On this week’s episode we discuss the upcoming blockbuster IPO from Alibaba and preview Apple’s product launch scheduled for Tuesday, September 9th. We also cover earnings from homebuilder Toll Brothers, drones and solar firm AreoVironment, and digital video processor producer Ambarella.

As it turns out, while oil companies are investing billions in exploring for new underground lakes of petroleum, and half the states in the U.S. are being fracked in a mad dash for natural gas, we have already discovered about as much oil and gas as governments are likely going to allow us to burn.

Utilities continue to hold onto the top slot in our weekly sector ranking. Basic materials and industrial goods also score above average. Consumer goods score inline, with mid and small cap consumer scoring relatively better than large cap.