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Equity Clock - Market Outlook for February 20, 2024
Housing starts just showed the weakest January change since 2009, at the height of the Great Financial Crisis.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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The Markets
Stocks closed lower on Friday after another report of inflation in the economy stoked fears that conditions may not be present for the Fed to start cutting rates according to the market’s expectations. The S&P 500 Index closed down by half of one percent, pulling back from the intraday all-time high level charted in the past week at 5048.Gradually, we are seeing evidence of an equity market that is losing upside traction as momentum indicators (MACD and RSI) negatively diverge from price, a sign that buying demand is not as robust as it once was now that the market has reached record heights. Short-term support remains firmly ingrained around the 20-day moving average at 4942, a hurdle that is likely to be put to the test amidst the period of seasonal weakness for the market through the back half of February. While the previous all-time high of 4800 is the logical retracement point to a near-term market pullback, levels all the way down to previous horizontal resistance at 4600 are fair game as part of a healthy digestion of the strength that has been achieved in recent months.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
S&P 500 Index
TSE Composite
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