August 2018 The PBR1000: Another Big Win for the Stock Market Bull
In August 2018 The Stock Market Bull captured his 5th monthly win of the year. As usual, experts are mixed on how long he can keep the trend going.
By Larry C. Paxton
It was another good month for all 3 major US stock market exchanges. Highlights include Apple(PBR4 $AAPL) being the first US company to hit the $1 trillion market capitalization level. Tech stocks had an especially good month as indicated by the NASDAQ having 18+ trading days to only 5- trading days. US economic growth continues to be robust, unemployment remains low, there are more job openings than qualified people to fill them, but there is also a lack of affordable housing inventory and mortgage rates are climbing. It was another victorious month for the Stock Market Bull, who after 8 months in 2018 now has 5 monthly wins to the Stock Market Bear’s 2 months, with June being the only mixed result.
The August 2018 US Major Stock Market Exchanges Summary
Number of Trading Days: 23
Number of Gain(+)/Loss(-) Days: DJIA 12+/11-; NASDAQ 18+/5-; SPX 14+/9-.
Record Days: DJIA 0, NASDAQ 4, SPX 4
Longest Gain Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 4 days(08/16-21/18, 08/24-29/18), NASDAQ 8 days(07/31-08/09/18), SPX 4 days(08/02-07/18, 08/16-21/18, 08/24-29/18)
Longest Loss Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 4 days(08/08-13/18), NASDAQ 2 days(08/10-13/18), SPX 4 days(08/08-13/18)
Big Swing Up Days(>1.00%): 3 days(08/02/18(N), 08/16/18(D), 08/27/18(D))
Big Swing Down Days(<-1.00%): 1 days(08/15/18(N))
The PBR1000 August 2018 Snapshots
The following are Top 5 partial tables excerpts from The PBR1000 August 2018 Snapshots. The price for stocks is for the close of trading on August 31, 2018, Month % Chg is compared to July 31, 2018 YTD % Chg is compared to December 29, 2017, and the 20 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 +53% to -58%. 603 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 2.08%, the median was a gain of 1.53%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 08/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Shoppe |
995 | VSI | 12.80 | +53 | +191 | -46 |
| Core-Mark |
177 | CORE | 35.77 | +48 | +13 | -17 |
| UNISYS |
747 | UIS | 18.60 | +45 | +128 | +24 |
| Revlon |
757 | REV | 21.75 | +39 | -0 | -25 |
| Endo Intl |
645 | ENDP | 17.15 | +38 | +121 | +4 |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +268% to -75%. 575 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 4.70%, the median was a gain of 3.40%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 08/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueLinx |
891 | BXC | 35.93 | +5 | +268 | +381 |
| Fossil |
739 | FOSL | 22.67 | -13 | +192 | -12 |
| Vitamin Shoppe | 995 | VSI | 12.80 | +53 | +191 | -46 |
| Square |
840 | SQ | 88.64 | +37 | +156 | +550 |
| AMD | 488 | AMD | 25.17 | +37 | +145 | +122 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 20 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +554% to -92%. 690 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 24.85%. The median was a gain of 16.25%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 08/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Watchers | 974 | WTW | 74.90 | -16 | +69 | +554 |
| Square | 840 | SQ | 88.64 | +37 | +156 | +550 |
| RH | 801 | RH | 159.00 | +17 | +84 | +418 |
| BlueLinx | 891 | BXC | 35.93 | +5 | +268 | +381 |
| Systemax | 980 | SYX | 36.50 | -18 | +10 | +316 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: The range was $1,090 billion to $0.04 billion. The average is $27.8 billion, median is $8.3 billion, out of 1,000 companies.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 08/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
4 | AAPL | 1,090 | +17 | +25 | +76 |
| Amazon |
8 | AMZN | 977 | +13 | +76 | +174 |
| Alphabet |
21 | GOOG | 867 | +2 | +19 | +63 |
| Microsoft | 22 | MSFT | 858 | +6 | +30 | +78 |
| Berkshire Hathaway | 3 | BRKB | 519 | +5 | +6 | +29 |
| The PBR1000 |
27,798 | +3 | +7 | +28 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Primary US Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 08/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 90,023.93 | +2.1 | +4.7 | +24.9 |
| DJIA | 25,964.82 | +2.2 | +5.0 | +31.4 |
| NASDAQ | 8,109.54 | +5.7 | +17.5 | +50.7 |
| S&P500 | 2,901.52 | +3.0 | +8.5 | +29.6 |
| GOLD | 1,206.90 | -2.1 | -7.5 | +4.8 |
| SILVER | 14.58 | -6.2 | -14.2 | -8.9 |
| OIL | 69.88 | +2.1 | +16.3 | +30.1 |
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