A major test for the trend of the market is underway as treasury yields reach back to long-term rising trendline support.
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Stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as investors wait for important economic datapoints on the labor market in the days ahead, as well as comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday. The S&P 500 Index slipped by just less than two-tenths of one percent, peeling back to a confluence of major moving averages that had been broken in recent weeks. The declining 200-day moving average around 4050 remains the significant threat overhead, creating caution amongst market participants that remain cognizant of the long-term negative path of the benchmark. There is a good probability that the short-term rising trend stemming from the October low is maturing, but a number of short-term setups remain favourable to support the large-cap benchmark into year end, including a bull flag pattern.Horizontal support at 3900 remains an important pivot point, above which optimism is warranted that some of these positive short term setups will be fulfilled during what is another period of strength for stocks through the end of December.
Today, in our Market Outlook to subscribers, we discuss the following:
Treasury yields testing rising trendline support
Bear-flag pattern on the chart of the US Dollar Index heading into a seasonally weak month for the currency benchmark in December
US Home Prices
Canada Monthly Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Our monthly report for December is out, providing you with all of the insight that you require to navigate the month ahead and also to set you up for what could be another tough year for stocks in 2023.
Highlights in this report include:
Equity market tendencies in the month of December
Volatility coming down, conducive to maintaining the rising short-term trend of stocks
Declining path of high yield spreads
Pre-Election Year Tendencies for Stocks under a split congress
Average performance of stocks during recessionary years
Using the path of the market during the 1981/82 recession as a guide for stocks moving forward
Average performance of Gold during recessionary years
Inverted Yield Curve Nothing to Fear, Yet
Breakdown in yields/breakout in bond prices
Inflationary pressures showing no significant signs of alleviating
Retail sales suggest that sales of discretionary goods are falling off as sales of necessities remain strong
Housing market is still crumbling, but reason to be constructive of the stocks may still exist
Time to rotate to Canadian equities?
US Dollar
Market Breadth
Technology burden on the market
Countries less exposed to technology breaking out
Our list of Industries noted with an Accumulate rating in our weekly chart books, along with relevant ETFs
Positioning for the months ahead
Sector Reviews and Ratings
Stocks that have Frequently Gained in the Month of December
Notable Stocks and ETFs Entering their Period of Strength in December
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Sentiment on Tuesday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended bearish at 1.04.
Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today: