60.23 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 32.83 %. Volume is 01.56 % % 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 55.32 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 60.30 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 01.40 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.30 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -02.67 %.

The median forward PE is at 14.91, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.76 % and average yield is 01.81 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.83. The PEGY Ratio of 1.83 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 06.48 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 99.62 (1.72; 01.76 %)
  2. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) at 75.59 (-5.53;-06.82 %)
  3. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 117.89 (0.19; 00.16 %)
  5. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 708.35 (4.15; 00.59 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. QC Holdings, Inc. (QCCO) at 1.03 (0.34; 49.28 %)
  2. Innocoll Holdings plc (INNL) at 10.51 (3.40; 47.82 %)
  3. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) at 50.65 (15.00; 42.08 %)
  4. Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (BCEI) at 2.63 (0.57; 27.67 %)
  5. Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (OPXA) at 3.29 (0.71; 27.52 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (MGT) at 2.24 (-0.61;-21.40 %)
  2. China Distance Education Holdings Limited (DL) at 11.33 (-2.11;-15.70 %)
  3. Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited (CLWT) at 1.80 (-0.30;-14.29 %)
  4. TimkenSteel Corporation (TMST) at 9.08 (-1.40;-13.36 %)
  5. DeVry Education Group Inc. (DV) at 17.57 (-2.63;-13.02 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed May 25 14:30:02 MDT 2016)


  1. Trump rooted for housing crash. I lost everything
  2. Here’s Zuckerberg’s plan to do major construction
  3. Warning sign: China’s currency at 5-year low
  4. Is Peter Thiel funding Hogan’s Gawker case?
  5. 5 scammers arrested in IRS impersonation scheme
  6. Disney nixes happiest currency on Earth
  7. How I graduated from college debt-free
  8. The housing market is suddenly hot again
  9. Immigrant dreams of finding cures for diseases
  10. Jury doesn’t buy CIA story, convicts man for $17M
  11. The expense busting your summer travel budget
  12. Fed has a surprise in store this summer
  13. Obamacare customers were asked how they like it. Here’s what they said
  14. June rate hike appropriate: Harker
  15. 18 years in, Tilson looks to his next 50
  16. 5,000-year-old beer recipe found in last place archaeologists expected
  17. Apple CEO jokes about Ye Olde iPhone
  18. China wants to influence Taiwan. Too bad
  19. Cramer: This is day one of a rally
  20. Jeter: Why I want to own an MLB team
  21. Facebook has new free-speech problem
  22. Facebook tops Apple as tech darling
  23. Mortgage applications up 2.3%
  24. HP shares fall as company reports mixed quarter
  25. Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court
  26. A longer-term threat lurks for Tiffany
  27. Whoa: Man takes ‘autopilot’ literally, snoozes behind wheel of
  28. This looming change in the S&P 500 has Wall Street on edge
  29. Salesforce on a tear as stock hits record high
  30. The $400,000 private jet of vans
  31. How one biz rebounded from near failure
  32. This may be a great time to bet on the market rising

As of: Wed May 25 15:10:02 MDT 2016

Dow appreciates +145.46 points (0.82%) to end at 17,851.51: Wednesday May 25, 2016
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