May 2018: The Stock Market Bull Dominates
The Stock Market Bull wins 2 months in a row. Will geopolitical issues and upcoming US elections stop the streak?
By Larry C. Paxton
The month of May was a lot less volatile than April, at least according to the numbers. With all kinds of geopolitical issues arising creating a lot of uncertainty, and US primary and general elections soon to be center stage, it would seem that volatility should increase. But the US and global economies are doing well, though there are concerns about national debt and employee wage growth is still not growing as much as anticipated. The bottom line is that at the end of the month the Stock Market Bull has won two months in a row and now leads the Stock Market Bear 3 months to 2 months so far in 2018.
The May 2018 US Major Stock Market Exchanges Summary
Number of Trading Days: 22
Number of Gain(+)/Loss(-) Days: DJIA 13+/9-; NASDAQ 12+/10-; SPX 11+/11-.
Record Days: DJIA 0, NASDAQ 0, SPX 0
Longest Gain Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 8 days(05/03-14/18), NASDAQ 5 days(05/04-10/18), SPX 4 days(05/09-14/18)
Longest Loss Streak(Consecutive Days): DJIA 4 days(04/27-05/02/18), NASDAQ 2 days(05/02-03/18, 05/17-18/18), SPX 2 days(05/02-03/18)
Big Swing Up Days(>1.00%): 4 days(05/04(DNS), 04/04(NS), 05/09(N), 05/21(D), 05/30(DS))
Big Swing Down Days(<-1.00%): 2 days(05/29(DS), 05/31(D))
The PBR1000 May 2018 Snapshots
The following are Top 5 partial tables excerpts from The PBR1000 May 2018 Snapshots. The price for stocks is for the close of trading on May 31, Month % Chg is compared to April 30, YTD % Chg is compared to December 29, 2017, and the 17 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 +88% to -60%. 606 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 1.5%, the median was a gain of 1.9%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 05/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendant |
507 | ESND | 13.99 | +88 | +51 | -33 |
| Chesapeake Energy |
304 | CHK | 4.47 | +51 | +13 | -36 |
| Wayfair |
524 | W | 92.35 | +48 | +15 | +163 |
| Tenet Healthcare |
142 | THC | 35.43 | +48 | +134 | +139 |
| ArcBest |
718 | ARCB | 47.45 | +48 | +33 | +72 |
Table 2(S12): The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +315% to -65%. 449 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 0.0%, the median was a loss of 1.6%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 05/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueLinx |
884 | BXC | 40.55 | +1 | +315 | +443 |
| Fossil |
728 | FOSL | 21.88 | +46 | +182 | -15 |
| Tenet Healthcare | 142 | THC | 35.43 | +48 | +134 | +139 |
| Whiting Petroleum |
953 | WLL | 52.42 | +28 | +98 | +9 |
| Netflix | 253 | NFLX | 351.60 | +13 | +83 | +184 |
Table 3(S13): The PBR1000 Top 5 17 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +558% to -92%. 646 out of 1,000 stocks were up 0% or more. The average was a gain of 19.1%. The median was a gain of 11.5%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 05/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Watchers | 976 | WTW | 75.32 | +8 | +70 | +558 |
| BlueLinx |
884 | BXC | 40.55 | +1 | +315 | +443 |
| Square | 832 | SQ |
58.25 | +23 | +68 | +327 |
| Scientific Games | 690 | SGMS | 59.30 | +11 | +16 | +324 |
| Systemax | 982 | SYX | 33.02 | +5 | -1 | +277 |
Table 4(S15): The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: The range was $921 billion to $0.01 billion. The average is $26.2 billion, median is $8.2 billion, out of 1,000 companies.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 05/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
4 | AAPL | 921 | +12 | +5 | +49 |
| Amazon |
8 | AMZN | 788 | +3 | +42 | +121 |
| Microsoft |
31 | MSFT | 760 | +3 | +15 | +57 |
| Alphabet | 21 | GOOG | 745 | +4 | +2 | +40 |
| 69 | FB | 543 | +8 | +6 | +64 | |
| The PBR1000 |
26,248 | +2 | +1 | +20 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Primary US Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 05/31/18 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
17 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 86,248.83 | +1.5 | +0.0 | +19.1 |
| DJIA | 24,415.84 | +1.1 | -1.2 | +23.6 |
| NASDAQ | 7,442.12 | +5.3 | +7.8 | +38.3 |
| S&P500 | 2,705.27 | +2.2 | +1.2 | +20.8 |
| GOLD | 1,304.70 | -1.0 | -0.0 | +13.3 |
| SILVER | 16.46 | +0.6 | -3.1 | +2.9 |
| OIL | 67.04 | -2.2 | +11.6 | +24.8 |
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