Stock Market Weekly update -May 17

 We got a 7th week up in the S&P500, but just barely, as markets pulled back on Friday, with the pop in Interest Rates! Global bond yields are also rising, and CPI & PPI reports showed inflation to be on the rise again.  AAPL hit another  all time high, along with CSCO, while INTC saw a big pullback. Cybersecurity stocks popped!  Bitcoin pulled back for the week,

Stocks are up, Rates are up, Oil is up, Inflation is up, Consumer sentiment at an all time low! One of them might just be going the wrong way 🙂

Dow loses more than 500 points Friday as tech slumps and yields spike

30-year Treasury yield tops 5.1%, highest in nearly a year

Consumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April, the highest since May 2023




Interest rates have been rising this year, al;ong with stocks! 



The week ahead:   

6th week of Earnings - NVDA, HD, WMT…

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook  

Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate - rallied to 4.6%

The Dollar - up a bit to 99.27

Gold - dropped to $4539

Oil - rallied to $101.15

Bitcoin  - dropped to around 78k

National debt  $39.2T 

 

New all time Highs:  AAPL, CRWD, PANW, FTNT, EBAY, DDOG, PM, 

 -ALL time Lows:   

Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   Pops:  FCEL, NBIS, POET  Drops:,, 

Earnings movers:  Pops:  CSCO, NBIS, WEN  -Drops:  

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  down from 52% to 44%


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings


HD, TOL

NVDA, LOW, INTU, ADI, TGT, TJX, 

WMT, ROST, DE,  DECK


Events




 



The indexes:  ‘Weekly rally’ momentum stalling?



SPX  SPY  -  Stalled in the 7th week up…

Notice the ‘tail’ bar for last week -usually a topping signal.




Stocks last week - …Tech & Semis had a great week!




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:    


Japan’s Interest Rates!




The S&P 500 is at an all-time high while Consumer Sentiment is at an all-time low.




HERE ARE THE TOP 15 PERFORMERS OF 2026









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

10/12/25:   Added AVAX, 11/23 This recent dip may be a good opportunity to buy/add

02/15/26: Buy the dips here?


Links...



Top sites


Stocks/News:

Investors eye Nvidia, bond yields, and the next commodity supercycle: What to watch this week

Treasury yields soar as bond sell-off grips markets; US30Y hits highest since 2007

Bond market believes Fed behind the curve on inflation as Warsh takes over

MarketWatch: The world lost nearly 1 billion barrels in oil supply over the past 75 days. Why investors aren’t worrying enough.

AMD and ARM Extend Server Market Gains While Intel Loses Share

AMD vs Intel: One Triples Free Cash Flow While Another Burns Billions on Foundry Ambitions

Tesla falls out of China's EV top 10 as BYD surges

Nvidia is So Cheap That It’ll Be a Bargain Even if It Doubles

Bill Gates Just Did the Unthinkable — He Sold Every Last Share of Microsoft Stock

Alphabet sells yen bonds worth $3.6 billion, largest such issue by foreign company

Roundhill fund becomes fastest-growing ETF ever as retail investors seek semiconductor exposure

Berkshire’s new CEO overhauls portfolio, dumping a slate of stocks

Cisco is the most overbought stock in the S&P 500. Here are the others.

Rocket Lab Leads Space Rally With 57% Gain Following SpaceX IPO Report

Crypto/Blockchain: 

  -Global Market Cap: Holding up around  $2.8 Trilllion   Current Crypto prices
Japan's enterprise-led blockchain to issue yen stablecoin for B2B settlements

SAUDI ARABIA WANTS TO BRING TRILLIONS ONCHAIN

Harvard dumps ether ETF as Abu Dhabi sovereign fund keeps adding to bitcoin positions

BlackRock deepens tokenization push with new onchain fund offerings


Top RWA Protocols YTD Performance:


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