Today's Stock Market (2016.04.27)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and NASDAQ throughout trading hours (5:16pm ET)

• Dow closed with 18041.55 points, which was 0.28% higher and 51.23 points more than yesterday's closing time.

• Nasdaq closed with 4863.14 points, which was 0.51% lower and 25.14 points less than yesterday.

• S&P500 closed with 2095.15 points, which was 0.16% higher and 3.45 points higher than yesterday.

• WTI Crude Oil prices have achieved an new 2016 high, soaring above $45 per barrel.

• $45.28 per barrel (6:16pm ET)

International/U.S. market

• Unlike the other two indexes, NASDAQ suffered alone today as Apple (AAPL) and Twitter (TWTR) stocks plunged as they released their quarter reports today.

• Federal Reserve has announced that they are fixing their key interest rate from 0.25~5%, mainly because U.S. and world economy wasn't doing that well.

• Oil prices soared around 3% today, going over $45 per barrel and achieving a new 2016 high. 

• U.S. Dollar went bearish as Federal Reserve announced that they will freeze the key interest rate. The Dollar Index reached 94.39, which was 0.12% lower than yesterday.

• European Market continued to rise from yesterday, and it was mainly the energy industry that made the market bullish. British FTSE100 rose 0.56% higher, French CAC40 rose 0.58%, and German DAX rose 0.39%.

Company Analysis

• Apple (AAPL) stocks plunged today as they revealed their quarter report, which showed that their revenue has dropped for the first time in 13 years. One of the major reasons of this was the failure of iPhone 6S, which sold 10 million fewer than last quarter. Apple stocks fell 6.27% today.

• Twitter (TWTR) stocks also plunged today as they posted their quarter reports, which showed that Revenue Growth was lagging. Twitter stocks fell 16.28% today.

• As oil price reached its new 2016 high today, oil and energy stocks soared today. Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK) rose 8.18% today, and National Oilwell Varco Inc (NOV) rose 7.93%.

Today's Stock Market (2016.03.18)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (4:01pm ET)

Dow and Nasdaq throughout trading hours (4:01pm ET)

• All three indexes finished higher than yesterday

• Indexes were slightly unstable throughout the day, but it didn't experience any sudden crashes or inclines.

• Oil price slightly dropped under $40 per barrel

• $39.33 per barrel (3:34pm ET)

International/U.S. Economy

• According to the London School of Economics, if Britain decides to leave the E.U. (Brexit), then it would cut the average household income by $1232 per year.

• This would happen because when Britain exits E.U., then income from trading would decrease.

• While other Latin American countries are suffering from depression, Peru is having a great time. The country's economy grew 3.3%, which is the highest among Latin American Countries.

• While the NCAA Brackets are going on, it turns out that the amount of money that Americans would spend for this would be massive. According to the American Gaming Association, Americans would use around $9.2 billion for the NCAA brackets this year.

Individual Analysis

• Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) continued crashing since last Tuesday when the company showed signs of default. At Tuesday the company's stock crashed more than 50%, and it crashed 9.2% today despite the CEO's Bankruptcy assurances.

• Tesla Motors (TSLA) continued rising throughout the week as oil prices continued to rebound. It rose 2.81% today.

• Amazon (AMZN) stocks continued to decline since Wednesday. Today it declined 1.31%. One of its reasons is because Apple (AAPL) decided to use Alphabet/Google (GOOGL)'s cloud platform instead of Amazon's web server.

Today's Stock Market (2016.03.15)

Daily Analysis

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

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

• Dow closed higher than yesterday, Nasdaq closed lower and S&P remained the same as yesterday.

• All three indexes faced an huge crash today morning, and while Dow and S&P managed to recover from this crash, Nasdaq couldn't fully recover.

• Oil prices continued to drop; it dropped below $37 per barrel today.

• $36.88 per barrel (6:41pm ET)

U.S. and International Economy

• If Britain decides to exit the E.U. (Brexit), then it would cost more for British travelers to travel among European air than it is right now.

• Although China is facing its slowest growth in 25 years, the government is holding back from intervening to the market to improve its growth. As long as there aren't any major domestic/international economic crisis, the Chinese government would not interfere with their market.

• The number of active oil and natural gas rigs inside the U.S. has plunged to the lowest level since 1949. This is a response to the plunging oil prices that has been going on since last year.

Individual Analysis

• Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) plunged more than 50% (51.46%) today as the company could possibly go into a default.

• Apple (AAPL) stocks jumped 2% as tracking information reveals that they may have sold 57 million units in the March quarter, which is far beyond the expected 50 million units.

• Hewlett Packard (HPE) stocks surged 2% as Wells Fargo notes that they could benefit from divestitures.

Today's Stock Market (2016.02.24)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and Nasdaq during trading hours (5:16pm ET)

• All three indexes recovered from yesterday's downfall

• Not only recovering but they actually ended slightly higher than yesterday

• All three indexes briefly crashed in the beginning, continuing yesterday's crash.

• However, it rose after a short time

• Oil prices slightly increased, but still sits around $30

• $32.23 per barrel (6:50pm ET)

International market

• Although Dow had recovered slightly today, that doesn't mean that the market and oil price is stable right now. Before the oil price rebounded above $32 per barrel, Dow had dropped 267 points. Not only Dow, but other international markets were greatly affected by the unstable oil price right now.

• The chief of IMF, or International Monetary Fund, has warned Britain about Brexit, and said that they should stay in the E.U., or both of them will suffer.

• The shale oil industry of America is greatly suffering due to the low oil price. Saudi Arabia had aggressively pumped out oil to push down prices far lower than what American companies need to survive.

Individual Analysis

• Apple (AAPL)'s stock is down 10% this year and it is 30% below its all time high which was last April. Apple is likely to report a decline on their sale for this quarter, which is worse for them.

• First Solar (FSLR)'s stock rose 12.4% during the trading hours today. This was after their quarter report, which showed satisfying results.

• Many energy related companies were the winning stocks for today as oil rebounded to $32 per barrel. Chesapeake Energy (CHK) rose 22.83% during the trading hours, and Williams Companies inc (WMB) has rose 6.60% during the trading hours.