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Stock Market Overview

Tue, Mar 19th, 2024
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Stocks Settle Higher on Strength in Megacap Tech Stocks


The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) Monday closed up +0.63%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.99%. 

Stocks on Monday posted moderate gains, led by strength in megacap technology stocks.  Tesla closed up more than +6% on news that the company will raise the price of its Model Y cars in April.  Also, Alphabet closed up more than +4% after Bloomberg reported that Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini AI engine into its iPhone. 

A bearish factor for stocks was Monday’s +2.6 bp rise in the 10-year T-note yield to a 3-week high on the stronger-than-expected NAHB housing market index and the increase in the 10-year breakeven inflation expectations rate to a 1-1/2 week high.

Market attention this week will focus on the Tue/Wed FOMC meeting.  The markets expect the Fed to leave its 5.25%-5.50% federal funds target range unchanged and the markets will look to newly updated Fed projections (dot... Read more

Long Straddle Screener Results For March 19th

Volatility remains compressed as this bull market rolls on, with the VIX Index closing at 14.33 yesterday. When volatility is low, options become cheaper, so today we’re taking a look at the Long Straddle...

$VIX : 14.54 (+1.47%)
DUK : 94.94 (+0.24%)
BA : 179.84 (-1.47%)
MMM : 104.80 (-0.19%)
AMZN : 174.48 (+0.03%)
RTX : 93.46 (+0.57%)
WMT : 60.86 (+0.30%)
UNH : 487.05 (-0.77%)
TSLA : 173.80 (+6.25%)
Unilever is cutting 7,500 jobs and spinning off its ice cream business

Unilever, the company that makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soaps and Vaseline, says it's cutting 7,500 jobs and spinning off its ice cream business to reduce costs and boost profits

UL : 48.52 (-0.86%)
ULVR.LN : 3,928.500 (+3.07%)
$SPX : 5,149.42 (+0.63%)
$DOWI : 38,790.43 (+0.20%)
$IUXX : 17,985.01 (+0.99%)
Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments

Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofits serving young people start endowments

F : 12.18 (+1.00%)
$SPX : 5,149.42 (+0.63%)
$DOWI : 38,790.43 (+0.20%)
$IUXX : 17,985.01 (+0.99%)
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Bank of Japan ups key rate for 1st time in 17 years

World shares are mixed after the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding negative rate policy

$SPX : 5,149.42 (+0.63%)
$DOWI : 38,790.43 (+0.20%)
$IUXX : 17,985.01 (+0.99%)
S&P Futures Fall Ahead of FOMC Meeting, U.S. Housing Data in Focus

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are trending down -0.13% this morning as investors awaited the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting while also gearing up for the release of fresh...

ESM24 : 5,204.50 (-0.20%)
TSLA : 173.80 (+6.25%)
GOOGL : 147.68 (+4.60%)
PEP : 171.26 (+4.01%)
BA : 179.84 (-1.47%)
ULVR.LN : 3,928.500 (+3.07%)
FUSN : 10.64 (+6.51%)
AUGX : 3.33 (+4.06%)
NCMI : 4.22 (-0.47%)
MMM : 104.80 (-0.19%)
SNOW : 156.31 (-0.42%)
China's stock watchdog fines property developer Evergrande, slaps lifetime ban on its chairman

Troubled property developer China Evergrande Holding says Beijing's stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other allegations

$SPX : 5,149.42 (+0.63%)
$DOWI : 38,790.43 (+0.20%)
$IUXX : 17,985.01 (+0.99%)

52 Week New Highs & Lows

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Today's New Highs & Lows

HIGHS LOWS DIFF
5-Day 1,033 1,520 -487
1-Month 467 723 -256
3-Month 295 395 -100
6-Month 227 180 47
52-Week 166 140 26
YTD 312 417 -105

Top Performing Sectors

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Top 100 Stocks

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Market Momentum

NYSE AMEX NASDAQ
Issues Up 871 77 1,256
Issues Down 1,053 134 1,852
Issues Unch 32 16 93

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U.S. Dollar surging against the Japanese Yen after the Bank of Japan hiked rates for the first time in 17 years https://t.co/VjUNeVKk0m
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Stocks due for a pullback with 10-Year Yield now approaching 4.35% warns Morgan Stanley's CIO Mike Wilson. Gotta admire this man's persistence, he just won't give up. https://t.co/Cj78bjsgZp
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BREAKING 🚨: Evergrande China has accused Evergrande of committing fraud totaling $78 billion, making it the largest case of financial fraud in history, dwarfing that of Enron, WorldCom, FTX, and even surpassing Bernie Madoff's $68 billion ponzi. https://t.co/vSlSSD08aI https://t.co/OAHkq0pInz
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MicroStrategy $MSTR plummeting to levels not seen since last week 🫂 https://t.co/AINn5UAazc
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Vanguard says the Federal Reserve may not cut rates this year. Amazing how fast predictions change on this topic! https://t.co/gIjaWJkBIX
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JUST IN 🚨: Bank of Japan hikes interest rates for the first time in 17 years and eliminates its yield curve control program https://t.co/KuAhMRn7JK https://t.co/15vf1wSnDj
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10-Year Treasury Yield closed at 4.34%, its highest level since November https://t.co/yN6dEjcrrH
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Crude Oil closed at its highest price since November 2 https://t.co/M7vUwEMdbs
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