When Did the ‘Chaos’ Button
Start Appearing,
and Who Pushed It?
December 2015: What’s Up, or Perhaps More Appropriate, What’s Not Down?
By Larry C. Paxton
December 2015 ended the year on a disappointing note with the major stock market indices dropping dramatically. These results did not offer much confidence as 2016 started. For the primary reasons we encourage you to read The PBR1000 December 2015 Breaking News Recap.
It is interesting to review how the indices behaved in December 2015. For example, for the 22 trading days the Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJIA) was up 10 days, down 12 days, and 9 of those days were up or down by at least 1%.
As we already know, January is showing similar characteristics, and there is a sense of chaos by many traders.
Sooner or later the markets will calm down, hopefully sooner. Then perhaps there will be a sense of order, or at least the stocks and commodities markets version of that.
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In the following tables the stock price is for the close of trading on December 31st, Month % Chg is compared to November 30th, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2014, and the 24 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013.
Table 1(S11): The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers
Table 1 Summary: The range was +71.72% to -62.54%. 284 out of 1,036 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 27.41% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 4.03%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 12/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
24 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keurig Green Mountain |
515 | GMCR | 89.98 | +71.72 | -32.04 | +19.12 |
| SunEdison | 769 | SUNE | 5.09 | +59.56 | -73.91 | -61.00 |
| SunPower |
680 | SPWR | 30.01 | +25.25 | +16.18 | +0.67 |
| Jarden | 324 | JAH | 57.12 | +22.37 | +19.30 | +39.66 |
| A-Mark Precious Metals |
419 | AMRK | 18.85 | +21.61 | +89.07 | n/a |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +134.39% to -99.44%. 384 out of 1,032 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 37.21% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 7.38%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 12/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
24 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netflix |
439 | NFLX | 114.38 | -7.26 | +134.39 | +117.45 |
| Amazon.com |
31 | AMZN | 675.89 | +1.67 | +117.78 | +69.49 |
| Activision Blizzard |
527 | ATVI | 38.71 | +2.79 | +92.11 | +117.11 |
| A-Mark Precious Metals |
402 | AMRK | 18.85 | +21.61 | +89.07 | n/a |
| Pep Boys |
853 | PBY | 18.41 | +18.54 | +87.47 | +51.65 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 24 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: Range was +266.87% to -99.93%. 511 out of 1,026 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 49.81% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of -0.13%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 12/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
24 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Holdings |
802 | HA | 35.33 | -2.40 | +35.62 | +266.87 |
| Electronic Arts |
516 | EA | 68.72 | +1.37 | +46.17 | +199.56 |
| Skechers USA |
791 | SKX | 30.21 | +0.03 | +64.01 | +173.64 |
| JetBlue |
422 | JBLU | 22.65 | -8.45 | +42.81 | +165.22 |
| Edwards Lifesciences |
801 | EW | 78.98 | -3.09 | +24.01 | +140.21 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: Range was $586.86 billion to $0.00 billion. The average is $19.66 billion, median is $5.86 billion, out of 1,036 companies tracked.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 12/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
24 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
3 | AAPL | 586.86 | -11.02 | -9.35 | +16.26 |
| Alphabet |
44 | GOOGL | 521.90 | +2.19 | +46.15 | +39.40 |
| Microsoft |
27 | MSFT | 443.17 | +2.08 | +15.74 | +41.91 |
| Berkshire Hathaway |
5 | BRK.B | 325.49 | -1.53 | -9.99 | +11.09 |
| ExxonMobil |
2 | XOM | 324.50 | -4.54 | -17.11 | -26.60 |
| The PBR1000 |
20,364.13 | -2.08 | -2.06 | +6.86 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 12/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
24 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 68,441.34 | -3.72 | -5.01 | +4.75 |
| DJIA | 17,425.03 | -1.66 | -2.23 | +5.12 |
| NASDAQ | 5,007.41 | -1.98 | +5.73 | +19.89 |
| S&P500 | 2,043.94 | -1.75 | -0.73 | +10.58 |
| Gold | 1,060.20 | -0.48 | -10.52 | -11.82 |
| Silver | 13.80 | -2.06 | -11.54 | -28.76 |
| Oil | 37.04 | -11.07 | -30.47 | -59.39 |
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