March 2018: The PBR1000 Gets A Big Stock Market Bear Hug.
Volatility is a favorite word for the Stock Market Bear, and it showed up often in March 2018.
By Larry C. Paxton
March featured another month of volatility from international trade as tariffs are threatened, the federal funds rate was increased with more anticipated during the year, there were more additions to the White House’s prestigious “You’re fired!” list, controversies surround the continuing investigation of Russia’s meddling in US elections, user privacy issues and data breaches continue to dog social media, retail and financial services, and the US President is being assaulted by the media for alleged personal indiscretions, but blows it off as he determinedly strives to achieve the agenda he promised his constituents. Confusion seems to reign in the hearts of investors so it was an easy second month in a row win for the Stock Market Bear.
On the other hand the economic data indicates continued moderate, consistent, and strengthening growth.
Mid-term elections should start heating up soon. It will be interesting to see how the voters respond to all of this in primary and the November general election as issues are debated and promises made by the candidates.
With volatility there are also new opportunities short and long term as the stock market and economy adjusts. It’s a good time to be a full Subscriber to The PBR1000 and The PBRMarketTools US Indices Snapshots!
The US Major Stock Market Exchanges March 2018 Summary
Number of Trading Days: 21
Number of Gain(+)/Loss(-) Days: DJIA 9+/12-; NASDAQ 11+/10-; SPX 9+/12-.
Record Days: DJIA 0, NASDAQ 2, SPX 0
Longest Gain Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 2 days(03/05-06, 03/08-09, 03/15-16), NASDAQ 7 days(03/02-12), SPX 3 days(03/02-06)
Longest Loss Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 4 days(02/27-03/02), NASDAQ 3 days(02/27-03/01, 03/13-15, 03/21-23), SPX 4 days(03/12-15)
Big Swing Up Days(>1.00%): 5 days(03/02, 03/05, 03/09, 03/26, 03/29), mostly from international trade issues easing, N Korea willing to talk and give up its nuclear program, US/S Korea trade deal, economic data
Big Swing Down Days(<-1.00%): 8 days(03/01, 03/07, 03/13, 03/14, 03/19, 03/22, 03/23, 03/27), mostly from international trade tariffs threatened, federal funds rate increase, technology/energy sector drops, White House staff turnover, President’s personal issues.
The PBR1000 March 2018 Snapshots
The following are Top 5 partial tables excerpts from The PBR1000 March 2018 Snapshots. The price for stocks is for the close of trading on March 29, Month % Chg is compared to February 28, YTD % Chg is compared to December 29, 2017, and the 15 Months % Chg is compared to December 30, 2016. The PBR Rank is by annual revenues.
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Table 1(S11): The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers
Table 1 Summary: The range was +116% to -33%. 438 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a loss of 0.6%, the median was a loss of 0.8%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 03/29/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
15 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueLinx |
856 | BXC | 32.59 | +116 | +234 | +336 |
| Veritiv |
318 | VRTV | 39.20 | +62 | +36 | -27 |
| Sears Hometown |
830 | SHOS | 3.00 | +43 | +15 | -36 |
| Crocs |
998 | CROX | 16.25 | +33 | +29 | +137 |
| Guess? |
807 | GES | 15.79 | +31 | +23 | +71 |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +234% to -93%. 379 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a loss of 1.4%, the median was a loss of 3.2%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 03/29/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
15 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueLinx |
856 | BXC | 32.59 | +116 | +234 | +336 |
| Alliance One |
894 | AOI | 26.05 | +31 | +97 | +36 |
| Eastman Kodak | 926 | KODK | 5.35 | +2 | +73 | -65 |
| Fossil |
671 | FOSL | 12.70 | -5 | +63 | -51 |
| Tenet Healthcare | 129 | THC | 24.25 | +18 | +60 | +63 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 15 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +457% to -99%. 623 out of 998 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 17.0%. The median was a gain of 10.3%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 03/29/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
15 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Watchers | 985 | WTW | 63.72 | -6 | +44 | +457 |
| BlueLinx |
856 | BXC | 32.59 | +116 | +234 | +336 |
| Systemax | 903 | SYX |
28.55 | -0 | -14 | +226 |
| RH(Restoration Hardware) | 820 | RH | 95.28 | +12 | +11 | +210 |
| Scientific Games |
699 | SGMS | 41.60 | -6 | -19 | +197 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: The range was $845 billion to $0.01 billion. The average is $25.2 billion, median is $7.7 billion, out of 1,000 companies.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 03/29/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
15 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
2 | AAPL | 845 | -7 | -3 | +37 |
| Alphabet |
20 | GOOG | 699 | -10 | -4 | +31 |
| Amazon |
7 | AMZN | 693 | -5 | +25 | +94 |
| Microsoft | 29 | MSFT | 688 | -5 | +4 | +42 |
| Berkshire Hathaway | 4 | FB | 485 | -6 | -1 | +21 |
| The PBR1000 |
25,202 | -4 | -2 | +15 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Primary US Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 03/29/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
15 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 85,412.53 | -0.6 | -1.4 | +17.0 |
| DJIA | 24,103.11 | -3.7 | -2.5 | +17.6 |
| NASDAQ | 7,063.44 | -2.9 | +2.3 | +31.2 |
| S&P500 | 2,640.87 | -2.7 | -1.2 | +18.0 |
| GOLD | 1,329.30 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +15.4 |
| SILVER | 16.34 | -0.4 | -3.8 | +2.2 |
| OIL | 64.91 | +5.3 | +8.0 | +20.8 |
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