Often the easiest way to gauge the health of the market and the economy is to simply look at the performance of the banks; it is not looking good.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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The Markets
Stocks closed mixed on Thursday as traders started to speculate that the Fed may be even more aggressive normalizing policy than had previously been anticipated following another set of hotter than expected reports on inflation in the economy. The S&P 500 Index closed down by three-tenths of one percent, taking a stab at the 3750 horizontal hurdle that we had designated as our stop to our ramped up equity exposure for the summer rally trade. The deterioration in prices continues the more intermediate trend of lower-lows and lower-highs as this positive seasonal timeframe for the equity market quickly turns to a bust. Momentum indicators are rolling over below their middle lines, keeping characteristics of a bearish trend intact. A potential bear-flag pattern may be at play with the sharp dip in price seen into the middle of June representing the pole, while the recent consolidation between 3750 and 3925 representing the flag. This is a continuation setup and it projects a downside resolution below the lower limit of the pattern. While we are still of the belief that we are closer to a significant low in the market than not, we may have to endure another leg lower before our opportunity to definitively ramp up risk for our forecasted back half of the year strength arrives.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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