Saturday 27 August 2022

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a bearish week for US equity indexes, with net weekly declines ranging from -4.4% (Nasdaq comp'), -4.2% (Dow), -4.0% (SPX), -2.9% (R2K), -2.6% (NYSE comp', Trans).

Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans

Summary

All six US equity indexes settled net lower for the week.

The Nasdaq lead the way lower, whilst the NYSE comp' and Trans were most resilient. 

More broadly, all six US equity indexes are trading under their respective monthly 10MA, with negative momentum. By definition, all six indexes are m/t bearish.

Looking ahead

Earnings:

M - PDD, GAMB

T - BBY, BIDU, BIG, FUTU, BMO, NAT, IQ, CRWD, CHPT, CHWY, HPQ, AMBA, HPE, PVH

W - OKTA, VEEV, FIVE, NTNX, AI, S

T - CPB, HRL, SIG, CIEN, AVGO, LULU

F -

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Econ-data/events

M -

T - Case-Shiller HPI, consumer con', JOLTS

W - ADP jobs, Chicago PMI

T - Weekly jobs, productivity/costs, construction, vehicle sales

F - Monthly jobs, factory orders.

*As Wednesday is end month, I'd expect more dynamic price action on higher vol'

**As Friday is the lead into the Labor day holiday break, once the econ-data is out of the way, I'd expect subdued price action on light vol'.

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