The change in the median price of existing homes sold just slipped below its seasonal average trend for only the second time in the past decade.
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Stocks rallied to end the week as investors cheered fourth quarter earnings from former FANG darling, Netflix (NFLX). The S&P 500 Index closed higher by 1.89%, bouncing from short-term support at the 20-day moving average and reaching back towards resistance at the 200-day moving average at 3,969. Declining trendline resistance at 4,000 remains the overarching threat overhead, although it would take a move above December’s highs of 4100 to start to suggest a shift of trend. The benchmark continues to hold above November’s upside gap between 3770 and 3860, providing a rather neutral view to the benchmark, one that is respecting both levels of support and resistance. Momentum indicators are emphasizing the same neutral bias with RSI and MACD holding around their middle lines. The prevailing declining trend of the benchmark continues to favour the bears, but, as has been mentioned in recent reports, it would take a move below 3877 to flip to an Avoid rating of the benchmark in our weekly chart books.
Today, in our Market Outlook to subscribers, we discuss the following:
Weekly look at the large-cap benchmark
The sustainability of the shift away from defensive equities and towards growth
Review of the allocations in the Super Simple Seasonal Portfolio and insight on how to position in this market
US Existing Home Sales
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Sentiment on Friday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended slightly bullish at 0.88.
Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today: