Daily Commentary
Headline News:
U.S. stock futures are higher Thursday morning after good earnings results from Microsoft (MSFT) and Tesla (TSLA). The news helped to ease fears that the U.S.-China trade war would hurt the Q3 earnings reports. However, new orders for U.S. made capital goods fell more than expected along with September shipments. So, since the manufacturing sector makes up 11% of the U.S. economy, investors could remain cautious in today’s trading session.
Markets:
The S&P 500 had another sideways trading day on Wednesday and closed at the upper end of the current trading range. The RSI index moved higher on the day, which is supportive of a potential test of the September high soon.
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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A capital good (also called complex products and systems or (CoPS)) is a durable good that is used in the production of goods or services. Capital goods are one of the three types of producer goods, the other two being land and labor. The three are also known collectively as “primary factor of production ”