Consumer Discretionary ETF breaks out, while the Consumer Staples ETF breaks down.
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The Markets
Stocks closed firmly lower on Tuesday as investors scrutinize the progress of debt ceiling negotiations between the Democrats and Republicans. The S&P 500 Index shed 1.12%, alleviating much of last week’s strength attributed to optimism pertaining to the same. The market is clearly just trading from one headline to the next, not really finding a basis in anything sustainable that spans beyond something more than just a day. The benchmark remains capped by the range of resistance between 4100 and 4200, while the congestion of major moving averages, now between 3980 and 4080, provide the zone of support below. While a MACD buy signal was triggered last week, momentum indicators have yet to show that they have definitively turned higher after the recent peak charted in April. A catalyst is still viewed as necessary to fuel a breakout, whether to the upside or the downside, but, with the ongoing degradation in economic fundamentals, the risk remains greater to the downside. Seasonally, stocks have historically shown a positive bias during this week heading into the Memorial Day holiday, but with the upside gyration in stocks realized last week, we may have to acknowledge that this holiday induced fuel has been spent before the fireworks are lit in the days ahead. The next pronounced move in the market, outside of any short-term headline induced reaction, is likely to coincide with the mean-reversion into the end of the quarter and the first half of the year, a phenomenon that is likely to be pronounced given the disconnect in the performance between asset classes this year.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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