Daily Commentary
Headline news:
U.S. markets are set to open higher for the fifth day in a row on news that trade tariffs will not be imposed on Mexico. Asian and European markets were al higher to start the day off on a good note. Investors are now expecting the Fed to lower rates at their June meeting after a week of weak economic data was reported.
Markets:
The S&P 500 moved higher for the fourth day in a row on Friday and tested resistance at 2890. The move and came, again, on lower than average volume and RSI moved above the 50 level. The move off the 6/3/2019 low of 2728.81 is now at an impressive gain of 5.3% over four days. We still feel a consolidation of the up move is needed before new buyers will emerge
Economy:
The U.S. economy added 75,000 new jobs in May well below the prior month report of 224,000. The sustainability lower number was unexpected and will now raise the possibility of a rate cut at the FOMC June meeting.
We are currently long term bullish and short term cautious.
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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The most closely watched of all economic indicators, the employment situation is a set of monthly labor market indicators based on two separate reports: the establishment survey which tracks 650,000 work sites and offers the nonfarm payroll and average hourly earnings headlines and the household survey which interviews 60,000 households and generates the unemployment rate.
Nonfarm payrolls track the number of part-time and full-time employees in both business and government. Average hourly earnings track employee pay while the average workweek, also part of the establishment survey, tracks the number of hours worked. The report’s private payroll measure excludes government workers.
The unemployment rate measures the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force. In order to be counted as unemployed, one must be actively looking for work. Other commonly known data from the household survey include the labor supply and discouraged worker