Stock Market Weekly update -Mar 29

 The indexes were down for a 5th week, now well below the daily 200MA (the moving average), and again both stocks and bonds were down for the week -not normal, and Intertest Rates are moving higher as well. SNDK & WDC both dropped after popping the prior week, and MU dumped for a 2nd week! META, GOOGL, MSFT had big drops too!  Gold recovered after a big drop. as did Oil.  Markets will be closed for Good Friday.

Dow tumbles almost 800 points and enters correction, S&P 500 posts fifth straight losing week 
U.S. endures weakest Treasury auctions in over 3 years as anxiety around Iran war grows


S&P500 -dropping for 5 weeks!




The week ahead:   

NKE earnings

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook  

Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate - moved up again to 4.44%

The Dollar - moved up a bit to 100.19

Gold - Flat at $4493, after a big drop

Oil - up a bit to $101.17

Bitcoin  - down a bit to around 66k

National debt  $39.05T - NOW OVER $39 TRILLION

 

New all time Highs:   CVX, XOM, ETR, VLO, PSX, MPC, AGX -all Energy!

-ALL time Lows: SNAP, BULL, FIG, AMC, KLAR, 

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

Earnings movers:  Pops:, ,   Drops:,  

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  flat at around 19%!


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings


NKE, MKC

CALM, NG



Events





Jobs Data?

Good Friday


The indexes:  Still in a weekly downtrend, with lower highs and lower lows… 

Could see a reversal or stall this week…


SPX  SPY  -  No reversal yet! Dropped well below  the potential support levels!




Stocks last week - …more RED again

MU -15.5%, MSFT down another 6.6%, GOOGL -8.4%, META -11.4%




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:    


MKC (Mccormick) 50% drop from the highs -once a hi- flier




FIG: Why you need to use Stop Loss exits!



Gold: Why you need to use Stop Loss exits!

Maybe use a Moving Average line as a guide (50MA shown above)



MSFT -Same idea here -exit before a small loss becomes a big loss

Also notice the Double Top



SPY(S&P500) -Same idea here on the INDEX




OKLO -Same idea here



Barrick -Gold stocks continue to retreat 

-Same idea for a profit exit using the MA as a guide



03/15: CPB -why you need to use a Stop Loss exit!












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:

Almost everything is going wrong for markets right now

Microsoft is down 31% in the past five months.

Apollo private credit fund gives investors only 45% of requested withdrawals

Broadcom (AVGO) Bags Another US Government Defense Deal

Berkshire shares suffer longest losing streak in more than 7 years

Meta and Google lost a major social media addiction lawsuit. Their troubles are far from over.

Investors are ramping up bets against Oracle’s credit:

Netflix raises prices across all streaming plans

A new oil shock is building. The next few weeks of war will be decisive for the economy

European bond yields at 15-year highs amid inflation, rate hike fears

Crypto/Blockchain:  Global Market Cap: Holding up around  $2.39 Trilllion   Current Crypto prices

Bitcoin's Price Coils Near Support With Indicators Flashing Mixed Signals

SEC Chair Paul Atkins: 🇺🇸“All U.S. markets will be on chain within two years.”

Why Mastercard paid double for stablecoin infrastructure it could have built

Bittensor ecosystem tokens' value hit $1.5 billion as Jensen Huang endorsement supports TAO rally


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