Credit balances in margin accounts, indicative of short positions, showed the second strongest September increase on record, a monthly surge that typically bodes well for stocks.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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The Markets
Stocks closed generally lower on Wednesday as weakness in the Technology sector weighed on the broad market performance. The S&P 500 Index ended down by a third of one percent, remaining pinned to short term support at the rising 20-day moving average (5804). Over the past couple of weeks, the benchmark has shown a cap at 5870, resulting in an ultra-short-term topping pattern that projects a downside target of 5745. The narrowing range from the trading action over the past 9 sessions has been broken to the downside, increasing the likelihood that a test of the target that the topping pattern suggests will be achieved. Despite the recent stall, this market is showing greater evidence of support than resistance over an intermediate-term timeframe, presenting characteristics of a bullish trend. What is concerning to the prevailing path is the waning of upside momentum, something that we have seen more evidence of with another MACD sell signal in recent days; the momentum indicator has shown a negative divergence versus price through the current calendar year, highlighting the fading enthusiasm towards the risk profile that equities encompass. The risk-reward, broadly, remains unattractive. We continue to like the groups that are on our list of Accumulate candidates, but there are certainly segments of the market to Avoid. With the start of the best six months of the year for stocks slated to get underway, there is a need from a seasonal perspective to ramp up risk exposure at some point.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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