Stock Market Weekly update -Dec 21

 The S&P500 closed almost flat after a big drop early in the week, followed by a recovery. The DOW & the Small-caps ended lower. MU & CCL rallied on earnings, NKE dropped. TSLA closed at an all time high!

 Gold was higher, while Silver rocketed to new highs for a 4th week! Bitcoin has been in a choppy range for the past few weeks. The Consumer Sentiment report dropped to around its lowest level in decades, while Unemployment rose to a 4 year high of 4.6%.

Next week could see light trading for the Christmas Holiday week, with a possible upside bias. Markets will be open for half a day on Wednesday. 


The week ahead:   Merry Christmas!


Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook


Edward Jones recap


Silver rocketed to new highs for a 4th week!



The 10 year Interest rate -dropped slightly to 4.15%

The Dollar - up slightly to 98.72 

Gold - rallied to a weekly all time high at $4338

Oil - dropped again to $56.53

Bitcoin  - flat at around 88k

National debt $38.5 Trillion

 

New all time Highs:   NEM, HL, PAAS,  MU, MNST, UBS, TD, RY, NYT, EXPE, 

-ALL time Lows:  IRBT, AMC


Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   Pops: ,  Drops: ,, 

Earnings movers:  Pops:  MU,    Drops:  

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  flat from 57.75%  to 57.45%


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings






Events




Christmas




The indexes:  Chopping around near all time highs…



SPX  SPY  - still stalled near the All time high area for now







Stocks last week - 



Sectors last week  -Energy lagged



Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt?  anything…?

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:    


12/14 ORCL -huge drop since the huge Sep earnings rally!




TTD -once a high flier



2025 Nasdaq 100 winners (sort by Year)   Also 2025 Nasdaq 100 losers


Also, 2025 DOW winners 



S&P 500 Total Percent Returns calendar  


12/20: HERE ARE THE TOP 15 GROWTH PERFORMERS OF 2025



Name


Feb 2025

04/27

06/30

11/08

Solana

SOL

192.00

149.30

149.60

165

Chainlink

LINK

18.35

14.48

13.28

16

Uniswap

UNI

9.60

5.57

6.98

6.70

Sui

SUI

3.45

3.55

2.77

2.15

Ondo

ONDO

1.32

0.95

0.75

0.68

Avalanche

AVAX

-

-

-

17.80

Feb 2025:   5 Cryptos to watch in 2025

10/12:   Added AVAX, 

11/23 This recent dip may be a good opportunity to buy/add


Links...

Labor Force Participation Rate
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims
ETFs performance - Ranked by  Volume

High Yield Covered Call ETFs
S&P 500 performance -by Sector

Most actively traded US stocks

Top 100 Stocks to buy (Alpha) 

US 100 Tech Index

Commodities / Futures
Largest Companies by Marketcap   …also

24/7 Wall St.

Crypto   Crypto News   Performance  Analytics

Fear & Greed Index 


Stocks

S&P 500 posts back-to-back gains Friday as AI trade makes a comeback

Stocks enter final stretch of 2025 just off record highs: What to watch this week

Japan hikes interest rate to highest level since 1995 as inflation bites

Consumer Sentiment Down Nearly 30% from a Year Ago

US unemployment rose in November to a four-year high

Home Values Are Falling in These 10 Major Metros—Florida Dominates the List

ETFs focused on AI stocks struggle as Broadcom, Oracle among worst performers in S&P 500

The Silver Bullet: Prices Surpass Record Levels as Tech Demand Is Projected to Rise Dramatically

Roomba’s bankruptcy may wreck a lot more than one robot vacuum maker


Crypto/Blockchain:  Global Market Cap: holding above $3T at  $3.10 Trilllion 

Crypto Crossroads: Bitcoin's Price Battle Between Resistance and Rebound

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

Ondo Finance to Offer Tokenized U.S. Stocks, ETFs on Solana Early Next Year

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF racks up $25 billion in yearly inflows despite BTC price slump

‘DeFi is dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO says onchain markets will swallow Wall Street

Uniswap’s UNI Jumps 19% as governance vote to activate protocol fees opens

JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin on Base Network

JPMorgan Pushes Deeper Into Crypto Strategy With MONY Fund On Ethereum


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