Tech Talk for Friday December 23rd 2022

Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 23rd

U.S. equity index futures were Lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 9 points in pre-opening trade.

Index futures moved lower following release of a series on economic reports at 8:30 AM EST

November Core PCE Price Index was expected to increase 0.3% versus a gain of 0.2% in October. Actual was an increase of 0.1%. On a year-over-year basis, November core PCE Price Index was expected to increase 4.6% versus a gain of 5.0% in October. Actual was an increase of 4.7%.

November Durable Goods Orders were expected to drop 0.8% versus a gain of 1.1% in October. Actual was a drop of 2.1%. Excluding Transportation Orders, November Durable Goods Orders are expected to increase 0.1% versus a gain of 0.5% in October. Actual was an increase of 0.2%

November Personal Income was expected to increase 0.3% versus a gain of 0.7% in October. Actual was an increase of 0.4% November Personal Spending was expected to 0.2% versus a gain of 0.8% in October. Actual was an increase of 0.1%

The Canadian Dollar was virtually unchanged at US73.50 cents after release of the October Canadian GDP report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus a revised gain of 0.2% in September. Actual was an increase of 0.1%.

Crude oil prices advanced $1.42 to $78.91 per barrel as a "polar vortex" hits the U.S. mid-west.

Oil services stocks such as Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes moved higher with rising crude oil prices.

Tesla added $1.46 to 4126.81 after Elon Musk said that he is committed to not selling more Tesla shares for the next 18 months.

EquityClock's Daily Comment

Headline reads "The drawdown of Natural Gas inventories attributed to the start of heating season remains far less than what is average for this time of year, bearish for the price of the commodity".

http://www.equityclock.com/2022/12/22/stock-market-outlook-for-december-23-2022/

Technical Notes

Israel iShares $EIS moved below $56.18 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Natural Gas ETN $UNG moved below $16.30 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Platinum ETN $PPLT moved below $90.20 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern.

PayPal $PYPL a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $67.58 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Canopy Growth $WEED.TO a TSX 60 stock moved below $3.08 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Trader's Corner

Equity Indices and Related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for December 22nd 2022

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for December 22nd 2022

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for December 22nd 2021

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

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Greg Schnell summarizes 2022 in review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0Bjt4Ajow

Seasonality Chart of the Day

Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF (TSE:XEG.to) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of December 22 and a Sell Date of April 12 has resulted in a geometric average return of 1.67% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 15 of those periods. This is a good rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 6.67% per year.

S&P 500 Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 10.00 to 52.60. It returned from Overbought to Neutral on a drop below 60.00.

The long term Barometer slipped 1.80 to 50.20. It remains Neutral.

TSX Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer dropped 9.08 to 48.31. It remains Neutral.

The long term Barometer slipped 1.07 to 45.34. It remains Neutral.

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