Defensive groups in the Staples and Utilities sectors popping up as areas to Accumulate in this week’s chart books.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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Stocks closed mildly lower on Tuesday as reaction to important levels of horizontal resistance start to become realized. The S&P 500 Index closed down by two-thirds of one percent, starting to carve out a level of short-term resistance at 4145, below horizontal resistance of the May highs around 4170. The 50-day moving average, indicative of the direction of the intermediate-term trend and one that we tend to place heavy emphasis on in our intermediate-term trading process, is increasingly curling higher, relinquishing the negative trajectory that has been seen of it all year. The variable hurdle now sits at 3929, or around 4% below present levels, presenting the near-term risk. The risk-reward in the short-term is still viewed as being unfavourable given the stretched condition that has evolved over the past week; a consolidation/retracement back to the variable hurdle is seen as desired before looking to increase risk (stocks) in portfolios further for our forecasted back half of the year strength in the market. A correction back to the intermediate hurdle in the weeks ahead could establish a significant head-and-shoulders bottoming pattern, the neckline to which would be pegged at the aforementioned May highs around 4170. The most important characteristic of this bullish setup has yet to be charted, which is a higher-low above the mid-June bottom. Shorter-term momentum indicators are rolling over from overbought territory, suggesting the exhaustion of the recent near-term move higher.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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