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 (2016.03.14)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and Nasdaq throughout trading hours (4:40pm ET)

• Dow and Nasdaq barely finished higher than last time, and S&P finished lower than last time.

• All three indexes were very unstable throughout the day today, going through couple small crashes.

• Oil price drops to $37 per barrel

• $37.31 per barrel (7:33pm ET)

International Economy

• Latest oil market data revealed that Saudi Arabia and Russia pumped out more oil despite the the talk about limiting oil supplies. 

• Other countries like Iran are also pumping up more oil now.

• As China's economy continues to slow down, the global shipping industry was also hit hard due to these concerns.

• Iranian government stated that they are not concerned about U.S. oil companies pumping out more oil from their country; Iran is facing a huge rebound following its important nuclear deal with global powers.

Individual Analysis

• Tesla (TSLA)'s stock surged 3.69% as their company ratings from RW Baird is upgraded from neutral to outperforming.

• Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) rose 7.82% as Chinese insurance group Anbang made a $12.8 billion non binding cash offer for them.

• Energy stock shares are plunging as the future for oil price seems to be dark. Southwestern Energy (SWN) stock shares dropped 6.75% today, and Chesapeake Energy (CHK) plunged 6.81% today.

Today's Stock Market (2016.03.09)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and Nasdaq throughout the day (5:16pm ET)

• All three indexes closed higher than yesterday.

• However, it was very unstable and inconsistent throughout the trading hours; the indexes went through multiple crashes and sudden uprisings.

• Oil price continued to remain over $38 per barrel and didn't drop.

• $38.21 per barrel (6:02pm ET)

International Market

• Oil prices have rebounded around 42% for the past three weeks; it has recovered to over $37 per barrel since it hit $26 a barrel on February 11th. As an effect of this rebound, the stock markets also showed an incredible recovery.

• However, the future is still unclear; many influential investment banks like Goldman Sachs are saying that the oil prices should maintain the low prices in order to finish the re-balancing process.

• America's stock market has been bullish for 7 years straight. However, the future of market does not seem that great. The growth of market has greatly slowed down since 2016, and the plunge in the beginning of the year shows it.

Individual Analysis

• As oil price continues to rebound back, energy stocks are experiencing great incline in their share prices. Chevron (CVX) has experienced an 4.6% increase in share prices today, and Devon Energy Corp (DVN) has increased 6.8% today.

• Chipotle (CMG) stocks plunged 3.44% today as they had to shut down a store in Massachusetts because 4 employees got sick. 

• As oil prices rebound, alternative energy industry is also inclining. Tesla Motors (TSLA) has experienced an 3.02% increase today and increased over 10% in total for the past five days.

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.

Today's Stock Market (2016.03.01)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and Nasdaq throughout the day (5:16pm ET)

• All three indexes increased drastically compared to yesterday

• Throughout the trading hours, all three indexes increased consistently without any sudden crashes

• Dow popped 349 points today, making its second best day of the year

• Nasdaq had its best day of 2016 with a 2.9% gain

• This is because it was Super Tuesday (13 states voted for their favorite presidential nominee) today

• Oil price rises up to $34 per barrel

• $34.05 per barrel (11:03pm ET)

International economy

• China's economy is continuing to show signs of decline, but investors aren't really caring as the U.S. market started to recover today

• Oil has finally stopped crashing; the oil price had a incredible spike of 32% as it climbed backed to $34 per barrel.

• OPEC and other producers like Russia has agreed to a tentative deal on 2/17 to freeze output.

Individual Analysis

• Lego, the famous block toy maker, has posted a 25% jump in revenue and 31% rise in net profits in 2015 due to the new Star Wars series and other products.

• Rolce Royce has unveiled their new lineup of Ghost and Wraith. Both cars have a new design which are targeted towards the younger rich people.

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.

Today's Stock Market (2016.02.22)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and Nasdaq throughout trading day (5:16pm ET)

• All three indexes inclined consistently throughout the day

• Dow soared up 200 points today morning, continuing the winning streak from last week.

• Oil price slightly rises over $30 per barrel

• $31.48 per barrel (6:08pm ET)

International Market 

• It turns out that even OPEC had not expected the plunge in oil price that occurred recently. This has squeezed investment in the industry to the weakest levels in 30 years.

• Capital expenditure on global oil exploration is expected to fall 17% in 2016, following the 24% drop in 2015.

• Puerto Rican government has announced its 2nd default in history around January; Puerto Rica owes $73 billion in debt and they owe $1billion to their creditors. The crisis has not been solved, and people are still waiting to get their money back.

Individual Analysis

• Amazon (AMZN) has experienced a 4.6% growth during trading hours as market soared today. It may be a good idea to buy Amazon's stock, considering that they are very steady and they are starting to recover from last month's plunge.

• Tesla (TSLA) has also experienced a 6.7% growth during trading hours. Due to today's rise, Tesla's stock has rose over 25% since it hit its low on 02.09.2016

• Alcoa (AA), an company that engineers lightweight metals such as aluminum, titanium, and nickel, has surged over 13% during the trading hours as Aluminum prices also rose today.

Today's stock market (2016.02.18)

Daily analysis

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

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

• All three indexes saw slight drop through the day

• All three indexes have similar rise and fall, but compared to Dow, Nasdaq and S&P was more inconsistent and changing.

• Oil price stays over $30 per barrel, but there is no sign of oil price recovering

• $30.52 per barrel (6:34pm ET)

International Economy

• Congress is raising objection to the Chinese company's plan to buy Chicago stock exchange. 45 members signed to a letter that was sent to the U.S. treasury department, and the letter stated that lawmakers called for a "full and rigorous investigation" into the proposed sale, and the intention of Chinese government is unclear.

• Five employees of ICBC (IDCBY), the biggest bank in China, were arrested in Spain on suspicion of laundering money across Europe.

• As oil prices stay depressed, production in Canada is beginning to drop: 'The oil sands are making no money on any barrels being produced.' That means layoffs, equipment auctions and cities like Calgary rethinking its energy strategy.

Individual Analysis

• NVIDIA (NVDA), a company that manufactures Graphic chips for individual computers, has soared 9% after releasing their quarter report. The report posted revenue growth of 12%, and adjusted earnings-per-share gains of 21%, both of which were better than investors had expected. 

• IBM (IBM) stocks has rose 5% during the day, making IBM Dow's biggest percentage point gainer. IBM shares have received an upgrade from Morgan Stanley's analyst, and also made a deal to buy Truven Health Analytics. 

Today's Stock Market (2016.02.17)

Daily Analysis

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

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

• All three indexes end higher than yesterday, and they continued to recover points since yesterday.

• All three indexes were rising consistently throughout the day, and there wasn't any sudden rise or fall in the indexes

• Considering that the oil price showed unpromising future, this is very surprising
• Oil price rose and recovered back to $30 per barrel

• $30.56 per barrel (3:41pm ET)

International Market

• Warren Buffett, the famous investor, invested a great amount of money in oil stocks. Buffett bought a huge amount of Kinder Morgan(KMI), an oil pipeline company.

• Gulf investors are now betting on India's market. India had a growth of 7.3%, and its demand for energy is rising in high speed.

• China has sold $18 billion of U.S. treasury debt in December, and following China, Japan has sold $22 billion, which was even more than China.

• Iran officially stated that they support the deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to freeze oil production. Oil price rallied after this statement was made.

Individual Analysis

• Kinder Morgan(KMI)'s share rose over 10% after Warren Buffett revealed that he has purchased a huge amount of their share.

• As Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX), a copper&gold mining company, decides to sell 13% of their shares to Morenci Mine for $1 Billion, their stocks rised more than 12%. 

• Tesla Motors (TSLA) made a deal with SolarCity (SCTY) to get batteries from them to enable solar energy at night. This caused Tesla's shares rise 8.71%, and SolarCity's share rise 13.17%.

Today's Stock Market (2016.02.16)

Daily Analysis

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

Dow and Nasdaq during market hours

• All 3 indexes rose and recovered from last week

• All three indexes dropped for a moment at early hours but it eventually rose consistently

• Oil prices also rose today compared to last week when it hit its lowest since 2003

• $29.21 per barrel (6:34pm ET)

International markets

• China has invested a lot of money in Latin America; last year they offered $65 Billion to Latin America. However, many of the investments that they made are tanking, and it is going bust right now.

• Oil prices have soared 5% today, but it looks like its going to give up as the discussion between OPEC and other oil rich countries go invalid.

• The Stock market seems to be unpredictable as time goes by. Even though OPEC's announcement dropped oil price again, the indexes ended higher and stocks surged again.

Individual Analysis

• Groupon(GRPN), a social commerce company, rose 41% as Alibaba (BABA), a Chinese online commerce company decides to buy 33 million shares of their stock.

• Home security company, ADT(ADT), is bought for around $7 billion, which caused their shares rise nearly 50% today.

Today's stock market (2016.02.05)

Daily Analysis

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

• All three indexes dropped compared to yesterday

• Nasdaq, which recovered for a short time yesterday, dropped again

• All three indexes dropped consistently during trading time

• Oil price remains around $30

• $31.00 per barrel (5:00pm ET)

International Economy

• The Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group, a Chinese led group of investors, made a deal to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange, which has a history of 134 years and is one of America's oldest stock exchange.

• The outbreak of Zika Virus in Brazil, which is a mosquito borne virus that causes microcephaly(a neurological disorder that can result in incomplete brain development of a newborn baby), is dragging down the profits of airlines and tour industry.

• European bank shares are plunging more than oil stocks; Deutsche Bank (DB) has lost 31% so far this year, Unicredit (UNCFF)is down 35%, and Credit Suisse (CS)is 30% down. Barclays (BCLYF),BNP Paribas (BNPQF), Societe General (SCGLF), and UBS (UBS)have all lost about 20% since the beginning of 2016.

Individual Analysis

• The famous FANG stocks, which are Facebook(FB), Amazon(AMZN), Netflix(NFLX), and Google(GOOG) are plunging in value. Today, Amazon's share price breached below $500, and Netflix has plunged -23.10% in one month. Only Facebook managed to increase in value due to their strong earnings.

• As the annual Superbowl approaches, stocks that are involved with foods that are consumed during game day are increasing their values. These include Buffalo Wild Wings(BWLD) and Wingstop(WING).

• Volkswagen(VOW3), is postponing their earnings report due to the diesel emission scandal, and they are trying to figure out how much harm it would do to their share values.

Today's Market (2016.02.04)

Daily Analysis

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

• Market recovered from downfall from yesterday

• Nasdaq recovered from their two-day fall and started to rise back up

• Dow and S&P increased throughout the trading time

• Oil price stays around $31~$32 per barrel

• $31.69 per barrel (5:58pm ET)

International Economy

• As Britain is in internal conflict of leaving E.U, Goldman Sachs warned the British government that leaving E.U would cause the British pound to crash up to 20% from its current value.

• The worldwide malfunctioning of Airbags in cars are becoming a huge trouble for drivers, and it might evolve into a recall problem.

• Venezuela is lobbying desperately to OPEC to cut down oil production. Venezuela, the country with most amount of oil in the world, is in a economic crisis due to the plunging oil prices. Though OPEC members say that they would do something to make the oil price higher, it is not sure if they are going to cut down oil production.

Individual Analysis

• The cheap oil price continues to choke big energy companies and its related industry. They sustained themselves by cutting down employments and getting more debts, but the situation got worse and now their dividends are no longer untouchable.

• GoPro(GPRO)'s future doesn't seem bright; their shares have fallen 89% from their high in September, 2014 despite their efforts to improve their situation.

• Amazon(AMZN)'s share has been crashing since they came up with the plan of making physical, mortar and brick bookstores. The CEO of Amazon claimed that the statement was not made to represent the whole direction of company.

Today's Market (2016.02.03)

Overall Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (4:45pm ET)

• Dow and S&P ends higher than yesterday, S&P rose sharply by closing time

• Nasdaq continues to drop, and it dropped lower than 4,450 points but recovered to 4,504 by closing time

• Oil price rises up to $32.65 (4:19pm ET)

World Economy

• Venezuela, which has more oil than any other country on planet, bought huge amounts of oil from the U.S. because they can't refine the oils that they pump out

• Europe's open border system is about to collapse, and it would cost around 100 billion Euros ($110 billion) to bring back passport control, and this would be a huge blow for the fragile economy.

• Consumers of India, one of the fastest growing market in the world, are buying more cars. This emphasizes the importance of Indian market.

Individual analysis

• Exxon Mobil(XOM) rose 5.22% due to the oil price that rose today. However, the oil price is still unstable, and there are possibilities of stock facing sudden drops.

• Tesla(TSLA) is facing their worst days due to the cheap oil price. Their stocks dropped 5.09% during the day.

• Energy mineral industry is having the worst 3 month sector performance (-16.05%), and Utilities sector continues to secure the best 3 month sector performance (4.48%)

• Google(GOOG), Yahoo!(YHOO), and Amazon(AMZN) dropped today. Amazon continued its fall from Friday, 1/29.

Today's Stock Market (2016.2.02)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by the end of market (5:15pm ET)

• Overall market was on decline today, and it ended low compared to yesterday.

• Oil price plunges below $30, bringing overall downfall to market

• $29.68 per barrel (5:15pm ET)

• 10 year yield dropped -0.1%

World Economy

• As oil price fails to recover and maintains its low price, the economy of oil producing countries and OPEC are crumbling constantly

• British pound plunges to its lowest level in nearly six years, and European Euro also dropped value

• Australian Dollar also dropped greatly in value (-0.38%)

Individual Analysis

• Due to the drop on oil prices, ExxonMobil's credit rating, which was higher than the United States Government, may drop from AAA.

• Chipotle's earnings plunged after the E.Coli scare, which hospitalized 22 people. It seems like this quarter might be their most challenging quarter.

• Amazon stock continued to plunge, and it dropped -3.95% from yesterday.

• Facebook continues to secure their rise, and they are still around their 52wk high.

Today's market (2016.02.01)

Overall Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by the end of market

• Dow and S&P falls for very little, and Nasdaq rose very little

• Oil price dropped around 31$

• 10 year yield has rose 0.04%

International economy

• Goldman Sachs claims that it is too late for OPEC to save oil price that has been plunging.

• Chinese market, Shanghai composite, rose 1.86%

• Brazil's economic status is very bad

• IMF is trying to find a solution for troubled oil countries

Individual analysis

• Amazon and EA stock plunges
• AMZN: -9.53%, EA:-8.01%

• Utilities, communications, and Consumer non durables sector increases its performance
• Utilities: 3.6%
• Communications: 3.36%
• Consumer non durables: 1.32%

Today's Stock Market (1.27.2016)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq and S&P by closing time (4:31pm ET)

• Overall market shifted consistently during the day, but ended with a sharp drop
• Dow was affected by the Federal Reserve statement, and it dropped 223 points after the Statement was release
• Nasdaq was consistently lower than yesterday

• Oil price rises compared to yesterday
• $31.97 per Barrel (4:04pm ET)

International Market

• Due to the drop in oil prices, the Saudi Arabian stock market is crashing and big investors are starting to bet against the Saudi Arabian currency

• European Euro and Canadian Dollar dropped down
• Japanese Yen, which was on a falling streak, rose 0.11% today
• Chinese Yuan rose 0.05%

Individual Analysis

• Communication sectors rose 1.87% in 3 month progress

• Apple (AAPL)'s stock dropped 6.57% from opening price even though they had the most profitable quarter in their history
• this is because their financial report also revealed that their growth has stopped

• McDonald's (MCD) is staying around their 52 week high, which was $121.90 per share. Today's day high was $121.62, and low was $119.83
• They are keeping up their stock price unlike the overall market

Today's Stock Market (1.26.2016)

Daily Analysis

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

• Market recovers compared to yesterday

• Oil price slightly decreased but remained at $30
• $30.68 per barrel, (7:38pm ET)

International Economy

• China's stock market resumed free falling, and it plunged 6% even after the government pumped in huge amount of cash into market.

• World market overall is rising today except for Brazil and China's market

• E.U. Euro dropped 0.48%, and Japanese Yen also continued falling down
• Mexican peso is rising, but it is still very low

Individual analysis 

• Apple(AAPL) has released their financial report, and reports indicate that Apple had the most profitable quarter in American history.
• However, it was clearly visible that they managed to beat last year's record, and their growth rate has slowed down.

• Reports show that nearly half of U.S. households now have Amazon Prime, which is an premium membership offered by Amazon and requires $99 per year

• Although the oil price crashed, the oil production of U.S. did not decrease.

Today's stock market (1.25.2016)

Daily Analysis

Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P by closing time (4:14pm ET)

• Overall market is on downfall again
• Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P all dropped
• Oil price drops to around $30
• Impact on various industries, including alternative energy

International economy

• Russia's market is one of the world's 10 worst performing emerging market of 2015
• other markets include Brazil, Ukraine, and Libiya
• E.U. Euro and Japanese Yen goes down, and British pound rises
• Due to fall of oil prices, economy of oil producing countries are crashing

Individual Analysis

• Due to cheap oil, industries and stocks related with alternative energy is crashing
• Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, says Electric Car industry will suffer
• The fall of oil prices seem to go for long time, so it is good for you to sell stocks related with oil industries/alternative energy industries
• communication industry didn't go through rough rise and falls for 3 months
• might consider investing in communication industry if you want something stable

Market 2016.1.22 (recorded on note)

Daily Analysis

• Oil skyrockets and recovers to $32
• Overall market: Rising
• Dow rises over 211 points

International economy

• Russia's currency hits lowest
• probably because of low oil cost
• Russia's economy depends on natural resources
• China's currency is also on downfall
• Investing in Chinese Stock market might be a good option
• because the price of stocks are low

Individual analysis

• CES: Samsung Electronics comes up with new products like TV
• might lead to rise of stock prices
• Amazon stock price started rising
• Overall Oil industry rised