Tariff front-running remained was highly influential in economic activity in March, resulting in a record first quarter increase in imports and the fourth largest decline in job openings for March.
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The Markets
News that the Trump administration had struck a trade deal with a currently unnamed country sent stocks slightly higher on Tuesday as the mend from the “Liberation Day” selloff continues. The S&P 500 Index added just less than six-tenths of one percent, continuing to progress above the declining 20-day moving average (5359) and staying afloat above 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 have been biased to let this favourable timeframe play out 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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