Stock Market Weekly update -Mar 1

 The indexes were down a bit last week, as we closed out Feb with small losses in both the S&P500 and the Nasdaq. NVDA dropped 5% for the week, while NFLX was up 25% for the week! Long term Interest rates (10Yr) dropped below 4% to 3.96, while PPI popped! This week we get the monthly Jobs report on Friday, and reaction to the US/Israeli attack on Iran.

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The week ahead:   Jobs report

8th week of Earnings -

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook  

Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate -dropped to 3.96%

The Dollar - down a bit to 97.65

Gold - rallied again to $5278

Oil - up again to $67.28

Bitcoin  - dropped a bit to around 67k

National debt  $38.8 Trillion

 

New all time Highs:  KO, JNJ, MCD, AMGN, TRV, (Dow stocks), FDX, MNST, VTR, DUK, CMS, ROST, WPM, SCCO, CB, NYT, CBOE…

-ALL time Lows:  AMC, XRX,


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

Earnings movers:  Pops: AXON, CRCL, ,   Drops: NVDA, CRWV, LOW, RUN 

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  down from  65% to 62%


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings

ASTS, SATS, NCLH, MDB, 

BBY, CRWD, ROST, TGT

AVGO, ANF, AEO, OKTA, RGTI

COST, CIEN, MRVL, BABA, JD


Events





Jobs



The indexes:  Still chopping in a range since the beginning of the year (S&P500 is below the high seen in late Oct!)…  the Nasdaq is still lagging.




SPX  SPY  -  Rangebound! uptrend is stalled.




SPX -another view



PPI -Inflation going away???



VIX -in an uptrend



Monthly rallies in Gold  …since March 2024!




Stocks last week - NVDA dropped, NFLX popped, Banks dropped




Sectors last week  -




Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt?  War, anything…?

Options watch:   High IV (Implied Volatility) stocks -link   

High Options volume:  

ETFs

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

Stocks

Mag7 & others   (most active link, or here)



More charts:    



2/14: All 7 members of the Magnificent Seven are now down on the year and underperforming the S&P 500




NASDAQ 2/01 -we could be looking at a double top here

03/01: Still lagging




AXP: Dropping for a 2nd Month -also BAC, C, WFC, JPM, COF, 



AVGO -dropping for 3 months -Not  the 1st time tho!




GLW: Another weekly move higher!







S&P 500 Total Percent Returns calendar  


Name


Feb 2025

04/27

06/30

01/04/26

03/01

Solana

SOL

192.00

149.30

149.60

134.50

84.00

Chainlink

LINK

18.35

14.48

13.28

13.40

8.80

Uniswap

UNI

9.60

5.57

6.98

5.90

3.75

SUI

SUI

3.45

3.55

2.77

1.70

0.90

ONDO

ONDO

1.32

0.95

0.75

0.44

0.26

Avalanche

AVAX

-

-

-

14.00

9.00

Feb 2025:   5 Cryptos to watch in 2025, 2026

10/12:   Added AVAX, 11/23 This recent dip may be a good opportunity to buy/add

02/15/26: Buy the dips here?


Top 10 L1 Blockchains: Daily Active Users - February 20, 2026


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

DOW 30 Components    -DOW 30 Performance

Commodities / Futures
Largest Companies by Marketcap   …also

24/7 Wall St.

Crypto   Crypto News   Performance  Analytics

Fear & Greed Index 


Top sites



Stocks/News:

Dow closes more than 500 points lower after hot inflation report, mounting concerns about AI impact

Oil markets on edge as Iran moves to restrict vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, report says

(PPI) Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected

Berkshire Hathaway profit falls on lower insurance income, Occidental writedown

Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior

$SOFI is trading at the same share price as 5 years ago

BYD February vehicle sales fall at steepest pace since pandemic

Tesla Has a Robotaxi Problem, and That's Bad News for Its Stock

Home Depot beats Wall Street’s expectations, even as sales decline

Foreign investors are piling into Japanese government bonds at a record pace:

Altman Says OpenAI Is Working on Pentagon Deal Amid Anthropic Standoff

OpenAI's $110 billion funding round draws investment from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

Trading volumes have surged in leveraged funds, options since the pandemic, data shows

Crypto/Blockchain:  Global Market Cap: …dropped to  $2.33 Trilllion   Current Crypto prices

Canton advances cross-border repo to free up $300 trillion assets via tokenization

Bitcoin market bottom may be nearing, at least if measured against gold, analyst says



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