Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S. stock futures are higher, indicating another record high opening to end the week as investors continue to hope for additional stimulus to help prop up the U.S. economy in the coming months. Investors also feel the Biden administration will better at handling the virus vaccine rollout. However, the December Nonfarm payroll report decreased for the first time in eight months. There was a loss of 140,00 in December as the nation dealt with a surge in the COVID-19 cases.
Markets:
The S&P 500 moved past resistance at 3783.04 and closed at another new all-time high at 3803.79. The index is now also well clear of the long trend line in place since March of 2020. The new high came with good volume of 2,580,634,624, and the RSI index moved higher to close at 68.25. The index now has no overhead resistance and should be free to move higher from these levels. However, we feel that after three wide range up days, some profit-taking could potentially come in today to close out the week. We also feel the long term trend is high, and any selling could possibly be met with new buying.
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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