Stock Market Weekly update -Jul 5

 We finally got an ‘up’ week in the S&P 500 after 4 weeks of chopping around, while the DOW closed at another all time high, indicating continued rotation.  The Semis were down for a 2nd week, while the Healthcare (XLV) sector hit another all time high, and as Tech dropped again. The Software sector was up a bit as well. We closed out the Quarter with a nice gain.

 Quiet week ahead as far as both Earnings and Economic reports!

U.S. adds just 57,000 jobs in June, a worrying sign as wage growth remains slow

Lousy Jobs → Fewer Hikes → Stocks Happy


Dow jumps nearly 600 points to record close; Nasdaq slides as chip stocks suffer

Dow Bottomed At 6,460 Points In March 2009 – It Has Risen 8-Fold Since then



The 10 year Interest rate - up a bit to 4.49%

The Dollar - dropped to around 100.88

Gold - rallied for a 2nd week to $4175

Oil - dropped to $68.77

Bitcoin  - up to around 62k

National debt  climbing to around $39.4T 

 

New all time Highs:  KO, JNJ, TRV, PNC, ABBV, CSX, DAL, MNST, GE, ALL, CB, and other lesser followed names… like FROG 🙂

  -ALL time Lows:   

Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   

Earnings movers:  Pops:    -Drops: , 

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:   Up from 64% to 67%



Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings




PEP



Events







The indexes: SPX still chopping around since the  9 week rally high…

New all time high in the DOW!  New low in the VIX


SPX  SPY weekly -  Pause or reversal? Still in pullback mode from the recent high..




DOW - no pullback here!



Stocks last week - Semis still weak!



2nd Quarter stock performance 



Sectors last week  -Healthcare led again!




Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt?  War, anything…? All time highs on the DOW!

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:    


WMT -Here’s how that double top signal in May played out…



MSFT -this one signaled in 2025








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?

06/30/26 -still near recent lows!


Links...



Top sites


Stocks/News:

Dow Hits Record High as Money Rotates Into Blue Chips

Small-cap stocks just had their best start to a year since 1991…

Global stock markets close higher as Europe’s benchmark hits 52-week high

US Money Supply Hits Record $23 Trillion as Critics See a New Fed-Fueled Bubble

Oil’s Stunning Reversal Rekindles Fears of a Global Glut

Trump Accounts can help build long-term wealth, but only after ensuring 2 behaviors, exclusive research finds

Gold prices set for first weekly rise in a month as investors scale back Fed rate hike bets

X Money promises 6% APY and up to $10M FDIC

Tesla Deliveries Soar To 480,126 In Q2, But EV Giant's Stock Tumbles

Tesla (TSLA) Expands Robotaxi Service To Miami With Cybercabs On Public Roads

10 WAYS TO PLAY ROBOTICS IN 2026

Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium - SpaceNews

Corning (GLW) Joins Russell Growth Indexes As Investor Base Could Shift

Venezuela quake toll climbs to 2,595 as damage estimates mount after strongest tremor in a century

Crypto/Blockchain: 

  -Global Market Cap: Now around  $2.2 Trillion   Current Crypto prices
'Markets find their footing': Bitcoin holds $61,000 rebound ahead of US Independence Day as soft jobs data eases rate fears

Visa, Stripe, Coinbase and more join Open USD stablecoin that shares reserve revenue

Ripple joins Open USD: what it means for RLUSD and XRP

Robinhood Accelerates Global Expansion with Robinhood Chain Mainnet, Stock Tokens, Agentic Trading and New Suite of DeFi Products

Robinhood Chain Launches and Adopts Chainlink To Unlock Access to the Onchain Economy for Millions of Users

Is Ethereum losing the L1 race to Solana?

The world cup turned Polymarket into a $5B market

…Four years ago, during the Qatar World Cup, Polymarket processed a grand total of $138,000 in tournament bets.


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