Written by Gary
US markets opened skyrocketing higher as a post-election rally extended into the new year, only to fade and slide down towards the unchanged line (SPY +0.3%). The Institute for Supply Management’s gauge of factory activity rose to 54.7 from 53.2. Economists expected an increase to 53.6 for the month.
Here is the current market situation from CNN Money | |
 | North and South American markets are broadly higher today with shares in Brazil leading the region. The Bovespa is up 3.21% while Mexico’s IPC is up 0.61% and U.S.’s S&P 500 is up 0.33%. |
Traders Corner – Health of the Market
| Index | Description | Current Value |
| Investors.com Members Sentiment: | % Bullish (the balance is Bearish) | 70% |
| CNN’s Fear & Greed Index | Above 50 = greed, below 50 = fear | 58% |
| Investors Intelligence sets the breath | Above 50 bullish | 67% |
| StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) | anything below -30 / -40 is a concern of going deeper. Oversold conditions on the NYSE McClellan Oscillator usually bounce back at anything over -50 and reverse after reaching +40 oversold. | -8.89 |
| StockChart.com NYSE % of stocks above 200 DMA Index ($OEXA200R) | $NYA200R chart below is the percentage of stocks above the 200 DMA and is always a good statistic to follow. It can depict a trend of declining equities which is always troubling, especially when it drops below 60% – 55%. Following a major market correction, the conditions for safe re-entry are when: a) Daily $OEXA200R rises above 65% Secondary Bullish Indicators: a) RSI is POSITIVE (above 50) b) Slow STO is POSITIVE (black line above red line) c) MACD is POSITIVE (black line above red line) | 73% |
| StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) | Next stop down is ~57, then ~44, below that is where we will most likely see the markets crash. | 70% |
| StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) | In support zone and rising. ~62, ~57, ~45 at which the markets are in a full-blown correction. | 70% |
| StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) | ten year note index value | 24.46 |
| StockChart.com Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) | As long as the consumer discretionary holds above [66.88], all things being equal, it is a good sign for stocks and the U.S. economy | 81.40 |
| StockChart.com NYSE Composite (Liquidity) Index ($NYA) | Markets move inverse to institutional selling and this NYA Index is followed by Institutional Investors | 11,057 |
Looking at the last three columns, the first one (Actual), is what was reported this morning. The second column (Forecast) is what analysts had forecast and the third column is the previous report. Full calendar HERE.
What Is Moving the Markets
| Here are the headlines moving the markets. | |
| Wall St. pares some gains as oil prices drop(Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Tuesday as a post-election rally extended into the new year, but stocks pared some of their early gains after oil prices lost ground due to a strong dollar. |
| Ford cancels plan for $1.6 billion plant in Mexico after Trump criticismFLAT ROCK, Mich./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said Tuesday it will cancel a planned $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million at a Michigan factory, after President-elect Donald Trump had harshly criticized the Mexico investment plan. |
| Trump assails GM over car production in Mexico, threatens taxDETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose a “big border tax” on General Motors Co for making some of its Chevrolet Cruze compact cars in Mexico, an arrangement the largest U.S. automaker defended as part of its strategy to serve global customers, not sell them in the United States. |
| Intel to take 15 percent stake in mapping firm HERE: sourceFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Chip maker Intel is to take a 15 percent stake in digital mapping firm HERE, a person familiar with the process told Reuters on Tuesday. |
| Oil business seen in strong position as Trump tackles tax reformWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big Oil could be in a unique position to protect its interests against a Republican proposal to tax imports, given that President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet is studded with oil champions sensitive to the risk of higher gasoline prices. |
| U.S. manufacturing, construction sectors shine as year endedWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. factory activity accelerated to a two-year high in December amid a surge in new orders and rapidly rising raw material prices, indicating that some of the drag on manufacturing from prolonged dollar strength and a slump in oil prices was fading. |
| Twitter’s China boss Kathy Chen quits after eight monthsNEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) – Twitter Inc executive Kathy Chen, brought in to run Greater China just over eight months ago, has quit, according to a tweet sent by her over the weekend. |
| EU regulators delay ChemChina/Syngenta merger decision to April 12BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for a decision on ChemChina’s proposed buy of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta by 10 working days to April 12. |
| Icahn sweetens offer for Federal-Mogul for third time(Reuters) – Billionaire Carl Icahn’s investment firm, Icahn Enterprises LP , sweetened its offer for a third time to buy shares of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp it does not already own. |
| Venture Capitalist Warns Of Government Backlash Against Google, Facebook ‘Monopolies’ In 2017Submitted by Fred Wilson via AVC.com, Here’s what I expect to happen this year: Trump will hit the ground running, cutting corporate and personal taxes, and eliminating the preferential treatment of carried interest capital gains. The stock market has already factored in these tax cuts so it won’t be as big of a boon for investors as might be expected, but the seven and half year bull market run will be extended as a result of this tax cut stimulus before being halted by rising rates and/or some boneheaded move by President Trump which seems inevitable. We just don’t know the timing of it. The loss of capital gains treatment on carried interest won’t hurt professional investors too much because the lower personal tax rates will take the sting out of it. In addition, corporations will use the lower tax rates as an excuse to bring back massive amounts of capital that have been locked up overseas, producing a cash surplus that will result in an M&A boom. This will lead to an even more fuel to the fire that is causing “old line” corporations to acquire startups. The IPO market, led by Snapchat, will be white hot. Look for entrepreneurs and the VCs that back them to have IPO fever in 2017. I expect we will see more tech IPOs in 2017 than we have since 2000. The ad:tech market will go the way of search, social, and mobile as investors and entrepreneurs concede that Google and Facebook have won and everyone else has lost. It will be nearly impossible to raise money for an online advertising business in 2017. However, there will be new players, like Snapchat, and existing ones, like Twitter, that succeed by offering … |
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| JPM On Today’s Sudden Intraday Reversal: “The Question Is Why Stocks Were So Strong To Begin With”Confused by today’s sudden intraday reversal in risk assets, which pulled the Dow Jones from up over 160 to barely in the green, while slamming Crude from up over 2% on the day to red?
You are not alone: as JPM’s Adam Crisafulli opines in his intraday “market update” note, “the question isn’t why stocks have come in from their highs but instead why they were so strong to begin with.” From JPMorgan:
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| Trump Rally Darkens Skies for All-Weather PortfolioAll-weather and risk-parity portfolios designed to produce smooth returns have hit a rough patch since the U.S. election. |
| Making Banks Safer Waits for Another DayGlobal regulators have delayed an agreement over “Basel IV” bank-capital rules that would bring U.S. and European lenders closer together. |
| Peak Auto Sales Make 2017 a Waiting Game for InvestorsU.S. car sales have stalled, leaving the automotive industry worryingly dependent on Chinese subsidies and crisis-prone Southern Europe. |
| November 2016 Construction Spending Improved AgainWritten by Steven Hansen The headlines say construction spending was up, and was above expectations. Consider this a very strong report.
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| MarketWatch First Take: Ford’s Mexico shift shows Trump’s bully pulpit has some valueThere’s going to be a tendency in the media to minimize the impact of soon-to-be President Trump, in part because he so readily takes credit for positive developments. But it’s hard to deny that Trump is reshaping the business climate, even if it’s fair to debate how radically. |
| Here’s why Tesla is Baird’s top stock-market pick for 2017Analyst Ben Kallo is confident the company’s energy business and Model 3 electric sedan will surpass expectations. |
| Financial tips for women getting a divorceSeparate all spousal property and accounts immediately |
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