Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S. stock futures are higher as Joe Biden is set to become the 46th President of the United States at noon today. The new President is set to sign 15 executive orders immediately on issues ranging from the pandemic, climate change, and immigration. Also, Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen encouraged lawmakers to “act big” to help prop up the U.S. economy and vowed to worry about the debt after the pandemic is over.
Markets:
The S&P 500 moved above resistance at 3788.73 and closed higher on the day at 3798.91. More importantly, the index gained back all the losses from the heavy selling last Friday. The volume was lower with only 2,480,939,776 shares traded, but the RSI moved much higher in support of the move to close at 61.38. The index is now back in the 3788.73-3826.69 trading range. If there is another positive trading day today, the S&P 500 will be back in position to, possibly, attempt a move to a new all-time high soon.
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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