Stock Market Outlook for October 18, 2021
Despite a strong report on retail sales for September, retail stocks closed lower on the day. Find out when we foresee the opportunity to trade this industry will be presented in today’s report.
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*** Stocks highlighted are for information purposes only and should not be considered as advice to purchase or to sell mentioned securities.  As always, the use of technical and fundamental analysis is encouraged in order to fine tune entry and exit points to average seasonal trends.
Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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Textron, Inc. (NYSE:TXT) Seasonal Chart
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (NYSE:SWK) Seasonal Chart
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASD:STLD) Seasonal Chart
Capstone Mining Corp. (TSE:CS.TO) Seasonal Chart
Comfort Systems U S A, Inc. (NYSE:FIX) Seasonal Chart
Stantec Inc (NYSE:STN) Seasonal Chart
ViacomCBS Inc (NASD:VIACA) Seasonal Chart
BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD Index ETF (TSE:ZDJ.TO) Seasonal Chart
BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (TSE:ZSP.TO) Seasonal Chart
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASD:AKAM) Seasonal Chart
Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) Seasonal Chart
Honeywell Intl (NYSE:HON) Seasonal Chart
PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) Seasonal Chart
Interpublic Grp Of Cos (NYSE:IPG) Seasonal Chart
PNC Financial Services Gr (NYSE:PNC) Seasonal Chart
Teradyne, Inc. (NASD:TER) Seasonal Chart
DR Horton Inc. (NYSE:DHI) Seasonal Chart
Champion Iron Ltd. (TSE:CIA.TO) Seasonal Chart
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE:SAIC) Seasonal Chart
Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF (TSE:VUN.TO) Seasonal Chart
iShares Core S&P U.S. Total Market Index ETF (TSE:XUU.TO) Seasonal Chart
iShares U.S. Industrials ETF (NYSE:IYJ) Seasonal Chart
iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASD:SOXX) Seasonal Chart
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The Markets
Stocks pushed higher on Friday following the ongoing release of stronger than anticipated earnings. The S&P 500 Index gained three-quarters of one percent, moving above intermediate resistance at its 50-day moving average and surpassing the short-term peak charted in the back half of September. Momentum indicators are quickly relinquishing their bearish characteristics now that the short-term path of lower-lows and lower-highs has been violated. The short-term bottoming pattern by way of a head-and-shoulders setup can be seen on the chart, which projects a move to new all-time highs. The strength continues to bode well for our core-cyclical bets that our model portfolio is allocated towards.
Today, in our Market Outlook to subscribers, we discuss the following:
- Weekly look at the large-cap benchmark and the typically rocky period for the benchmark in the middle of October
- The strength of core-cyclical bets in the market
- US Retail Sales and what is driving aggregate activity
- Lumber and forestry stocks
- The lackluster performance of retail stocks and when we see our shot to trade the industry
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Sentiment on Friday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended bullish at 0.86.
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Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today:
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S&P 500 Index
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TSE Composite
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