April 2018: The Stock Market Bull Wins, But Just Barely
After a 2 month lapse, the Stock Market Bull is back in the game with a narrow win in April.
By Larry C. Paxton
With 9 out of 21 trading days in April being up or down by 1% or more volatility was at its greatest so far in 2018, even though the US and world economies continue to show strong moderate growth, US employment is good, and initial 1Q18 corporate earnings were generally encouraging. But there were headwinds from continued geopolitical concerns about N Korea and renewed issues with the nuclear treaty with Iran. At the end of the month the Stock Market Bull stops the Stock Market Bear at 2 consecutive months and they are now tied at 2 months each for the year.
The US Major Stock Market Exchanges April 2018 Summary
Number of Trading Days: 21
Number of Gain(+)/Loss(-) Days: DJIA 10+/11-; NASDAQ 11+/10-; SPX 13+/8-.
Record Days: DJIA 0, NASDAQ 0, SPX 0
Longest Gain Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 3 days(04/03-05/18), NASDAQ 3 days(04/03-05/18, 04/16-18/18), SPX 3 days(04/13-15/18, 04/16-18/18, 04/25-27/18)
Longest Loss Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 5 days(04/18-24/18), NASDAQ 5 days(04/19-25/18), SPX 2 days(04/19-20/18)
Big Swing Up Days(>1.00%): 6 days(04/03(DNS), 04/04(NS), 04/10(DNS), 04/12(DN), 04/17(NS), 04/26(NS)), mostly from international trade issues, optimism over anticipated meetings with N Korea.
Big Swing Down Days(<-1.00%): 3 days(04/02(DNS), 04/20(N), 04/24(DNS)), mostly from technology sector drops, Iran nuclear treaty issues.
The PBR1000 April 2018 Snapshots
The following are Top 5 partial tables excerpts from The PBR1000 April 2018 Snapshots. The price for stocks is for the close of trading on April 30, Month % Chg is compared to March 29, YTD % Chg is compared to December 29, 2017, and the 16 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 +50% to -48%. 511 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a loss of 0.0%, the median was a gain of 0.2%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/30/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verifone |
877 | PAY | 23.01 | +50 | +30 | +30 |
| Andeavor |
82 | ANDV | 138.32 | +38 | +21 | +58 |
| Stage Stores |
934 | SSI | 2.91 | +33 | +73 | -33 |
| SM Energy |
997 | SM | 23.95 | +33 | +8 | -31 |
| Chipotle |
537 | CMG | 423.33 | +31 | +46 | +12 |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +312% to -94%. 411 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a loss of 1.4%, the median was a loss of 3.0%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/30/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueLinx |
882 | BXC | 40.22 | +23 | +312 | +438 |
| Fossil |
726 | FOSL | 14.95 | +18 | +92 | -42 |
| Stage Stores | 934 | SSI | 2.91 | +33 | +73 | -33 |
| Netflix |
252 | NFLX | 312.46 | +6 | +63 | +152 |
| Eastman Kodak | 943 | KODK | 4.95 | -7 | +60 | -68 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 16 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +512% to -99%. 627 out of 998 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 17.2%. The median was a gain of 11.0%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/30/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Watchers | 976 | WTW | 70.05 | +10 | +58 | +512 |
| BlueLinx |
882 | BXC | 40.22 | +23 | +312 | +438 |
| Scientific Games | 689 | SGMS |
53.30 | +28 | +4 | +281 |
| Systemax | 982 | SYX | 31.43 | +10 | -6 | +258 |
| Square | 833 | SQ | 47.34 | -4 | +37 | +247 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: The range was $824 billion to $0.01 billion. The average is $25.8 billion, median is $8.1 billion, out of 1,000 companies.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 04/30/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
4 | AAPL | 824 | -3 | -6 | +33 |
| Amazon |
8 | AMZN | 763 | +10 | +37 | +114 |
| Microsoft |
31 | MSFT | 738 | +7 | +12 | +53 |
| Alphabet | 21 | GOOG | 717 | +3 | -2 | +35 |
| 69 | FB | 503 | +13 | -2 | +52 | |
| The PBR1000 |
25,800 | +2 | -1 | +18 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Primary US Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 04/30/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 84,985.83 | -0.1 | -1.5 | +17.4 |
| DJIA | 24,163.15 | +0.3 | -2.3 | +22.3 |
| NASDAQ | 7,066.27 | +0.0 | +2.4 | +31.3 |
| S&P500 | 2,648.05 | +0.3 | -1.0 | +18.3 |
| GOLD | 1,316.10 | -1.0 | +0.8 | +14.3 |
| SILVER | 16.36 | +0.1 | -3.7 | +2.3 |
| OIL | 68.57 | +5.6 | +14.1 | +27.6 |
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