Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow 30)

The S&P 500 Index is trading 1.2% above its 20-day moving average and 6% above its 100-day moving average.

Schlumberger’s trailing-one-year stock price has fallen 12% as of June 16, 2017, while XLE, the broader energy industry ETF, has fallen 3%.

In this series, we’ll take a look at the global final manufacturing PMIs and services PMIs for March 2017. These indicators help us understand the business condition of an economy.

WFT, SPN, and FMSA have significantly underperformed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which has produced 23.0% returns since November 3, 2016.

PayPal (PYPL) could have bright prospects despite the competitive threat it faces from Square and Apple in the online payment market, according to equity research firm BTIG.

In a recent interview with CNBC, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock (BLK), shared his views on market movement, the US economy, and the dangerous impact of the lower interest rates.

Chesapeake Energy’s (CHK) 2016 debt management efforts included a combination of debt exchanges, open market repurchases, and equity-for-debt exchanges.

Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) produced 3.8 MMboepd in 1Q17 from its worldwide operations, compared to 3.7 MMboepd in 1Q16.

Implied volatility in Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) has fallen 4.9% since July 3, 2017, to the current level of 12.8%.

Bank of America (BAC) is currently trading at $25.26. Its 52-week high is $25.80 and 52-week low is $12.05.

In 3Q17, Comcast’s Business Services segment generated revenues of $1.6 billion, which rose 12.6% year-over-year.

The US economy has been improving gradually, but some businesses in the US have suffered a lot over the years.

When the crude oil futures forward curve to slopes downwards, the situation in the crude oil futures market is called “backwardation.”

On January 22, 2018, US crude oil active futures were 3.1%, 7.8%, 15.8%, and 23.7% above their 20-day, 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day moving averages.

In the week ended October 6, natural gas inventories rose by 87 Bcf (billion cubic feet) to 3,595 Bcf—13 Bcf more than the market expected inventories to rise.

On December 14, China reported the November industrial output growth at 5.4% on a year-over-year basis—the lowest growth since early 2016.

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the global book market could grow to $121.1 billion by 2020, up from $114.8 billion in 2016.

In 4Q16, US (SPY) (QQQ) (IVV) (VFINX) real GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.9% compared to a 3.5% rise in 3Q16.

On January 24, at 5:39 AM EST, natural gas prices have risen 1.7% from the last closing level.

On January 25, 2018, US crude oil’s (USO) (USL) March 2018 futures fell 0.2% and settled at $65.51 per barrel.

In the past one year, SLB has performed nearly in line with the industry ETF and has hugely underperformed the broader market index.

On December 5, 2017, US crude oil (USO) (USL) January 2018 futures rose 0.3%. The API’s oil inventory data might have supported oil prices on the same day.

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) has been rated by 19 Wall Street analysts. Seventeen analysts (or 89%) have rated it as a “buy” so far in May 2017.

AvalonBay’s revenue grew 7% in the first quarter, driven by rental and other income.

According to the recent 13F filings, Soros Fund Management has increased its position in the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) by 36% in 1Q17 compared to the previous quarter.

IBM (IBM) announced in February 2017 that it was teaming up with Visa (V) to enable people to pay for goods and services through virtually any connected device.

On November 30, 2017, US crude oil (USO) (USL) active futures rose just 0.2% and closed at $57.4 per barrel.

On December 14, 2017, US crude oil (USO) (USL) January 2018 futures rose 0.8% and closed at $57.04 per barrel.

The rise in the premium, along with the rise in oil prices in the trailing week, could mean that the market expects a supply deficit in the oil market.

In the week ended August 31, 2018, US crude oil inventories were almost on par with their five-year average.

Amazon (AMZN) has a brand new Echo smart speaker called Echo Show. Including Echo Show, there are now five variants of Echo-branded products.

On November 24, 2017, US crude oil settled at the highest closing price in 2017. The oil rig count could be at a three-year high by May 2018.

On November 24–December 1, 2017, US crude oil (USO) (USL) January futures fell 1%. On December 1, US crude oil January futures closed at $58.36 per barrel.

On December 11, US crude oil January 2018 futures rose 1.1%. The 2% rise in Brent crude oil prices could have supported the gain in US crude oil prices.

From January 5 to January 12, 2018, US crude oil February futures rose 4.7%. On January 12, US crude oil futures closed at $64.3 per barrel, their highest closing price since December 8, 2014.

On January 18, 2018, US crude oil (USO) (USL) March 2018 futures were almost unchanged at $63.89 per barrel.

In the past year, Schlumberger’s stock price rose until January 2017. Schlumberger’s revenue fell slowly in the four quarters leading up to 1Q17.

Weatherford International (WFT) stock fell 16.0% in the week ended November 17, 2017. The VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) generated a return of -6.0% during this period.

On January 2, US crude oil active futures settled at $46.54 per barrel—2.5% higher than the last closing level due to short covering.

On January 12, 2018, US crude oil (USO) (USL) February 2018 futures gained 0.8% and settled at $64.3 per barrel—a three-year high.

On October 4, 2017, natural gas (UNG) November futures closed at $2.94 per MMBtu (million British thermal units), a rise of 1.6% from the last trading session.

On January 11, 2018, US crude oil’s (USO) (USL) February 2018 futures gained 0.4% and settled at $63.80 per barrel, a new three-year high.

Between January 12 and January 19, 2018, US crude oil (USO) (USL) March futures fell 1.4%.

Verizon lost 289,000 postpaid customers in 1Q17, and AT&T shed 191,000 postpaid subscribers in the same quarter.

On December 29, 2017, US crude oil’s (USO) (USL) February 2018 futures rose 1% and closed at the 2017 highest closing price of $60.42 per barrel.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech did little to assuage investors’ concerns regarding the overheating of the US economy.

The final week of the second quarter might help brokerages, primarily because of higher client participation.

In the late-cycle phase, production activity shows blockages, inflation shoots up, and the central bank tightens credit availability.

In this series, we’ll analyze UK inflation and US inflation for January 2018. We’ll also analyze retail sales for that month.

Fifth Third Bancorp has an impressive free cash flow position.