Consumers still unwilling to take on debt in this high cost of borrowing environment, but they are relying on the equity in their homes to stay afloat and bridge the gap in their finances.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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The Markets
Stocks rebounded on Wednesday as the Fed held rates steady and as the committee pledged to the two cuts that are expected by the end of 2025. The S&P 500 Index closed up by 1.08%, offsetting the decline posted in the prior session, but remaining below support around the 200-day moving average (5746). The benchmark continues to move above short-term declining trendline resistance from the past month as the recovery from the oversold lows of last week progresses. A check-back of the now declining resistance at the 50-day moving average (5928) is reasonable and likely, at which point the true health of the intermediate-term trajectory of stocks can be determined. Markets that are showing greater resistance than support must be avoided, a framework, on an intermediate-term scale, we have not seen yet. Momentum indicators on the daily chart have negatively diverged from price since the middle of last year, highlighting the waning enthusiasm investors had been expressing towards tech-heavy (Mag-7) benchmarks, like this, amidst extreme valuations. For now, the drawdown in the market can still be viewed as healthy and ordinary within a bull market, by any measure, but scrutiny is certainly warranted now that some critical levels were broken during the correction, such as 5700 on the S&P 500. Below this threshold, more dire scenarios for risk assets must be considered. We continue to monitor the potential impact of the apparent rotation in the market on our list of candidates in the market to Accumulate and to Avoid and we have adopted more of a neutral stance as segments that were previously noted as Accumulate candidates fall off (eg. Technology) and as areas to Avoid are added.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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