Shipping activity is struggling, typically a hallmark indicator of an economic slowdown/recession on the horizon.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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The Markets
Stocks slipped into the end of the week as core cyclical sectors of energy, materials, industrials, and financials took another leg lower as market participants price in the prospect of a recession on the horizon. The S&P 500 Index shed 1.10%, falling from the declining 20-day moving average at 3966 and once again confirming the short-term variable hurdle as a point of resistance in the ongoing path of lower-lows and lower-highs stemming from the peak charted at the start of February. The benchmark finds itself at the end of the week back below its declining 200-day moving average at 3936, which, outside of the negative short-term path, continues to present significant caution to the long-term trajectory of the market while below, particularly on a weekly closing basis. The critical level on the downside remains the December low at 3764 as a break below this hurdle would likely unleash the next wave of selling pressures. While we have no reason to look to be accumulators of the broad equity market benchmark with the technical and fundamental backdrop being presented, we may still see some stability return to the market in the short-term as positive seasonal tendencies lift stocks into the end of the quarter and through the start of the next. We would be unable to check the three prongs to our approach (seasonal, technical, and fundamental) to advocate for a bullish bet, but it is also difficult to be aggressively bearish through this timeframe when funds typically flow into the market. As has been highlighted within our chart books updates, there are segments of the market that we want to Accumulate and those that we want to Avoid, but we would expect that, should the macro economic backdrop continue to deteriorate, a broader swath of equity segments to Avoid will be presented by the time we get to the off-season for stocks at the end of April/start of May.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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