Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S. stock markets are set to open slightly higher despite an uptick in the U.S weekly jobless claims report. Claims increased by 1.416 million for the week ending July 18th higher than the economist expectation of 1.3 million. Also, Microsoft (MSFT) announced better-than-expected figures but is set for a lower open, and Tesla (TSLA) is set for a higher open after posting its fourth consecutive quarter of profits. Global markets were also higher overnight, although increased trade tension between the U.S. and China continues to get worse.
Markets:
The S&P 500 has now formed a new trading range of 3247.77-3279.32; the index is possibly forming a continuation pattern for a new move higher. The RSI index is also moving higher in support of the current uptrend. On a longer-term chart, there a few developments that do have us cautious. Volume has been much lower during the current uptrend compared to the uptrend that ended at the June 6/8/2020 high of 323.13. The RSI made a high of 74.18, but the current RSI is only at 65.76, while the S&P 500 is higher at 3276.02. We will continue to monitor this negative divergence for sings of potential selling in the future.
We are currently long-term bullish and short-term bullish.
John N. Lilly III CPFA
Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor℠
Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠
Portfolio Manager, RJ
Partner, DJWMG
Windsor Wealth Planners & Strategist
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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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