Morning Brief
Headline News:
U.S. stock futures are lower as investors continue to move out of mega-cap stocks with high valuations. The rotation appears to be into stocks that will benefit from the reopening of the U.S. economy. Also, the “pandemic winners” stocks appear to be falling out of favor, dragging markets lower to start the day.
Markets:
The S&P 500 tried and failed to break out of the current base, and selling that came in moved the index to the current support level. The trading came with lower volume with only 2,171,213,824 shares traded, and RSI was flat, closing at 63.32, which is a positive sign. Early morning trading shows the index test potential support at 4176.22. A break of this level would change our thoughts on a new uptrend starting soon and could potentially bring in more selling today. Possible resistance is now at 4192.66 and then at 4209.39.
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, RJFS
Partner, DJWMG
Windsor Wealth Planners & Strategist
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