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Morning Brief

August 24th, 2022

Headline News:

The S&P 500 futures are up 7 points and are trading slightly above fair value. The Nasdaq 100 futures are up 26 points and are slightly above fair value. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up 25 points and are trading 0.1% above fair value.

The market is still in wait-and-see mode ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s speech on Friday at the Jackson Hole symposium. Notably, the PCE Price Index for July will be released shortly before that speech.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari (2023 FOMC voter) said it’s not the time to back off the inflation fight, according to The Wall Street Journal.

There are reports suggesting President Biden will announce today a move to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 a year.

Earlier, the weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index was down 1.2%, with purchases down 1.0% while refinancing applications were down 3.0%.

Oil prices are rising this morning, with WTI crude oil futures up 1.1% to $94.71/bbl. Natural gas futures are up 0.2% to $9.37/mmbtu.

Treasury yields are inching higher, too. The 10-yr note yield is up one basis point to 3.05%, while the 2-yr note yield is up four basis points to 3.32%.

(Michael Gibbs, Director of Equity Portfolio & Technical Strategy)

 

Markets:

The S&P 500 sold off for a third day, closing lower at 4128.73. So far, during the three-day sell-off, the volume has been only average, so there has not been any intense selling yet. RSI closed at 50.16, just above the oversold zone, and the internal indicators are slowly working off the overbought condition.

A test of potential support at 4073.85 could happen this week which could be enough for buyers to start potentially stepping into new investments.

We are currently Intermediate-term bearish and short-term bullish.

John N. Lilly III CPFA
Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor℠
Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠
Portfolio Manager, RJFS
Partner, DJWMG
Windsor Wealth Planners & Strategist

 

Futures trading is speculative, leveraged, and involves substantial risks. Investing always involves risk, including the loss of principal, and futures trading could present additional risk based on underlying commodities investments.

 

The Relative Strength Index (RSI), developed by J. Welles Wilder, is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and changes of price movements.

 

The advance/decline line (A/D) is a technical indicator that plots the difference between the number of advancing and declining stocks on a daily basis. The indicator is cumulative, with a positive number being added to the prior number, or if the number is negative, it is subtracted from the prior number.

The A/D line is used to show market sentiment, as it tells traders whether there are more stocks rising or falling. It is used to confirm price trends in major indexes and can also warn of reversals when divergence occurs.

 

 

The percentage of stocks trading above a specific moving average is a breadth indicator that measures internal strength or weakness in the underlying index. The 50-day moving average is used for short-to-medium-term timeframes, while the 150-day and 200-day moving averages are used for medium-to-long-term timeframes. Signals can be derived from overbought/oversold levels, crosses above/below 50%, and bullish/bearish divergences.

 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), commonly known as “The Dow,” is an index representing 30 stocks of companies maintained and reviewed by the editors of the Wall Street Journal. The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.

 

 

 

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US government bonds and treasury bills are guaranteed by the US government and, if held to maturity, offer a fixed rate of return and guaranteed principal value.  US government bonds are issued and guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the federal government.  Bond prices and yields are subject to change based on market conditions and availability. If bonds are sold prior to maturity, you may receive more or less than your initial investment. Holding bonds to term allows redemption at par value. There is an inverse relationship between interest rate movements and bond prices. Generally, when interest rates rise, bond prices fall, and when interest rates fall, bond prices generally rise.

 

 

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