Tech Talk for Friday June 24th 2022

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures added 27 points in pre-opening trade.

Traders are waiting for release of May U.S. New Home Sales at 10:00 AM EDT. Consensus is a slip to 587,000 units from 591,000 units in April.

FedEx advanced $5.77 to $233.90 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues and earnings. The company also offered positive guidance for the current fiscal year. JP Morgan raised its target price on the stock from $279 to $284.

BlackBerry slipped US$0.12 to $5.25 after reporting a fiscal first quarter loss. Revenues also were lower than consensus.

Occidental Petroleum added $1.36 to $57.45 after Truist raised its target price from $88 to $93.

EquityClock's Daily Comment

Headline read "The breakdown of the price of Copper is foretelling of a negative backdrop for the economy ahead".

Following is a link:

http://www.equityclock.com/2022/06/23/stock-market-outlook-for-june-24-2022/

Wolf on Bay Street

Tech Talk is a guest on Wolf on Bay Street at 7:00 PM EDT Saturday available on Radio Corus 640. Focus is on the outlook for North American equity markets based on seasonality.

Technical Notes for yesterday

Verizon $VZ a Dow Jones Industrial Average company moved above $51.96 extending an intermediate uptrend. Seasonal influences are favourable from June 5th to October 22nd. If a subscriber to EquityClock, see seasonality chart at https://charts.equityclock.com/verizon-communications-inc-nysevz-seasonal-chart

Corn ETN $CORN moved below $27.20 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Soybean ETN $SOYB moved below $27.11 completing a double top pattern.

Weakness in Soybean and Corn prices quickly translated into weakness in ETFs serving the Agriculture sector (i.e. MOO and COW.TO

Energy SPDRs $XLE moved below intermediate support at $70.21

Oil and Gas Exploration SPDRs $XOP moved below intermediate support at $123.26 Individual energy stocks moving below intermediate support included ConocoPhillips $COP) and Imperial Oil ($IMO.TO)

Base metal equities remain under technical pressure. BHP, a major base metals producer moved below $54.13 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Another base metals breakdown! Teck Resources $TECK a TSX 60 stock moved below US$34.03 and US$32.94 and TECK.B.TO moved below Cdn$43.51 and Cdn$42.49 setting an intermediate downtrend.

Booking $BKNG an S&P 100 stock moved below $1,796.45 extending an intermediate downtrend.

Trader's Corner

Equity Indices and Related ETFs

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for June 23rd 2022

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Commodities

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for June 23rd 2022

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Sectors

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for June 23rd 2021

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

All seasonality ratings are based on performance relative to the S&P 500 Index (except TSX)

Interesting report from Bloomberg

S&P 500 Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer added 5.00 to 10.80 yesterday. It remains Oversold. Short term trend is up.

The long term Barometer added 2.60 to 20.00 yesterday. It remains Oversold. Short term trend is up.

TSX Momentum Barometers

The intermediate term Barometer added 1.67 to 8.79 yesterday. It remains Oversold and showing early signs of bottoming.

The long term Barometer slipped 2.51 to 22.18 yesterday. It remains Oversold.

Disclaimer: Seasonality and technical ratings offered in this report and at

www.equityclock.com are for information only. They should not be considered as advice to purchase or to sell mentioned securities. Data offered in this report is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed.