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Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

Major Base Supports Holding

Following last week's pullback, a consistent theme we are seeing is that many broad market indexes and Sector ETFs are holding above (and bouncing at) major base supports. As long as these base supports continue to hold, it tells us this is likely just a normal pullback within the overall bullish trend. Important supports that we need to see hold in order to remain bullish include 4600 on the S&P 500 and 14,400 on the Nasdaq Composite.

Pullbacks to Base Supports. Broad market indexes and Sector ETFs that are holding above major base supports include 14,400 on the Nasdaq Composite, $157-$158 on Vanguard Extended Market (VXF, the entire U.S. market excluding the S&P 500), $174-$175 on Consumer Discretionary (XLY), $110-$111 on Industrials (XLI), and $39 on Real Estate (XLRE). It is worth noting that leading areas such as the S&P 500, Technology (XLK), Financials (XLF), Communications (XLC), semiconductors (SMH), and software (IGV) remain well-above importan
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AEGIS BRANDS INC

Aflac Incorporated

Aflac, through its subsidiaries, provides financial protection to people worldwide. The company's principal business is supplemental health and life insurance products. The company's insurance business consists of two reporting segments: Aflac Japan, which are designed to help consumers pay for medical and nonmedical costs that are not reimbursed under Japan's national health insurance system; and Aflac U.S., which the insurance products to provide supplemental coverage for people who already have primary medical or primary insurance coverage. The Aflac Japan's insurance products includes of cancer insurance, and medical insurance; and Aflac U.S. products includes of accident insurance, among others.

Cardinal Health Inc.

Cardinal Health is a healthcare services and products company providing customized solutions for hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories and physician offices. The company's segments include: Pharmaceutical and Medical. The company's Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical and over-the-counter healthcare and consumer products in the United States. The company's Medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products, which are sold in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and other markets.

COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC.

EOH Holdings Ltd.

EOH Holdings is engaged in the provision of business and technology services. Co. develops business and information technology strategies, supplies and implements services and manages enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to larger clients. Co. operates within three segments: Infrastructure, which is engage in the sale of infrastructure products; software, which includes new software sales and maintenance; and services, which is engaged in the provision of services including consulting, systems implementation and integration and managed services. Co. operates in South Africa, Africa and the U.K.

Globe Life Inc.

Globe Life is an insurance holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the company provides a variety of life and supplemental health insurance products and annuities to customers. The company's segments are: life insurance, which writes a variety of nonparticipating ordinary life insurance products including whole-life, term life, and other life insurance; health insurance, which provides Medicare Supplement and limited-benefit supplemental health insurance products that include primarily critical illness and accident plans; annuities, which include single-premium and flexible-premium deferred annuities; and investments, which consist primarily of investment-grade securities.

Manulife Financial Corporation

Manulife Financial is a provider of financial protection and wealth management products and services, including individual life insurance, group life and health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension products, annuities and mutual funds to individual and group customers in Asia, Canada and the United States. Co. also provides investment management services with respect to Co.'s general fund assets, segregated fund assets, mutual funds, and to institutional customers. Co. also offers reinsurance services, specializing in property and aviation catastrophe risk reinsurance products.

McKesson Corporation

McKesson provides pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and services to its customers. The company's segments include: U.S. Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions, which provides distribution and logistics services for branded, generic, specialty, biosimilar and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs and other healthcare-related products to customers; European Pharmaceutical Solutions, which provides distribution and services to wholesale, institutional and retail customers in European countries where it owns, partners or franchises with retail pharmacies; and Medical-Surgical Solutions, which delivers medical-supply distribution, logistics, biomedical and other services to healthcare providers.

MetLife Inc.

MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. The company's segments include: United States; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. In the United States, the company provides a variety of insurance and financial services products, including life, dental, disability, property and casualty, guaranteed interest, stable value and annuities to both individuals and groups. Outside the United States, the company provides life, medical, dental, credit and other accident and health insurance, as well as annuities, endowment and retirement and savings products to both individuals and groups.

Owens & Minor Inc.

Owens & Minor is a healthcare solutions company. The company provides products and services to healthcare provider, manufacturers and directly to patients across the continuum of care. The company has two segments: Global Solutions, which provides a portfolio of medical and surgical supplies and service offerings to healthcare providers including supplier management, analytics, inventory management, and clinical supply management; and Global Products, which manufactures and sources medical surgical products through its production and kitting operations as well as provides medical supplies and solutions for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections across the acute and alternate site channels.

Principal Financial Group Inc.

Principal Financial Group is an insurance holding company, engaged in investment management. The company provides businesses, individuals and institutional clients a range of financial products and services, including retirement, asset management and insurance through its financial services companies. The company provides long-term investment strategies to institutional, retirement, high net worth and retail clients by providing a range of capabilities including equity, fixed income, real estate and other alternative investments, as well as fund offerings. The company's segments include: retirement and income solutions; principal global investors; principal international; and United States insurance solutions.

Prudential Financial Inc.

Prudential Financial is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company provides a range of financial products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related products and services, mutual funds and investment management. The company provides these products and services to individual and institutional customers. The company's principal operations are comprised of PGIM (its global investment management business), its United States Businesses (consisting of its United States Workplace Solutions, United States Individual Solutions, and Assurance IQ divisions), its International Businesses, the Closed Block division and its Corporate and Other operations.

UNUM GROUP

Unum Group is an insurance holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of financial protection benefits in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company has three segments: Unum US, which includes group long-term and short-term disability products, group life and accidental death and dismemberment products, and supplemental and voluntary lines of business, including individual disability and dental and vision products; Unum International, which includes its operations in the United Kingdom and Poland; and Colonial Life, which includes accident, sickness, and disability products, including dental and vision products, life products, and cancer and critical illness products.

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