Upgrading Industrials; Overweight Small-Caps The S&P 500 has continued to trickle higher along with positive expectations surrounding trade and Fed policy. 2,817 is the current resistance level we are watching on the S&P 500. Considering the market's melt-up, we believe potential exists for a “sell the news†event once a deal on trade is announced. At the same time, we continue to believe the market is going through a bottoming process and that a “buy the dip†mentality remains warrante...
Upgrading Real Estate and Utilities to overweight The S&P 500 peaked near 2,817 resistance following the Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 summit, and is now hovering near the critical 2,600 support level. Our baseline expectation is for continued consolidation between these support and resistance levels. The ultimate breakout or breakdown will be key in determining where the market goes longer term. Meanwhile, barring meaningful clarity on the U.S.-China trade front or Fed policy, the market remains...
Cautious outlook intact We continue expect additional consolidation, volatility, and potentially lower prices as the market attempts to stabilize. Important levels we are monitoring on the S&P 500 include support near 2,600 and resistance near 2,817 - which currently coincides with both the 100-day and 50-day moving averages. • Big picture trends. The growth (IUSG) vs. value (IUSV) uptrend is breaking down in favor of value -- shift exposure from growth to value. The large-cap (IVV) vs. smal...
Upgrading Consumer Discretionary; Outlook increasingly bullish Upgrading Consumer Discretionary. The XLY's price and relative strength are breaking topside resistance to new highs... see below (right) and page 5. Market outlook and internals. Market internals continue to improve, which bolsters our increasingly bullish outlook. The Cyclicals vs. Staples ratio (XLY/XLP) continues to advance to new highs, confirming a risk-on environment. Also, one of the few previously concerning indicators we'...
Upgrading Energy and Small-caps • Energy and small-caps breaking out. We are upgrading both to overweight. Continued strength in oil prices has led the XLE to breakout topside resistance... see below and page 6. Also breaking out to new highs is the Russell 2000 small-cap index (IWM)... see below and page 3. • Big picture trends: Interest rates, the USD, and commodities. The 10-year Treasury yield has continued to climb, moving as high as 3.115% last week to levels not seen since 2011. Wit...
Key Points: Energy: Potential reversal setting up. We indicated in our Vital Signs yesterday that many Energy stocks have RSI divergences, suggesting a rally is likely. Overweights: Financials, Health care, Manufacturing, Technology Materials: staging a reversal, with the exception of gold and silver. For a trial to Vermilion Research visit www.verilioncap.com or call our sales team at (952) 922-7500.
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