Market Weekly: Nov 20 Nov 24 2017

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This weeks U.S. market data includes Leading index (October), Existing home sales (October), Durable goods, capital goods orders (October – Prelim.), University of Michigan sentiment survey (November – Final) and Markit purchasing managers indices (November – Prelim.)

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Last Weeks recap

Mortgage applications   
w/w purchase +0.4%
YoY purchase +17%
w/w refinance +6%

M1
-0.4% w/w
-0.2% m/m
+6.2% YoY Real M1

Initial jobless claims
249,000 +10,000

Railroad transport
Carloads -3.3% YoY
loads ex-coal -1.4% YoY
Intermodal units +5.6% YoY
Total loads +1.2% YoY

Oil prices and usage
Oil -$0.20 to $56.68 w/w
Gas prices +$0.03 to $2.59 w/w      
Usage 4 wk avg +1.6% YoY

M2
-0.1% w/w 
unchanged m/m
+2.9% YoY Real M2

0.210 TED spread unchanged w/w
1.1280 LIBOR +0.04 w/w

Shipping transport
Harpex +1 to 474
Baltic Dry -120 to 1361

NYSE ^TRIN
0.94

Week
Dow Jones -0.3%
Nasdaq 0.5%
S&P 500 -0.1%
Russell 2000 1.2%     
YTD
Dow Jones 18.2%
Nasdaq 26%
S&P 500 15.2%
Russell 2000 10%

 

Global stock indices trended lower (Nasdaq and smaller-cap benchmarks managed gains) for the week, along with government bond yeilds lower, so where energy resources.while gold/silver/bitcoin preformed better. The US Senate Finance Committee approved a tax bill, Chinese Central Bank (PBOC) drafted new regulations for financial institutions.and the British economy continued to show signs of slowing.


 

Baltic Dry Index
bdi nov 18 2017

P/Es & Yields on Major U.S. Indexes
pe yields nov 11 2017

 


Earnings report this week – here is a ticker list of notables

MegaCaps: 

LargeCaps: MDT MTU CRM LOW SMFG MFG DE INTU HPQ ADI TLK A DLTR HPE KB SHG HRL SQM CPB CEA PANW ZTO WF

MidCaps: FBR CIB BURL JEC PHI SMI EV VIPS BRCD SE GSH SIG NJR CBRL BECN PDCO TECD HRG CIG URBN DY NOAH CZZ

 

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