Consumer prices jump in the first read of 2023, indicating that the inflation problem that the Fed has been pushing back against has yet to go away.
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Stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as investors parsed the stronger than expected read of consumer prices for January. The S&P 500 Index closed lower by a mere three basis points (0.03%), charting a rather indecisive doji candlestick, highlighting the battle between the bulls and the bears around the important pivot point at 4100. A consolidation above the previous horizontal barrier continues to play out as the benchmark finds short-term support at its rising 20-day moving average. The confluence of major moving average remains in the zone between 3900 and 4000, providing a general range to catch the benchmark should it fall, as per seasonal norms, through the remainder of February. MACD remains on a sell signal following Friday’s bearish crossover below its signal line. While strength above 4100 lends itself to further gains so long as this pivotal hurdle does not definitively break, the benchmark continues to maintain a rather neutral view as the bulls and the bears look for greater clarity that a sustainable rising or falling path is upon us.
Today, in our Market Outlook to subscribers, we discuss the following:
US Consumer Price Index (CPI)
3-Month Treasury Yield remains on the rise
The change of shipping volumes to start the year
The level of the Baltic Dry Index on par with past economic slowdowns/recessions
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Sentiment on Tuesday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended bullish at 0.95.
Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today: