The Week 32 of 2021 US Stock Market  News Recap

By Larry C. Paxton

US Stock Market Indices Summary
Week 32 of 2021 Ending 08/13/21
	DJIA	NASDAQ	S&P500
Previous Year Close(12/31/20)	30,606.48	12,888.28	3,756.07
Previous Quarter Close(06/30/21	34,502.51	14,503.95	4,297.50
Previous Month Close(7/30/21)	34,935.47	14,672.68	4,395.26
Record Close Date	08/13/21	08/05/21	08/13/21
Record Close	35,515.38	14,895.12	4,468.00
Week 31-Friday & Close	35,208.51	14,835.76	4,436.52
Week 32-Monday	35,101.85	14,860.18	4,432.35
Day % Change	-0.30%	0.16%	-0.09%
Week 32-Tuesday	35,264.67	14,788.09	4,436.75
Day % Change	0.46%	-0.49%	0.10%
Week 32-Wednesday	35,484.97	14,765.14	4,447.70
Day % Change	0.62%	-0.16%	0.25%
Week 32-Thursday	35,499.85	14,816.26	4,460.83
Day % Change	0.04%	0.35%	0.30%
Week 32-Friday & Close	35,515.38	14,822.90	4,468.00
Day % Change	0.04%	0.04%	0.16%
Percent Change-Week	0.87%	-0.09%	0.71%
Percent Change-Month-to-Date	1.66%	1.02%	1.65%
Percent Change-Quarter-to-Date	2.94%	2.20%	3.97%
Percent Change-Year-to-Date	16.04%	15.01%	18.95%
Percent Change-Record	0.00%	-0.48%	0.00%
The Stock Market Bull and Bear Tallies YTD
Week 32 Winner and Tally	Bull	2-1	Mixed Win
July Winner and Tally	Bull	3-0	Win
	Weeks	Months	YTD
The Stock Market Bull	15	4	Winning
The Stock Market Bear	10	0	Losing
Mixed Result	7	3
Totals	32	7

The US Stock Market Week 32 Summary:

It appears that The Stock Market Bull decided to celebrate his Week 31 victory by taking an extra day off on Monday. The Stock Market Bear took advantage and got a 2-1 mixed result, which could have been a 3-0 if he had spent only a minute or two more on the NASDAQ. On Tuesday The Stock Market Bull returned to the field and the roles were reversed with the Bull establishing new closing records on the DJIA and S&P500, but losing the NASDAQ. The Stock Market Bull repeated this performance on Wednesday. On Thursday The Stock Market Bull chased The Stock Market Bear from the field, and repeated that on Friday, scoring 3-0 wins both days. The DJIA and S&P500 each got 4 consecutive days of records to end the week. But The Stock Market Bear did just enough damage on the NASDAQ on Tuesday and Wednesday leaving The Stock Market Bull with a 2-1 mixed result win for Week 32.

Summary News Items for Week 32:

US Economy

• Friday, August 13, 2021
• The US Dept of Labor says the Preliminary July 2021 US Change in Monthly Import Prices Index is at +0.3%, June was at +1.1%, May +1.3%, July 2020 +1.2%, July 2019 +0.0%; the July 2021 Last 12 Months Change in Import Prices is at 10.2%, July 2020 was at -3.3%, July 2019 -1.8%; the July 2021 Month Change Exports is at +1.3%, June +1.2%, May +2.3%, July 2020 +1.0%, July 2019 +0.2%; the July 2021 Last 12 Months Change in Export Prices is at 17.2%, July 2020 was at -3.3%, July 2019 -1.8%.
• The U of Michigan Preliminary August 2021 Consumer Sentiment Index is at 70.2, July was at 81.2, June 85.5, August 2020 74.1, August 2019 89.8. “… There is little doubt that the pandemic’s resurgence due to the Delta variant has been met with a mixture of reason and emotion. Consumers have correctly reasoned that the economy’s performance will be diminished over the next several months, but the extraordinary surge in negative economic assessments also reflects an emotional response, mainly from dashed hopes that the pandemic would soon end….”

• Thursday, August 12, 2021
• The US Dept of Labor says the Preliminary July 2021 US Producer Price Index Total Monthly Final Demand is at +1.0%, June was also at +1.0%, May +0.8%, July 2020 +0.5%, July 2019 +0.3%; The July 2021 US Producer Price Index Total Monthly Final Demand-Last 12 Months is at +7.8%, June +7.3%, May +6.6%, July 2020 -0.3%, July 2019 +1.6%.

• Wednesday, August 11, 2021
• The US Dept of the Treasury says the July 2021 US Federal Government Receipts are at $262.0 billion, Outlays $564.1 billion, for a July 2021 Deficit of $302.1 billion, June Deficit was at $174.2 billion, May Deficit $132.0 billion, July 2020 Deficit $63.0 billion, July 2019 $119.7 billion; the July 2021 Fiscal Year Deficit YTD(10 months) is at $2,540.0 billion, July 2020 was at $2,807.3 billion, July 2019 $866.8 billion.
• The US Dept of Labor says the July 2021 US Consumer Price Index Change-All Items is at +0.5%, June was at +0.9%, May +0.6%, July 2020 +0.5%, July 2019 +0.3%; July 2021 Last 12 Months(Unadjusted) is at +5.4%, June was also at +5.4%, May +5.0%, July 2020 +1.0%, July 2019 +1.8%.
• The US Dept of Labor says the Preliminary July 2021 US Current Average Earnings/Hour is at $30.54, Average Hours Worked/Week is at 34.8, for July 2021 US Current Average Weekly Earnings of $1,062.79, June was at $1,058.96, May $1,054.79, July 2020 $1,016.20, July 2019 $962.12.

• Tuesday, August 10, 2021
• The US Dept of Labor says the Preliminary 2Q21 US Business Sector Labor Productivity Output/Hour-All Persons is at +2.7%, 1Q21 was at +4.2%, 4Q20 -4.2%, 2Q20 +10.2%, 2Q19 +4.3%.
• CoreLogic says the May 2021 US Home Mortgages 30 or More Days Delinquent is at 4.7%, April was also at 4.7%, March 4.9%, May 2020 7.3%, May 2019 3.6%. “… a recent CoreLogic survey of mortgage holders reports 85% of respondents said they maintained employment through the pandemic, which has helped many homeowners avoid delinquency and prevented a broad-scale mortgage crisis.”

• Monday, August 9, 2021
• The US Dept of Labor says the the Preliminary June 2021 US Job Openings-Private is at 9,154,000, Government 919,000, for June 2021 US Total Job Openings at 10,073,000, June was at 9,483,000, May 9,193,000, June 2020 6,112,000, June 2019 7,185,000.
• FannieMae says the July 2021 US Home Purchase Sentiment Index is at 75.8, June was at 79.7, May 80.0, July 2020 74.2, July 2019 93.7. “… consumers continue to report concerns related to high home prices and a lack of homes for sale.”

US Government/Other

• Daily counts of 100,000 in the US during the week indicate that COVID-19 pandemic has reached much higher levels, especially with the more aggressive Delta variant.
• The US government is extending the student loan payments pause through January, 2022.
• The Taliban has captured some more key cities in Afghanistan as the US nearly completes its pullout.
• The US Senate passes a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure support bill. It now goes to the US House of Representatives for its approval.
• The US Senate passes a $3.5 trillion budget proposal on a 50-49 party line vote.
• New York governor Andrew Cuomo resigns his office over sexual harassment charges and the resulting threat of an impeachment, to be effective in 14 days, his successor will be Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul who will become New York’s first female governor.
• US Corporate earnings reports continue to be mostly positive as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but guidance is now changing because of concerns for the Delta variant.

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