Dow declines 3.36 points ( -0.02 %) to settle at 17,526.62.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 0.42 points ( +0.02 %) and is now at 2,047.63.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 23.39 points ( +0.50 %) close at 4,739.12.

Oil settles at $47.90 ( -0.85 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,258.50 ( -1.25 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.88%. The interest rate of the yield has increased ( +0.12 %), 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 47.00 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 45.94 %. Volume is 09.28 % % 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 40.70 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 50.80 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 00.68 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 01.68 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is -02.87 %.

The median forward PE is at 14.51, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.48 % and average yield is 01.80 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 1.80. The PEGY Ratio of 1.80 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 06.64 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 94.56 (1.07; 01.14 %)
  2. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 697.45 (2.18; 00.31 %)
  3. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) at 47.18 (-1.39;-02.86 %)
  4. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 117.65 (0.30; 00.26 %)
  5. Target Corp. (TGT) at 68.00 (-5.61;-07.62 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (GBSN) at 3.65 (1.92; 110.98 %)
  2. inContact, Inc. (SAAS) at 13.83 (4.82; 53.50 %)
  3. Castlight Health, Inc. (CSLT) at 4.05 (0.85; 26.56 %)
  4. Alliqua BioMedical, Inc. (ALQA) at 1.14 (0.22; 23.91 %)
  5. ChemoCentryx, Inc. (CCXI) at 4.77 (0.92; 23.90 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (MGT) at 2.62 (-1.53;-36.87 %)
  2. Top Image Systems Ltd. (TISA) at 1.91 (-0.53;-21.72 %)
  3. Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) at 11.56 (-2.61;-18.42 %)
  4. Venaxis, Inc. (APPY) at 3.63 (-0.80;-18.06 %)
  5. Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (CYTX) at 2.87 (-0.46;-13.81 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed May 18 15:00:01 MDT 2016)


  1. Viacom stops paying Sumner Redstone’s salary
  2. Fed rate hike odds rise for June
  3. Change the channel on Pandora?
  4. The party is over for hedge funds
  5. T.J. Maxx plans to open thousands of new stores
  6. ‘House of Cards’ star demanded equal pay
  7. New overtime rules: How it may impact your pay
  8. The best jokes from the networks’ upfronts this week
  9. Test-driving the dating app for the outdoors-y
  10. CBS slammed for lack of diversity
  11. This bet isn’t sexy but might be smart
  12. Clinton or Trump mean debt, deficits
  13. Consumer prices see biggest gain in 3 years
  14. Robin Wright demands equal pay
  15. American kids are getting their fill of alcohol ads
  16. Ben & Jerry’s flavored politics
  17. Priciest diamond ever auctioned
  18. Cisco shares pop 5% on earnings beat, positive guidance
  19. Disrupting death: Becoming a mushroom patch
  20. Elon Musk: Tesla paid $55 an hour to paint-factory builders
  21. Fed rate hike will juice economy, stocks: Jim Paulsen
  22. Fed likely to hike in June if data improve: Minutes
  23. For homebuilders, new regs hurt
  24. Former Saks CEO: Retailers must transform
  25. Google reveals Google Home, to launch later this year
  26. Big insurer sues US over missed Obamacare payments
  27. Investors fear this ‘fourth mistake’
  28. L Brands reports mixed quarter
  29. Lending: Club loses capital and interns
  30. Cuban: Trump gets this wrong
  31. Millions more Americans to get OT
  32. Rate hike odds spike after Fed minutes
  33. Herjavec: Biz climate is good, but…
  34. A Tesla Model 3 sedan, its first car aimed at the mass market, is
  35. Hot: Trump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices
  36. CNN’s ‘Great Big’ digital investment
  37. Wells Fargo, JPMorgan strategists break with Goldman’s gloomy stock

As of: Wed May 18 15:10:03 MDT 2016

Dow declines -3.36 points (-0.02%) to end at 17,526.62: Wednesday May 18, 2016
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