Dow appreciates 41.23 points ( +0.23 %) to settle at 18,355.00.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index appreciates 6.76 points ( +0.31 %) and is now at 2,163.79.

The tech heavy Nasdaq went up 22.01 points ( +0.43 %) close at 5,159.74.

Oil settles at $41.11 ( +0.69 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,364.30 ( -0.03 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 1.54%. 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 63.53 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 30.91 %. Volume is 02.82 % % 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 64.17 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 70.07 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 01.25 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.31 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is 03.70 %.

The median forward PE is at 15.76, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.68 % and average yield is 01.64 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.06. The PEGY Ratio of 2.06 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!

The average short percent of float is at 06.56 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 105.79 (1.31; 01.25 %)
  2. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at 754.64 (-5.94;-00.78 %)
  3. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 122.51 (-0.58;-00.47 %)
  4. Biogen Inc. (BIIB) at 321.34 (-8.77;-02.66 %)
  5. Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) at 256.85 (-0.15;-00.06 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. Magellan Petroleum Corporation (MPET) at 2.50 (1.30; 108.33 %)
  2. China Natural Resources Inc. (CHNR) at 2.54 (0.88; 53.01 %)
  3. AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (APHB) at 1.82 (0.62; 51.67 %)
  4. Sizmek Inc. (SZMK) at 3.86 (1.20; 45.11 %)
  5. Genworth Financial, Inc. (GNW) at 3.51 (0.76; 27.64 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. the Rubicon Project, Inc. (RUBI) at 9.20 (-4.47;-32.70 %)
  2. Cray Inc. (CRAY) at 21.81 (-9.47;-30.27 %)
  3. The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF) at 11.42 (-4.73;-29.29 %)
  4. Spherix Incorporated (SPEX) at 1.56 (-0.54;-25.71 %)
  5. Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESIO) at 5.15 (-1.70;-24.82 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Wed Aug 3 15:00:03 MDT 2016)


  1. Gun CEO worries about Hillary Clinton as president
  2. Harley Quinn steps up to the plate in ‘Suicide Squad’
  3. Why Americans aren’t shopping till they drop
  4. China’s ‘elevated bus’ completes first road test
  5. Gold medalist leans on Google to recruit young athletes
  6. Trump vows to outspend Clinton on roads, bridges
  7. Why Khizr Khan is stepping away from the mic
  8. Venezuela’s cash could run out ‘within a year’
  9. More than 100 people laid off at Time Inc.
  10. Fed fines Goldman $36 million for leaking documents
  11. Deadly storm Earl to strengthen
  12. Home Depot CEO sees more good times ahead
  13. How Microsoft is turning things around
  14. Expert’s message to frustrated investors: Chasing dividend yield a ‘cry
  15. After ‘lost decade’, P&G is a buy
  16. Another problem for oil: Summer gasoline demand disappointed, says
  17. Apple just lifted the curtain on its hiring statistics
  18. Dennis Gartman: Stocks could be in trouble
  19. Facebook opens dedicated hardware lab
  20. Fed slaps Goldman with compliance fine
  21. Few people have gotten screened so far in United States for Zika virus
  22. In Mass., interviewers can’t ask about pay
  23. Penn Jillette: Trump ‘much worse than volatile, capricious and
  24. How to save $1 million by retirement
  25. The race to harvest the moon’s treasures
  26. Mortgage applications fall 3.5%
  27. Mutual funds are showing some signs of life ‘ finally
  28. One chart that shows why Wal-Mart may want to buy a year-old start-up
  29. Potter script sells more than 2M in 2 days
  30. Hiring higher than expected in July: ADP
  31. Richer homes have more kinds of bugs in them
  32. T-Swift v. Yeezy
  33. Biographer: Trump creates own reality
  34. What happens if a candidate’say Donald Trump’drops out of the
  35. What’s wrong with the economy can be summed up in one word

As of: Wed Aug 3 15:10:02 MDT 2016

Dow appreciates +41.23 points (0.23%) to end at 18,355.00: Wednesday August 03, 2016
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