Today's Stock Market (2016.04.19)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P500 by closing time (5:46pm ET)

Dow and Nasdaq throughout trading hours (4:44pm ET)

• Dow and S&P closed higher than yesterday, and Nasdaq closed lower than yesterday.

• Oil prices and raw material prices went higher, but the IT industry was performed very badly.

• That was also the reason why only Nasdaq closed lower than yesterday.

• Oil price soared up to $41 per barrel

• $40.96 per barrel (5:07pm ET)

• Market started with an incline as raw material prices and oil prices soared, but in the middle IT companies like Netflix and IBM stocks plunged, causing the overall indexes to collapse.

International/U.S. Economy

• Oil prices continued to soar up as production decreased because of strike in Kuwait and fire in Nigeria's oil pipe.

• European Market was bullish as oil price soar and companies released better earnings. English FTSE100 rose 0.82%, German DAX rose 2.27%, and French CAC 40 rose 1.32%.

• US Dollar turned bearish due to poor economic barometers, which may lead to lowering standard interest. Dollar index dropped 0.54% today.

Individual Analysis

• Netflix (NFLX) shares dropped 12.97% as they released their quarter reports with disappointing international subscriber growth, which added only 4.5 million subscribers abroad.

• IBM (IBM) shares also plunged as they released their quarter report with lower net profit, which dropped from $2.3 billion to $2 billion.

• Illumina (ILMN) shares plunged 23.16% as the company warned that it would miss on first quarter revenue and lowered revenue estimates for the full year.

Today's Stock Market (2016.04.18)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (5:16pm ET)

Dow and Nasdaq throughout trading hours (4:48pm ET)

• All three indexes finished higher than last week.

• All three indexes were consistent and stable throughout trading hours

• Dow has topped over 18000 points since last year July

• Oil has dropped below $40 but it has recovered back nearly $40

• $39.99 per barrel (6:15pm ET)

International/U.S. Economy

• The meeting between top oil producing countries that was held at Doha has failed to reach an agreement to freeze oil output. Due to this, oil has plunged to $36 per barrel, but it recovered as the oil production of Kuwait dropped more than 60% due to the strike of oil companies.

• Despite the failure of reaching agreements in Doha, the market was bullish as companies release quarter reports with great earnings.

• As oil price recovers from the plunge during the weekend, European Market has also recovered. England's FTSE 100 rose 0.15%, France's Euronext 100 rose 0.18%, and Germany's DAX rose 0.68%.

Individual Analysis

• Hasbro (HAS) stocks rose 5.79% as they released their strong first-quarter earnings result. Sales rose 16% (or 20% after adjusting for exchange-rate swings) and net income bounced 82% higher as bottom line profitably expanded to 5.7% of sales from 3.7% a year ago.

• Disney (DIS) stocks rose 2.93% and rose 5.41% for five days. This is due to their new movie "Jungle Book", which is on its way to $100 million launch rally.

• Netflix (NFLX) has also released their first quarter report today, which showed solid results but disappointing international growth, causing their shares to drop 2.79% today.

Today's Stock Market (2016.4.12)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (4:03pm ET)

Dow and Nasdaq throughout trading hours (4:03pm ET)

• All three indexes finished higher than yesterday

• There was a short decline and a sudden incline, but after that the indexes were stable throughout the day

• Oil prices recovered back to $42 per barrel, setting a new 2016 high

• $42.16 per barrel (3:17pm ET)

International/U.S. Economy

• Oil prices have recorded a new high for 2016 today as rumors say that Russia and Saudi Arabia has reached an deal to freeze oil output.

• Researches done by Rhodium group and the National Committee on U.S.-China relations show that direct investment by China in the U.S. has reached $30 billion in 2016.

• That's double last year's record, which was $15 billion

• E.U. has proposed a new rule that would force large, multinational companies that are present in E.U. to report how much money they make and how much tax they pay, including in each European company and their tax havens. Companies would have to provide a summary about how much tax do they pay in other parts of the world.

Individual Analysis

• Tesla Motors (TSLA) stocks continued to drop as they recall their new Model X for defective third row seats. Tesla Stocks experienced a 3.1% drop at Thursday, 04.07, and they experienced a 0.85% drop today.

• Netflix (NFLX) stocks rose 4.19% today as Cantor Fitzgerald analysts said the online video streaming provider is set to deliver solid subscriber growth for the 2016 first quarter, despite a maturing U.S. market.

• Marathon Oil Corp (MRO) experienced a 12.43% rise today as the company reached agreements to sell non-core assets for $950 million, bringing its total sales from divestitures to roughly $1.3 billion since last year.

Today's Stock Market (2016.03.07)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (5:16pm ET)

Dow and Nasdaq during trading hours (4:33pm ET)

• Dow and S&P closed slightly higher than yesterday, but Nasdaq closed lower than yesterday

• Throughout the day the market was very inconsistent; indexes faced an major crash slightly after the middle of the day, but it managed to recover back.

• Oil prices are continuing to recover; it reached more than $37 per barrel today.

• $37.81 per barrel (2:45pm ET)

International Market

• As overall stock markets including U.S. and China went unstable and oil prices continued plunging in 2016, gold, which is considered as a safe deposit, is rising. Gold has rose over 20% so far this year.

• Although Brazil is facing its worst economic crisis this year, their stock market is showing great progress among other international markets. Brazil's market index, Bovespa, has rose 14.1% so far this year. Not only Brazil, but its neighbor, Argentina, also has a great market. Argentina's market index has rose 14.7% so far this year.

• The Chinese government has set an economic growth target range of 6.5~7%. This is the first time since 1995 that Beijing has announced an economic growth target range. China's economic growth has decelerated, and its pace is slowest in 25 years.

Individual Analysis

• Tech stocks aren't doing well today; Netflix (NFLX) failed to continue its incline since last Friday and experienced a major crash that was more than 6%. Not only that, but both Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook (FB)'s stock also experienced a decline of 3%.

• Tesla (TSLA)'s stocks are finally rising back from the dead with oil prices going up. The company's stock experienced an 2.38% incline today (3:12pm ET), and it has experienced an rise of 7.37% for the last 5 days.

• As oil price continues to rise back, oil related companies are experiencing a huge incline in share prices. Chevron (CVX) has rose 2.57% (3:14pm ET) today, and it rose 8% for the past 5 days. Exxon Mobil (XOM) has rose 2.15% (3:16pm ET) today.

Today's Stock Market (2016.03.04)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (4:00pm ET)

Dow and Nasdaq throughout the day (4:00pm ET)

• All three indexes closed higher than yesterday, but they were little unstable but most of the time consistent throughout the trading hours

• As Oil price continues to recover, stocks are also starting to recover.

• Oil price rose and went over $35 per barrel

• $36.33 per barrel (5:00pm ET)

International Economy

• Europe is back in deflation, and their business and consumer confidence is sagging. To make matters worse, due to the refugee crisis, they are bringing back border controls, which may cost around $20 Billion per year if fully reintroduced.

• European Euro's value is crashing; Euro is now trading $1.09 per 1 Euro, which is lower than $1.13 of February. 

• Greek banks are plunging as their new government decides to challenge bailout and abandon their commitments to international lenders.

Individual Analysis

• Hewlett Packard (HPE) surged 13.79% today as they report better earnings than expected. The company reported earnings of $0.41 per share, which far passed the estimate of $0.39 per share. Their revenue was also outstanding.

• Chesapeake Energy (CHK)'s stock surged 20.37% today, and it has surged 89.63 percent for the past 5 days. Their stock surged today because they received immunity from prosecution in the case against their former CEO Aubry McClendon, who died of a car accident at 03.02.2016.

• The oil/energy industry overall is experiencing a huge incline in their shares as the oil price continued to rose today. Marathon Oil Corp (MRO) surged 8.73%, and Chesapeake Energy (CHK)'s stock also surged 20.37%.

• Netflix (NFLX) stocks surged as their famous original show, "House of Cards", started their new season.