The labor market continues to show an impressive level of resilience, but the trends of some of the categories within are more characteristic of periods of economic weakness.

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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:

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Northern Trust Corp. (NASD:NTRS) Seasonal Chart

Questerre Energy Corp. (TSE:QEC.TO) Seasonal Chart

Titan Medical Inc. (TSE:TMD.TO) Seasonal Chart

Ternium SA (NYSE:TX) Seasonal Chart

ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASD:ON) Seasonal Chart

Visteon Corp. (NASD:VC) Seasonal Chart

VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE:MOO) Seasonal Chart

PACCAR, Inc. (NASD:PCAR) Seasonal Chart

Walker & Dunlop Inc. (NYSE:WD) Seasonal Chart

Hyatt Hotels Corp. (NYSE:H) Seasonal Chart

Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) Seasonal Chart

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASD:PTEN) Seasonal Chart

USX-US Steel Group, Inc. (NYSE:X) Seasonal Chart

Alcoa Corp. (NYSE:AA) Seasonal Chart

 

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Note: Monday is a statutory holiday here in Canada for the celebration of Thanksgiving.  As a result, our next Market Outlook report will be released on Tuesday.  We will update our weekly chart books on schedule on Sunday night.

 

The Markets

Stocks jumped on Friday following the release of a much stronger than expected read of employment in both the US and Canada.  The S&P 500 Index closed higher by 1.18%, erasing the losses that were recorded earlier in the week and bouncing from levels around the band of significant support between 4100 and 4200.  Momentum indicators have started to curl higher from oversold territory and MACD appears poised to chart a bullish crossover with its signal line, each providing their own signal to buy.  Resistance can be pegged overhead around the declining 20 and 50-day moving averages at 4357 and 4424, respectively.  The short-term rebound from levels of support appears to be underway, but the sustainability of this advance continues to warrant scrutiny given the headwinds being imposed by interest rates and the US Dollar.  The technicals of each are providing indication of near-term upside exhaustion, providing the leeway for stocks to realize a reprieve from their recent selling pressures navigating into earnings season ahead.

 

Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:

 

 

S&P 500 Index

 

TSE Composite