While the technicals of growth stocks continue to look poor, seasonal tendencies suggest that this may not be the area to short through the first half of January.
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Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today:
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Stocks struggled in their post-Christmas holiday session as portfolio managers window dressed their portfolios to eliminate the need to report exposure to beaten down stocks in the Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors. The S&P 500 Index ended down on the day by four-tenths of one percent, continuing to consolidate below the 50-day moving average and horizontal resistance at 3900. Declining trendline resistance remains threatening just above 4000, representing the upper limit of a declining megaphone pattern, the lower limit of which can be pegged around 3200. Short-term downside momentum following the first half of December weakness continues to show signs of waning and upside gap support between 3770 and 3860 remains in a position to support the near-term potential of the Santa Claus rally period, despite the more ominous setup that projects the continuation of the intermediate to long-term decline. Stocks typically exhibit a positive bias through the first few days of the new year and, while evidence remains overwhelming that the reflux rally higher off of the October low has matured/peaked, we have yet to reach the timeframe when negative bets of equity allocations are appropriate/sustainable.
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QQQ ETF back to horizontal support
TSLA has fulfilled the downside target of a head-and-shoulders pattern following the recent parabolic decline
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The ongoing decline of home prices in the US
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