The downbeat economic performance to start the year continues, this time with shipping volumes and new home sales.

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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:

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Euroseas, Ltd. (NASD:ESEA) Seasonal Chart

Shineco, Inc. (NASD:SISI) Seasonal Chart

Artemis Gold Inc. (TSXV:ARTG.V) Seasonal Chart

 

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The Markets

The struggle in stocks continues to progress as per usual for the back half of February.   The S&P 500 Index closed little changed during the Wednesday session, charting a rather incisive doji candlestick below former support and current resistance at the 50-day moving average (6004).  A cap to the benchmark remains overhead around 6100, representing the highs from the past few months.  Momentum indicators have negatively diverged from price since the middle of last year, highlighting the waning enthusiasm investors had been expressing towards tech-heavy (Mag-7) benchmarks, like this, amidst extreme valuations. Downside risks on a pullback over the near-term are to the July/August 2024 highs around 5700, a move that would amount to a 7% pullback from recent heights.  This would be a healthy and ordinary correction within a bull market, by any measure.  We continue to monitor the potential impact of the apparent rotation in the market on our list of candidates in the market to Accumulate and to Avoid and we have adopted more of a neutral stance as segments that were previously noted as Accumulate candidates fall off (eg. Technology) and as areas to Avoid are added.

 

 

Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:

 

S&P 500 Index

 

TSE Composite