Dow declines 4.72 points ( -0.02 %) to settle at 20,656.58.

The US Large Cap S&P 500 index declines 2.49 points ( -0.11 %) and is now at 2,345.96.

The tech heavy Nasdaq declines 3.95 points ( -0.07 %) closing at 5,817.69.

Oil settles at $47.69 ( -0.02 % from last trading day.)

Gold is now at $1,245.50 ( -0.14 % from previous.)

The 10 year bond yield is at 2.42%. 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 60.39 % while the percent of declining stocks is at 32.00 %. Volume is -09.08 % % 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 37.29 % while the percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average is 57.52 %. The percent of stocks above the 200 Day Moving Average says that stocks are generally in an uptrend and not yet overbought.

There are 00.65 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week high with 00.60 % of stocks hitting a new 52 week low.

The S&P 500 return over the last 52 weeks is 14.35 %.

The median forward PE is at 16.37, the average 5 year estimated growth is at 12.78 % and average yield is 01.68 %.

The average PEGY ratio (PEGY = (PE Ratio / (Growth+Yield))) is 2.28. The PEGY Ratio of 2.28 is greater than 2 and the market is very expensive!

The average short percent of float is at 06.82 %.

The most traded stocks based on dollar value traded are:

  1. Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 140.92 (-0.50;-00.35 %)
  2. Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) at 817.58 (-12.01;-01.45 %)
  3. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) at 839.65 (-10.15;-01.19 %)
  4. Bank of America Corporation (BAC) at 23.07 (0.13; 00.57 %)
  5. Facebook, Inc. (FB) at 139.53 (-0.06;-00.04 %)

The winners with above average volume are:

  1. HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (HTGM) at 3.93 (1.79; 83.64 %)
  2. Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (FLXN) at 26.25 (6.57; 33.38 %)
  3. Versar, Inc. (VSR) at 1.95 (0.38; 24.20 %)
  4. AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. (AGFS) at 3.95 (0.63; 18.98 %)
  5. Constellium N.V (CSTM) at 6.6 (1.05; 18.92 %)

The losers with above average volume are:

  1. Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (TNDM) at 1.25 (-0.30;-19.35 %)
  2. Top Ships Inc. (TOPS) at 1.11 (-0.19;-14.62 %)
  3. Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BLCM) at 12.9 (-1.47;-10.23 %)
  4. Orion Engineered Carbons, S.A. (OEC) at 18.95 (-2.15;-10.19 %)
  5. Atossa Genetics Inc. (ATOS) at 1.09 (-0.11;-09.17 %)

Most Recent Financial News (Updated Thu Mar 23 15:00:01 MDT 2017)


  1. Cancer pushed this couple to slash costs
  2. Banks, energy and retail continue to get beaten up
  3. Oil prices slip as high US crude stockpiles pin futures near
  4. 500,000 jobs added to health sector under Obamacare: Goldman Sachs
  5. Here’s how the markets will react to the health-care vote,
  6. Cramer on Ford warning: Time to look at GM
  7. Former Goldman Sachs star to shutter Eton Park hedge fund after
  8. Fed’s Kashkari says he would like balance sheet plan ‘as soon as
  9. Shares of discount retailer Five Below rise after earnings beat
  10. House Freedom Caucus head: GOP needs 30 to 40 votes to pass
  11. Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt: We ‘can’t guarantee’ where ads
  12. GOP health-care bill a ‘big step backward,’ Molina Healthcare CEO
  13. Top House tax writer: There’s 95% agreement on GOP health-care
  14. IBM exec says this curveball interview question can reveal great
  15. Op-Ed: It’s stand and deliver time for Trump and Congress on
  16. Hedge fund king Ray Dalio: Here’s the ‘phenomenon’ shaping the
  17. Trader makes $1 million bet that homebuilders will continue to
  18. ‘I’m president and you’re not’: Trump sticks to his
  19. London police name Parliament attacker as British-born Khalid
  20. No health-care vote tonight: Stocks slide on jitters
  21. US to recommend approval of Keystone XL pipeline
  22. Google’s ‘going to be just fine’ despite ad controversy, said Vox

As of: Thu Mar 23 15:10:02 MDT 2017

Dow declines -4.72 points (-0.02%) to end at 20,656.58: Thursday March 23, 2017
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