by Don Vialoux, Timingthemarket.ca
Pre-opening Comments for Thursday March 17th
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points in pre-opening trade.
Index futures recovered slightly following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for Weekly Jobless Claims was 266,000 versus 258,000 last week. Actual was 265,000. Consensus for March Philadelphia Fed Index was -1.4 versus -2.8 in February. Actual was 12.4.
FedEx added $8.46 to $152.73 after reporting higher than consensus earnings and after raising its guidance.
PayPal (PYPL $39.80) is expected to open higher after Wedbush raised its target price to $45 from $40.
Caterpillar dropped $1.82 to $72.52 after the company lowered its guidance for first quarter sales and earnings.
EquityClock’s Daily Market Comment
Following is a link:
http://www.equityclock.com/2016/03/16/stock-market-outlook-for-march-17-2016/
Note seasonality charts on the U.S. Financial sector, Industrial Production and U.S. Housing Starts
Responses to the Fed’s announcement yesterday at 2:00 PM
U.S. equity indices moved higher
Ditto for TSX indices!
Price of long term Treasury ETF was volatile, but closed on the upside
The U.S. Dollar Index and its related ETF plunged
The Canadian Dollar soared on U.S. Dollar weakness
Gold, precious metals and related equity ETFs soared on U.S. Dollar weakness
Commodity prices (in addition to Gold) also soared on U.S. Dollar weakness
StockTwits Released Yesterday @EquityClock
Retail sales running above average through February; not as bad as what headlines suggest. http://stkw.it/xBm $XRT $RTH $SPX $STUDY
Strange, but true. No S&P 500 stocks have broken intermediate support or resistance by 10:45 AM EDT.
Editor’s Note: After 10:45 AM, technical action by S&P 500 stocks turned bullish with the exception of health care stocks. Breakouts included AMT, COL, COST, CTSH, EQT, FISV, GGP, MCD, NEE, NFX and STZ. Breakdowns included ALXN, MNK and VRTX
Trader’s Corner
Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for March 15th 2016
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Red: Decrease from previous day
Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for March 15th 2016
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Red: Decrease from previous day
Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for March 15th 2016
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Interesting Charts
Technical score on the S&P Health Care sector fell to 0 from 6 when relative strength turned negative, the index moved below its 20 day moving average and short term momentum indicators turned negative.
The Biotech subsector led the Health Care sector on the downside.
Cameco (CCJ, CCO.TO) is acting strange. Technicals have turned strongly positive. On balance volume shows that the stock is being accumulated. Meanwhile, the spot price for uranium oxide dropped US $2.35 per lb. last week to $28.75.
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