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Equity Clock: Seasonality Analysis February 25, 2015
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Stock Market Outlook for Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The Markets Stocks closed higher on Tuesday, boosted by remarks from Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who emphasized that the committee would consider raising rates “on a meeting-by-meeting
basis.” The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average once again closed at new all-time highs, while the Nasdaq Composite closed higher for the 10th straight session, the longest stretch of consecutive gains since July of 2009.
Outside of the equity market, treasury bonds showed a swift and prominent reaction to Yellen’s testimony, jumping higher following sharp losses recorded since the start of the month. Both the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF) and the iShares 20+ Year
Treasury Bond Fund (TLT), two prominent treasury bond funds, bounced from around trendline support that dates back to the start of 2014. Both ETFs had become oversold over the last couple of weeks.
The treasury market now appears poised to make a run back towards the previous high as it attempts to keep the long-term positive trend alive, but seasonal tendencies may
present a headwind over the months ahead. The treasury market remains in a period of seasonal weakness that spans the months of February, March, and April. Earlier this month we highlighted the significant level of trendline resistance that the 30-Year
Treasury Bond had encountered, trading immediately lower following the test. Although the present trading channel suggests a positive long-term trend for the treasury market, past instances have shown that the price of the long-term bond has been
inclined to test the lower limit of the channel over the months that have followed a test of resistance. That would imply that the price of the long-term treasury bond could trade down to around $135 over the course of the next year.
Despite this resistance, there is no sign of a significant long-term topping pattern that would suggest a conclusion to the over 30 year old bull market trend in the treasury market. For equity investors, potential weakness in the bond market over the year
ahead could be a catalyst for higher equity prices as investors rotate from one asset class to the other.
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Meanwhile, turning to the commodity market, the price of Copper bounced off support and bumped up against resistance during Tuesday’s session. The industrial metal bounced from around its 20-day moving average to hit a high close to its 50-day, a
level that has restrained any rebound attempt for over six months.
The metal has been showing signs of stabilizing over recent weeks as strength in the US Dollar shows signs of fading, at least temporarily, providing a reprieve from the
negative pressures the currency has imposed on the commodity since last summer. A breakout above the 50-day may be the catalyst to allow for a run towards trendline resistance around $2.90; longer-term trendline resistance can be seen around $3.00,
also the level of previous horizontal support that was broken late last year.
The price of copper has traded below its 200-day moving average for a total of 169 calendar days, the 10th longest run below this long-term average over the past 25
years; when price trades too far below significant moving averages, such as the 200-day, for an extended period of time, a reversion to the mean typically follows. The 200-day moving average sits right around the broken level of horizontal support at $3.00.
Copper seasonally trades higher between now and May.
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During Tuesday’s session, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index provided the last read of house prices in the US for 2014. The report indicated a non-seasonally adjusted year-over-year increase of 4.5%, beating analyst estimates calling for a 4.2% increase.
The print was slightly below the average year-over-year gain of 4.8%, based on data from the past 38 years.
Following a stronger than average spring and summer, house prices levelled off near
the end of last year, a trend that is likely to remain evident in reports for January and February following the weaker than average existing sales report released on Monday. Housing reports continue today with New Home Sales for the month of January.
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Put-Call Ratio Sentiment on Tuesday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended neutral at 1.00.
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Seasonal charts A. Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today
Badger Daylighting Ltd (TSE:BAD) Seasonal Chart
Dillard’s, Inc. (NYSE:DDS) Seasonal Chart
FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) Seasonal Chart
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Niko Resources Ltd. (TSE:NKO) Seasonal Chart
Ensign Energy Services Inc. (TSE:ESI) Seasonal Chart
Finning International Inc. (TSE:FTT) Seasonal Chart
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EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) Seasonal Chart
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) Seasonal Chart
Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) Seasonal Chart
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B. Seasonal Charts of Companies Reporting Earnings Today
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S&P 500 Index
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TSE Composite
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Horizons Seasonal Rotation ETF (TSX: HAC)
● Closing Market Value: $15.96 (down 0.19%)
● Closing NAV/Unit: $16.00 (down 0.06%)
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2015 Year-to-Date
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