Week of October 29th Stock Watch

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Stocks continued to sell-off, as the Dow and S&P 500 turned negative for the year. Fears of rising interest rates, trade tensions with China, and economic slowdown are all weighing down on stocks.

Plenty of earnings going into the week including Apple and Facebook. The market was disappointed by earnings from Amazon and Alphabet, putting pressure on tech stocks.

It wasn’t bad news for every stock. For example, Tesla saw its shares rise by more than 27% after a strong earnings report. On the other hand, chipmaker AMD continued to see selling pressure as it dropped by more than 25% on the week.

The VIX closed above 24, as volatility remains elevated.

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Economic Releases:
29 Oct 2018- Personal Income and Outlays 8:30 AM ET

31 Oct 2018- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

1 Nov 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; ISM Manufacturing Index

2 Nov 2018- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET; International Trade 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
29 Oct 2018- BAH, BLMN, CTB, FDC, HSBC, WFT, YNDX, AKAM, CLR, MDLZ, RMBS, VNO

30 Oct 2018- AET, AMT, CVLT, EAT, GE, HCA, HUN, I, INCY, KO, LL, MA, MAS, MSM, SABR, PFE, UA, VW, WDR, XYL, APC, CAKE, CXO, DDD, EA, EBAY, FB, FEYE, FLT, GNW, H, HLF, MGM, MOBL, MX, YELP, YUMC, ZEN

31 Oct 2018- ADP, APO, BG, CLX, CRTO, GNC, HES, HES, JBT, ICE, HFC, K, S, SAN, TAP, CF, FIT, MUSA, NXPI, QRVO, WMB, XPO, ZNGA

1 Nov 2018- AVP, CI, CS, MSG, OSK, SFM, SSYS, TEVA, UFS, W, ZTS, AAPL, CATM, CBS, CRUS, EQIX, GPRO, KHC, MELI, OLED, PBYI, SBUX, SHAK, VIAV, WTW, WU, X

2 Nov 2018- ABBV, AXL, BABA, CBOE, CVX, NWL, OZM, STX, XOM

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September 17, 2018 The Week Ahead

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US Stocks rallied over the week, but still remain vulnerable to headline risk. Specifically, the ongoing trade negotiations between China. Thus far, the market has rallied when there have been rumors on a trade agreement and has sold-off on rumors that more tariffs will be implemented.

It remains a wait and see scenario.

Notable stock movers over the week included: KR -14%, TLRY +40%, and AMD +19.5%

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +1.59%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +1.14%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) +0.91%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) +0.49%

The VIX closed at 12.07 on Friday, selling off more than 2.5 pts on the week.

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Here are how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) +1.59%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) -0.49%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.19%

Economic Releases:
19 Sep 2018- Housing Starts 8:30 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

20 Sep 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; Philly Fed Business Survey 8:30 AM ET;
Existing Home Sales 10:00 AM ET

Key Earnings:
17 Sep 2018- FDX, ORCL

18 Sep 2018- AZO, GIS, APOG, CBRL

19 Sep 2018- RHT

20 Sep 2018- DRI, MU, SCS, UNFI, THO

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August 27, 2018 The Week Ahead

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Another week passes but the story remains the same. The U.S. stock market continues to surge to new highs. However, the media often ignores this fact, and instead, focus on the flaws of the President and his regime. Despite all the negative press the President of the United States has been receiving, the market for the most part has ignored all that.

Stocks in play during the week included: ADSK +18.78%, AMD +21.29%, EDU -9.78%, LB -15.15%, and EXAS +44.37%

Here are how some of the most widely traded index ETFs performed over the week:
Powershares QQQ ETF (QQQ) +1.46%, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) +0.86%, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) +0.52%, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) +1.92%

The VIX closed at 12.41 on Friday.

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Here are how some futures and commodity ETFs performed over the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) +5.41%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +1.08%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) +1.81%.

Economic Releases:
28 Aug 2018- International Trade in Goods 8:30 AM ET

29 Aug 2018- GDP 8:30 AM ET; EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET

30 Aug 2018- Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET; Personal Income and Outlays 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings:
28 Aug 2018- BBY, BJ, DSW, HAIN, TIF, BOX, HPE, HRB, SCVL

30 Aug 2018- ANF, BURL, CIEN, CPB, DG, DLTR, MIK, TD, LULU, ULTA

31 Aug 2018- LOW, TGT, ADI, SMRT

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May 2, 2017 Market Wrap Up

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Stocks ended up higher on the day, except for the Russell 2000, which sold off 0.57%, however; the Nasdaq touched all-time highs yet again. The VIX actually closed green, up 4.75% on the day, at 10.59.

Earnings will be the story for the entire week. That said, the FOMC has their key interest rate meeting; however, it is expected that they will not make any changes.

At the time of this writing, this is how some of them stand: Twilio (TWLO) -30%, Apple (AAPL) -1%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) -0.25%, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) -9.7%, and Fireeye (FEYE) +10.3%

Now, here is how some of the other closely followed ETFs did on the week: United States Oil Fund (USO) -2.27%, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) +0.51%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) -0.02%.

On the options front, we saw large call buying activity in New York Reit (NYRT), which traded 30.5 times normal option volume. In addition, we saw heavy put buying in Hologic (HOLX), which traded 19.6 times normal option volume.

Here is what is left on the schedule:

Key Economic Data
03 May 2017- EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET; FOMC Meeting 2:00 PM ET
04 May 2017- International Trade 8:30 AM ET, Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET
05 May 2017- Employment Situation 8:30 AM ET

Key Earnings
02 May 2017- ADM, AET, CHTR, COH, COP, CVS, EMR, ETN, EXLS, FIS, HCA, HCP, HLT, LL, MA, MOS, MRK, PFE, SABR, SHOP, AAPL, AKAM, APC, BYD, CSOD, DVN, FEYE, FSLR, FTR, GILD, EVHC, GDDY, HUBS, MDLZ, MTCH, OCLR, OKE, TEX, TWLO
03 May 2017- ADP, CDW, CLX, DLPH, EL, FLOW, GRMN, GRPN, HUM, ICE, MCK, NYT, RAI, S, SBGI, SO, TAP, TWX, YUM, AIG, ARRS, ANSS, CAKE, CATM, CF, CRUS, CXO, DDD, FB, FIT, GLUU, LNT, KHC, LVLT, PXD, PRU, RIG, TIVO, TSLA, WMB
04 May 2017- APA, CHD, CHK, D, FLR, INCY, IT, K, OXY, ZTS, VIAB, WLTW, ATVI, CBS, LOGM, MET, MRO, PKI, VECO
05 May 2017- CNP, CTSH, HCN, MC

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