Courtesy of John Nyaradi.
Stock Markets will likely rise Tuesday in a “dead cat bounce” fashion
US stock markets will likely rise on Tuesday in a dead cat bounce, due to technical indicators and a temporary stall in debt ceiling discussions. Stock markets yesterday finished in the red, with the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) losing .85%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) losing .90%, and the NASDAQ 100 (NASDAQ:QQQ) losing -.98%.
US Congressional leaders continued their impasse yesterday, with some GOP lawmakers calling a US default “not a big deal.” Regardless of what anyone thinks will happen if the United States defaults, we are likely some time away from any compromise between both political parties. The current government shutdown in Washington DC has almost become the new normal, with the debt ceiling deadline still long enough away to mitigate any investor anxiety for now, which is why I predict a “dead cat bounce” for US stock markets tomorrow.
The technical perspective for the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) suggests a dead cat bounce and up market for Tuesday as well, considering that the index just barely broke through its 50 day moving average, a strong level of support. The S&P 500 just barely broke through the 50 day moving average floor last week, but continued to move sideways. Although the S&P 500′s MACD is still very negative (-3.193), the RSI has dipped below the neutral 50 mark (46.06), suggesting that markets are in a short term over sold situation, but in a long term down trend overall. Since a debt ceiling solution is likely out of sight for Tuesday and investors appear to be “content” with the “as-is” situation, I think the S&P 500 and major indexes will bounce tomorrow into the green:
chart courtesy of stockcharts.com
Internationally, European markets finished in the red, albeit by only two or three tenths for major indexes. Asian markets are a mixed bag, with the Hang Seng closed for the day and the Nikkei flat at the time of this writing. So, the world too appears to be watching only to see what happens next in Washington.
Futures markets appear to have the same neutral sentiment, with major futures markets trading on the red side of flat at the time of this writing.
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