Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S stock futures were lower this morning as weak economic data out of China signaled slow growth in the country. China’s producer price index fell 0.8% in August, the most significant decline in three years, which has investors fearing a global recession. The U.S Federal Reserve is now expected to lower rates at the September meeting, and European Central Banks are likely to reduce deposit rates later this week.
Markets:
The S&P 500 traded as high as 2989.43 which was above resistance at 2985.86 only to close at 2978.43. Volume was well above average, which shows traders were active all day. The RSI index did not move higher on the day and closed at the 58.28 level. We consider Monday’s trading a sideways day which is constructive for a market trying to breakout. We continue to believe the path of least resistance will potentially be higher.
We are currently long term bullish and short term bullish.
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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