Looking for clues as to how to position in the equity and bond markets following the release of employment reports in the US and Canada.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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Stocks closed strongly higher on Friday, shaking off jitters that materialized intraday pertaining to the risks that the Fed would maintain its aggressive tightening path for longer following a very strong payroll report for October. The S&P 500 Index gained by 1.36%, bouncing from support around its rising 20-day moving average at 3735. The declining 50-day moving average is in a position of resistance around 3800, a level that was tested around the highs of the session before prices pulled back through the middle of the day. The candlestick pattern over the past two sessions, following the Fed announcement, has been highly indecisive around short-term support at the 20-day moving average, highlighting that investors are not quite sure which direction to push stocks as we prepare for the mid-term election on Tuesday. The bias of the market is that Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate, a bias that has helped to support stocks in recent weeks given the more business friendly policies that the Republican party typically implements. According to the average pattern during mid-term election years, stocks tend to drift sideways following the election, through the middle of November, before turning higher again around month-end as the jovial sentiment that materializes around the US Thanksgiving holiday lifts stocks. Momentum indicators on the daily chart have rolled over, but they have yet to trigger a sell signal following October’s rally. The potential of a bottoming pattern lending itself to the normal year-end rally for stocks remains intact.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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