April 2017: The Bull Keeps Running
Yes, the Stock Market Bull says the charts show he has a long time to keep going, but can he really read?
By Larry C. Paxton
April continued the upward trend for stocks with all 3 major US stock exchanges finishing up without much volatility during the month. Technology stocks were particularly kind to NASDAQ, which finished up significantly. The only big swing was what was perceived as a positive sign when centrist Emmanuel Marcon was elected President of France.
The US economy continues to grow at a modest/moderate rate, with job growth, wage growth and the unemployment rate being reasonable. Business and consumer sentiment indexes show growing confidence.
Investment professionals continue to be all over the place with opinions ranging from the Bull Market has a long more way to run to a severe Bear Market is right around the corner.
Here are some April summaries on the US stock exchanges:
Number of Trading Days: 19
Number of Gain(+)/Loss(-) Days: DJIA 8+/11-; NASDAQ 10+/9-; SPX 8+/11-.
Record Days: DJIA 0, NASDAQ 4, SPX 0
Longest Gain Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 2, NASDAQ 2, SPX 2
Longest Loss Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 3, NASDAQ 3, SPX 3
Big Swing Up Days(>1.00%): 1, 04/24/17: Day after centrist Emmanuel Macron wins French Presidential election
Big Swing Down Days(<-1.00%): 0
The following are Top 5 partial tables excerpts from The PBR1000 April Snapshots. The stock price is for the close of trading on April 28, Month % Chg is compared to March 31, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2016, and the 16 Months % Chg is compared to December 31, 2015. 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 +101% to -85%. 583 out of 1,010 stock prices were up 0.00% or more. The average was a gain of 1.4%, the median was a gain of 0.7%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/28/17 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conn’s |
918 | CONN | 17.60 | +101 | +39 | -25 |
| Weight Watchers |
993 | WTW | 20.88 | +34 | +82 | -8 |
| Alere |
749 | ALR | 49.17 | +24 | +26 | +26 |
| CR Bard |
575 | BCR | 307.48 | +24 | +37 | +62 |
| Invacare |
1005 | IVC | 14.70 | +24 | +13 | -15 |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +94% to -61%. 623 out of 1,007 stock prices were up 0.00% or more. The average was a gain of 7.0%, the median was a gain of 3.9%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/28/17 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iHeartMedia |
400 | IHRT | 2.15 | -41 | +94 | +139 |
| Weight Watchers |
993 | WTW | 20.88 | +34 | +82 | -8 |
| Scientific Games |
689 | SGMS | 23.75 | +0 | +70 | +165 |
| Tronox |
824 | TROX | 16.51 | -11 | +60 | +322 |
| Restoration Hardware |
814 | RH | 47.97 | +4 | +56 | -40 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 16 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +363% to -89%. 768 out of 1,005 stock prices were up 0.00% or more. The average was a gain of 19.8%. The median was a gain of 18.4%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/28/17 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | 524 | AMD | 13.30 | -9 | +17 | +363 |
| Cliffs Natural Resources |
821 | CLF | 6.72 | -18 | -20 | +325 |
| Tronox | 824 | TROX |
16.51 | -11 | +60 | +322 |
| NVIDIA | 365 | NVDA | 104.30 | -4 | -2 | +216 |
| Navistar Intl |
319 | NAV | 26.91 | +9 | -14 | +204 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: The range was $753.67 billion to $0.01 billion. The average is $23.2 billion, median is $7.1 billion, out of 1,008 companies.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 04/28/17 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
4 | AAPL | 753.67 | -0 | +22 | +28 |
| Alphabet |
27 | GOOG | 626.40 | +9 | +18 | +20 |
| Microsoft |
29 | MSFT | 529.03 | +4 | +9 | +19 |
| Amazon | 12 | AMZN | 441.38 | +4 | +24 | +39 |
| 94 | FB | 434.22 | +6 | +31 | +47 | |
| The PBR1000 |
23,340.34 | +1 | +6 | +15 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 04/28/17 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 79,606.60 | +1.4 | +7.0 | +19.8 |
| DJIA | 20,940.51 | +1.3 | +6.0 | +20.2 |
| NASDAQ | 6,047.61 | +2.3 | +12.3 | +20.8 |
| S&P500 | 2,384.20 | +0.9 | +6.5 | +16.7 |
| GOLD | 1,269.50 | +1.4 | +10.2 | +19.7 |
| SILVER | 17.22 | -5.8 | +7.7 | +24.8 |
| OIL | 49.19 | -3.3 | -8.4 | +32.8 |
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