Stock Market Weekly update -Apr 5

 The stock indexes finally rallied last week, after dropping for 5 weeks. This week we could see a continuation of this turnaround as we enter the 2nd Quarter… We also saw a rally in Bonds. Gold, and Oil! NKE dumped further after reporting earnings, after already dropping for the past few years! Same for McCormick. Gold Miners rallied along with Gold.

U.S. payrolls rose by 178,000 in March, more than expected; unemployment at 4.3%


The week ahead:   

PCE & CPI reports

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook  

Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate - dropped to 4.31%

The Dollar - flat at 100.17

Gold - rallied to $4676

Oil - rallied to $112.05

Bitcoin  - mostly flat around 67k

National debt  $39.07T - NOW OVER $39 TRILLION

 

New all time Highs:   LITE, NYT, SFD, ETR, 

-ALL time Lows: OWL, KREF, BULL, FIG, XRX, 

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

Earnings movers:  Pops:, ,   Drops:,  

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  up from 19% to 29%!


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings



DAL, STX



Events




PCE

CPI


The indexes:  Still in a weekly downtrend, though we did see a reversal last week as expected…



SPX  SPY  -  Weekly reversal, so far…




Stocks last week - …starting to see some green!




Sectors last week  -Basic Materials led the way again




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:    


Oil -continues to climb



NFLX continues to recover









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?


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:

The Week That Was: April 2, 2026 (video)

Inflation readings, oil volatility, and airline earnings: What to watch this week (video)

AI Is Killing Microsoft

Microsoft: A Stock to Avoid or a Once-in-a-Decade Buying Opportunity?

Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

US private credit faces potentially higher defaults as software exposure weighs

NASA returns to the moon after 50 years

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

   Current Crypto prices

Bitcoin bottom or bull trap? Whales and bears disagree


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