The PBR1000 August 2015 Stocks/Commodities Snapshots

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By Larry C. Paxton

The PBR1000 August 2015 Snapshots include news and stocks data on 1,050 companies in 15 analytical reports.

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The PBR1000 companies and stocks worldwide were hit hard with the unexpected devaluation by China of its Yuan currency. This was further compounded by what many expect to finally be a small increase in the interest rate charged by the US Federal Reserve Bank. The US economy is considered by most to continue to grow at a modest/moderate rate, and the most stable in the world. While there continues to be cautious optimism about the future, volatile August shows that the US and global economy remains vulnerable to unexpected events.

In the following tables the stock price is for the close of trading on August 31st, Month % Chg is compared to July 31st, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2014, and the 20 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013.

Table 1: The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers

Table 1 Summary: The range was +417.22% to -89.17%. 165 out of 1,050 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 15.71% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 5.38%.

Company PBR
Rank
Symbol Price
08/31/15
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
20 Mos
% Chg
Arch Coal
687 ACI 9.31 +417.22 -47.70 -79.08
Peabody Energy
369 BTU 2.70 +125.00 -65.12 -86.18
Caesars Entertainment
311 CZR 9.55 +83.30 -39.13 -55.66
Cliffs Natural Resources
512 CLF 3.97 +57.54 -44.40 -84.85
Weight Watchers Intl
979 WTW 6.15 +53.75 -75.24 -81.32

 

Table 2: The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers

Table 2 Summary: The range was +154.73% to -96.41%. 384 out of 1,046 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 36.71% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 6.51%.

Company PBR
Rank
Symbol Price
08/31/15
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
20 Mos
% Chg
Skechers USA
798 SKX 140.74 -6.54 +154.73 +324.81
Netflix
443 NFLX 115.03 +0.63 +135.72 +118.69
McDermott Intl
817 MDR 5.08 +15.45 +74.57 -44.54
Pinnacle Entertainment
837 PNK 37.77 -1.90 +69.75 +45.33
Amazon.com
30 AMZN 512.89 -4.34 +65.26 +28.61

 

Table 3: The PBR1000 Top 5 20 Months Stock Price % Gainers

Table 3 Summary: Range was +324.81% to -99.34%. 545 out of 1,040 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 52.40% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 1.95%.

Company PBR
Rank
Symbol Price
08/31/15
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
20 Mos
% Chg
Skechers USA
798 SKX 140.74 -6.45 +154.73 +324.81
Electronic Arts
522 EA 66.15 -7.55 +40.70 +188.36
JetBlue Airways
426 JBLU 22.32 -2.87 +40.73 +161.36
Hawaiian Holdings
810 HA 22.66 +4.33 -13.01 +135.31
Freescale Semiconductor
509 FSL 35.73 -10.38 +41.62 +122.62

 

Table 4: The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization

Table 4 Summary: Range was $643.04 billion to $0.01 billion. The average is $19.13 billion, median is $6.10 billion, out of 1,047 companies tracked.

Company PBR
Rank
Symbol Market Cap($B)
08/31/15
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
20 Mos
% Chg
Apple
5 AAPL 643.04 -7.04 -0.67 +27.39
Google
44 GOOGL 423.83 -1.18 +18.69 +13.20
Microsoft
26 MSFT 348.07 -7.15 -9.10 +11.45
Berkshire Hathaway
4 BRK.B 332.17 -5.58 -8.14 +13.37
ExxonMobil
2 XOM 313.71 -5.28 -19.87 -29.04
The PBR1000
  20,086.03 -6.07 -3.91 +4.83

 

Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities

Company Price
08/31/15
Mo
% Chg
YTD
% Chg
20 Mos
% Chg
The PBR1000 70,203.84 -6.21 -3.84 +6.12
DJIA 16,528.03 -6.57 -7.27 -0.29
NASDAQ 4,776.51 -6.86 +0.85 +14.36
S&P500 1,972.18 -6.26 -4.21 +6.70
Gold 1,132.50 +3.42 -4.42 -5.81
Silver 14.59 -1.15 -6.47 -24.68
Oil 49.20 +5.20 -7.46 -46.05

 

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