Stock Market Weekly update -Jul 20

 The S&P500 was up slightly, hitting new al time highs and closing just under 6300. while the Nasdaq100 closed just over 23,000, and NVDA popped to close at a market cap of $4.2 trillion, now the largest company in the world. PLTR also hit another all time high. TSM popped, but NFLX pulled back after reporting earnings. Some of the big banks pulled back as well.

Bitcoin pulled back to 118,000 after peaking at 123k last weekend. Ethereum on the other hand saw a huge 22% rally for the week, after rallying 16% the prior week! The GENIUS Act was finally passed, which outlines a regulatory framework for Stablecoins. Headline CPI year-over-year increased 2.7%. Retail Sales: Increased slightly.

Stocks still look pretty extended after this huge rally from the April lows, so be careful and don't forget to take some profits! Late July tends to be a seasonally weak period as well.

 

The week ahead: 

Earnings season week 2:  TSLA, GOOGL, more., 

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook


Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate -flat at 4.43%

The Dollar - up slightly to 98.46

Gold - flat at $3349

Oil - fell to $66.40

Bitcoin/Crypto  -popped then dropped to around 118k

 

New all time Highs:  -NVDA, MSFT, COIN, SCHW, IBKR, CBOE, BLK, BK, HOOD, JOBY, RKLB, VRNA, RCL, CCJ, & more!

    -ALL time Lows:  Western Union


Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   Pops: PLTR, CRSP, JOBY, OPEN, QS, RGTI, LCID, PEP, MP    Drops:,, 

Earnings movers:  Pops: BK, RF  Drops:  NFLX, 

Percent of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day Moving Average:  down from 67.33% to 65.40%



This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings

DPX, NXPI, VZ

KO, COF, ISRG, TXN, ENPH

GOOGL, TSLA,, IBM, BSX, NOW 

DECK, INTC, NEM, VLO

PSX

Events









The indexes  -uptrend is intact, though somewhat extended.



SPX  - in an uptrend, but pretty extended at these levels, after a huge rally from the April lows!




Stocks last week - 




Sectors last week - Tech continues to lead




Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt? Interest rates?  Tariffs? Wars? anything…?

Now over $37  Trillion in debt!  See Debt Clock below, or here... 

 


Options watch:   

High IV (Implied Volatility) stocks -link   

High Options volume:   (most active link, or here)

ETFs

SPY, QQQ, IWM, SMH, VIX -also SPX index

Stocks

AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, NFLX, TSLA...



More charts:


HOOD 7/6 -popped for yet another week, with more than a 10X gain from the bottom 3 years ago!

7/20 Up another week!



Pops last week…

OPEN


QS


JOBY


RGTI




Healthcare is in pure panic territory.




S&P 500 Total Percent Returns calendar


Name


Price

04/27

06/30

Solana

SOL

192.00

149.30

149.60

Chainlink

LINK

18.35

14.48

13.28

Uniswap

UNI

9.60

5.57

6.98

Sui

SUI

3.45

3.55

2.77

Ondo

ONDO

1.32

0.95

0.75


Feb 2025:   5 Cryptos to watch in 2025



Apr 20, 2025


$1,000 in #Bitcoin outperformed nearly every traditional asset over 5 years (animation)



HERE ARE THE TOP 15 GROWTH PERFORMERS OF 2025



Links...

10yr Interest Rates
Labor Force Participation Rate
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims
ETFs performance - Ranked by  Volume
S&P 500 performance -by Sector

Top 100 Stocks to buy (Alpha) 

US 100 Tech Index

Commodities / Futures
Crypto   Crypto News   Performance

Largest Companies by Marketcap   …also

24/7 Wall St.

Fear & Greed Index 


News

Tesla, Alphabet highlight earnings rush as market hovers near record highs: What to know this week

Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Sells S&P 500, Amasses $1,020,000,000 in Two Major Assets

Block shares soar 10% on entry into S&P 500

Crispr stock soars after director buys $51.5 million in shares

TSMC profit surges 61% to record high fueled by AI chip demand

Starbucks downgraded to underperform as broker sees too much froth in the stock price

Bitmine shares soar as billionaire Thiel reveals 9.1% stake

Crypto/Blockchain:  Global Market Cap:  $3.98 Trilllion 

NPR: The week when crypto won big in America

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says US Dollar Coming On-Chain As Landmark Stablecoin Bill Becomes Law

 US Lawmaker sounds alarm on GENIUS bill, says it's a CBDC Trojan Horse

Financial Giant Charles Schwab Launching Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading, Taking Competition to Coinbase

SWIFT and Ripple are close to a deal

Mastercard, Visa play down stablecoin threat

Stablecoin volumes surpassed Visa and Mastercard combined in 2024

Tether plans to bring USDT to the U.S. under the GENIUS Act and launch a new U.S.-based stablecoin. 

Ethereum Rockets Past $3.7K as Options Traders Eye $12K Moonshot Bets

Solana RWA Growth Outpaces Ethereum in 2025

On-chain equities and RWAs could 100x blockchain value, Nansen CEO says

Tether Eyes $1 Trillion USDT Milestone But Faces Strict New US Rules

Ethena (ENA) Hits 30-Day High as Spot and Futures Demand Surge

Bit Digital Boosts Ethereum Treasury to Over 120,000 ETH

Kraken launches US crypto derivatives platform in wake of NinjaTrader acquisition


Jul 2025 -Largest Blockchains in Crypto Ranked by TVL


Jul 2025 -Top Blockchain Networks by DEX Total Value Locked



Top Chains by Gross Profit in May 2025


CoinMarketCap 100 Index Constituents


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