Transportation stocks failed to participate in Friday’s broad market gain, providing a troubling sign for the market and the economy moving forward.
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Super Simple Seasonal Portfolio
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The bears continue to let loose of their grip on the market, allowing the S&P 500 Index to drift above a significant point of horizontal resistance that has worked to constrain the upside momentum in recent days/weeks The S&P 500 Index ended higher by nearly three-quarters of one percent, continuing to progress above the declining 20-day moving average (5364) and violating overhead resistance at 5500. There remains an implied cap over this market in the range between 5500 and 5800 that would likely require a catalyst to break (eg. progress towards a trade deal with China); without one, look for the sellers to step in around this zone. As has been pointed out, the benchmark remains in a precarious state heading into the second quarter, holding levels below the 200-day moving average, a variable hurdle that is now rolling over and providing a characteristic of an intermediate to long-term bearish trend. Unfortunately, this technical degradation in the market has come during this period of seasonal strength that runs through the month of April, therefore we are biased to let this favourable timeframe show what it is capable of before taking action, particularly with how washed out stocks have recently become; the more likely time that the next evolution of the declining intermediate-to-long-term trend for stocks should occur is through the off-season that starts in May. We continue to leave our Super Simple Seasonal Portfolio as is, but we are cognizant of the need to do something ahead to mitigate the threat that the intermediate-term trend is portraying. We continue to monitor the potential impact of the rotation in the market on our list of candidates in the market to Accumulate and to Avoid, but we are finding things to buy amidst this market tumult.
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