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Morning Brief

April 14th, 2022

 

Headline News:

The S&P 500 futures trade roughly in-line with fair value in a busy news morning before the market closes for Good Friday tomorrow.

Starting with earnings news, UnitedHealth (UNH 539.80, +2.80, +0.5%) and Goldman Sachs (GS 328.68, +6.71, +2.1%) each beat top and bottom-line estimates, while Wells Fargo (WFC 46.88, -1.66, -3.4%) trades lower by 3% after missing revenue estimates.

Twitter (TWTR 49.09, +3.22, +7.0%), meanwhile, is up 7% after Elon Musk offered to acquire the company for $54.20 per share in cash. Twitter said it will carefully review the proposal, which is Mr. Musk’s “best and final offer.”

Elsewhere, the European Central Bank made no changes to interest rates, as expected, and said incoming data since its last meeting reinforced expectations for net asset purchases under the APP should be concluded in the third quarter.

In economic data, Retail Sales for March (Briefing.com consensus 0.6%), weekly Initial Claims (Briefing.com consensus 175,000), and Import and Export Prices for March will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by the preliminary University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment for April (Briefing.com consensus 58.8) and Business Inventories for February (Briefing.com consensus 1.3%) at 10:00 a.m. ET.

U.S. Treasuries are up for the third straight day, pushing yields slightly lower. The 2-yr yield is down one basis point to 2.33%, and the 10-yr yield is down two basis points to 2.67%. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.2% to 99.68. WTI crude futures are down 1.2%, or $1.25, to $103.04/bbl.

(Michael Gibbs, Director of Equity Portfolio & Technical Strategy)

 

Markets:

The S&P 500 rallied past the 50-day moving average at 4422.32 and closed higher at 4446.59. The trading came with below-average volume with only 2,167,769,6000 shares traded. However, RSI turned higher, and the Advance/Decline line moved sharply higher, both good indicators the rally could continue soon. Due to the three-day weekend, Tody’s trading should be low volume, so we will not put much stock in today’s action. Potential support could come in at the 50-day moving average, and possible resistance could come in at 4450.05.

We are currently Intermediate-term bearish and short-term bearish.

John N. Lilly III CPFA
Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor℠
Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠
Portfolio Manager, RJFS
Partner, DJWMG
Windsor Wealth Planners & Strategist

 

Futures trading is speculative, leveraged, and involves substantial risks. Investing always involves risk, including the loss of principal, and futures trading could present additional risk based on underlying commodities investments.

 

The Relative Strength Index (RSI), developed by J. Welles Wilder, is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and changes of price movements.

 

The advance/decline line (A/D) is a technical indicator that plots the difference between the number of advancing and declining stocks on a daily basis. The indicator is cumulative, with a positive number being added to the prior number, or if the number is negative it is subtracted from the prior number.

The A/D line is used to show market sentiment, as it tells traders whether there are more stocks rising or falling. It is used to confirm price trends in major indexes, and can also warn of reversals when divergence occurs.

 

 

The percentage of stocks trading above a specific moving average is a breadth indicator that measures internal strength or weakness in the underlying index. The 50-day moving average is used for short-to-medium-term timeframes, while the 150-day and 200-day moving averages are used for medium-to-long-term timeframes. Signals can be derived from overbought/oversold levels, crosses above/below 50% and bullish/bearish divergences.

 

 

 

 

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