Daily Commentary
Headline News:
S&P 500 futures were up slightly while the Nasdaq futures were off 2% in pre-market trading. A potential Democrat sweep in the Georgia Senate elections will help President-elect Joe Biden to push for COVID-19 stimulus, but it could also mean higher taxes and more regulations for large technology companies. Meanwhile, U.S. private companies unexpectedly lost workers in December for the first time in eight months, and a new wave of virus infections is being blamed for the drop. The ADP National Employment Report showed private payrolls decreased by 123,000 jobs last month after forecasting a rise by 88,000.
Markets:
The S&P 500 moved above resistance at 3723.03 and closed at 3726.86 on Tuesday. The trading came with substantial volume with 2,381,034,496 shares traded, and the RSI index also rebounded to close higher at 58.94. The early morning trading shows technology stock being sold due to yesterday’s Senate election. So, this could potentially cause the S&P 500 to test the old support at 3662.71. However, the financial sector is higher in pre-market trading, and that could support the index today. We feel the current potential support level can hold today.
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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The national employment report from Automated Data Processing Inc. is computed from ADP records that represent approximately 400,000 U.S. business clients and approximately 23 million U.S. employees working in all private industrial sectors. ADP contracted with Moody’s Analytics to compute a monthly report that would ultimately help to predict monthly nonfarm payrolls from the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s employment situation. The ADP report only covers private (excluding government) payrolls.