Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S. markets are set to open lower after a deadly virus outbreak in China, and a weak economic outlook from the IMF stalled the recent stock market rally. Chinese officials confirmed the coronavirus virus took six lives and that it can spread between humans. The news has raised fears of a possible global pandemic. Also, the IMF report said a slowdown in global growth appears to have bottomed, but there is no rebound in sight. The international firm also trimmed its global growth forecast for 2020 and 2021.
Markets:
The S&P 500 closed at another all-time high at 3329.62 on Friday, and volume was better than average for the first time this year. The RSI index is now in the overbought zone at 76.57 an extreme not seen since the middle of December. Potential support will now be at 3294.25, and we feel this we possibly be strong support if any selling comes into the markets. We will remain bullish, and we expect any selling to be meet with potential immediate buying near support.
We are currently long-term bullish and short-term bullish.
John N. Lilly III
Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor℠
Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠
Portfolio Manager, RJ
Partner, Windsor Wealth
Windsor Wealth
The Relative Strength Index (RSI), developed by J. Welles Wilder, is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and changes of price movements.
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