Stocks fall despite a goldilocks employment report.
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Stocks dipped on Friday despite a rather goldilocks non-farm payroll report for August that was neither too hot nor too cold. The S&P 500 Index ended down by 1.07%, maintaining levels below its 50-day moving average. A reversal of the gains around the intermediate moving average at the high of the session instantly defines this hurdle as a level of resistance and it threatens to curl the slope of this pivotal point lower again. The 50-day moving average is highly indicative of the path of the intermediate-term trend, something that is important in our seasonal process. Momentum indicators are still pointed lower following the decline from overbought territory recorded just weeks ago, but the apparent lack of negative expansion of the MACD histogram following Friday’s equity downfall is hinting that we may be closer to the end of this latest wave lower in price. We remain on the lookout for a higher intermediate low in the market above the June bottomed to provide clear evidence that the trend has shifted positive for a sustainable multi-month move. We could be getting close, but still best to err on the side of caution until the turn is, in fact, realized. We are anxious to put our cash hoard to work, but during this traditionally volatile month and amidst the recent retracement of the summer rally and ongoing degradation of the economic fundamentals, there is no need to stick our necks out and gamble with the funds that we have sheltered thus far.
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