Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S. stock market futures moved higher Wednesday morning on reports of a medical breakthrough in the fight against the coronavirus. A Chinese university reportedly found an effective drug to treat people with the virus. However, the World Health Organization played down the report saying, ” there are no known effective therapeutics against the 2019-nCov (virus).” Also, China is expected to add more fiscal stimulus to their economy this week, which could help their economy after the fallout from the outbreak epidemic.
Markets:
The S&P 500 moved above a critical resistance level at 3280.61 and closed much higher at 3297.59. The RSI index also moved higher in support of the up move to close at 56.91. However, volume was only average and not near the amount of the significant selling day seen on 1/31/2020. The index is now back in an extensive trading range of 3280.61-3333.18, and we feel the market will now need to consolidate the recent gains.
We are currently long-term bullish and short-term bearish.
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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