Record August in the Books, U.S. Markets Mixed to Start Week

August 31, 2020
By Vlad Karpel

U.S. Markets traded to mixed results as the Dow and S&P closed in the red while the Nasdaq booked another record close. Still, all three U.S. indices were able to finish with record highs for the month of August; capping off an all-time five-month run, the Dow recorded 29% growth, while the S&P rose 35% and the Nasdaq 52%. Following Tesla and Apple’s stock splits, shares of both respective companies rallied impressively. This week, look out for the Beige Book to release on Wednesday and August employment data on Friday. Our models are still projecting the SPY to trade in the range of $320-$360 and we will look to be buyers into any short-term corrections. With the SPY breaking through its overhead resistance at $340, short-term traders could consider adding to positions when SPY is near $320. We will continue monitoring the VIX as the market can overshoot support and resistance levels when VIX is trading near $20 level, and we encourage all market commentary readers to maintain clearly defined stop-levels for all positions. For reference, the SPY Seasonal Chart is shown below:

Key U.S. Economic Reports/Events This Week:

  • Motor Vehicle Sales (August) – Tuesday
  • ISM Manufacturing Index (August) Tuesday
  • Beige Book – Wednesday
  • Factory Orders (July) – Wednesday
  • ADP Employment Report (August) – Wednesday
  • Weekly Jobless Claims (8/29) – Thursday
  • Trade Deficit (July) – Thursday
  • ISM Services Index (August) – Thursday
  • Unemployment Rate (August) – Friday
  • Average Hourly Earnings (August) – Friday
  • Nonfarm Payrolls (August) – Friday

For reference, the S&P 10-Day Forecast is shown below:

Using the “^GSPC” symbol to analyze the S&P 500 our 10-day prediction window shows a near-term positive outlook. Prediction data is uploaded after the market closes at 6 p.m. CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.


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Tuesday Morning Featured Symbol

Our featured symbol for Tuesday is Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN). AMZN is showing a steady vector in our Stock Forecast Toolbox’s 10-day forecast. This stock is assigned a Model Grade of (B) indicating it ranks in the top 25th percentile for accuracy for current-day predicted support and resistance, relative to our entire data universe.

The stock is trading at $3450.96 with a vector of +0.89% at the time of publication.

10-Day Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.

Note: The Vector column calculates the change of the Forecasted Average Price for the next trading session relative to the average of actual prices for the last trading session. The column shows the expected average price movement “Up or Down”, in percent. Trend traders should trade along the predicted direction of the Vector. The higher the value of the Vector the higher its momentum.

*Please note: At the time of publication Vlad Karpel does have a position in the featured symbol, AMZN. Our featured symbol is part of your free subscription service. It is not included in any paid Tradespoon subscription service. Vlad Karpel only trades his money in paid subscription services.  If you are a paid subscriber, please review your Premium Member Picks, ActiveTrader, or MonthlyTrader recommendations. If you are interested in receiving Vlad’s picks, please click here. 


Oil

West Texas Intermediate for Crude Oil delivery (CL.1) is priced at $42.85 per barrel, up 0.59% at the time of publication.

Looking at USO, a crude oil tracker, our 10-day prediction model shows mixed signals. The fund is trading at $30.72 at the time of publication. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.


Gold

The price for the Gold Continuous Contract (GC00) is down 0.26% at $1,973.40 at the time of publication.

Using SPDR GOLD TRUST (GLD) as a tracker in our Stock Forecast Tool, the 10-day prediction window shows mixed signals. The gold proxy is trading at $184.39, at the time of publication. Vector signals show -0.09% for today. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.


Treasuries

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is up, at 0.706% at the time of publication.

The yield on the 30-year Treasury note is up, at 1.477% at the time of publication.

Using the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) as a proxy for bond prices in our Stock Forecast Tool, we see mixed signals in our 10-day prediction window. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.


Volatility

The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is $26.41 at the time of publication, and our 10-day prediction window shows mixed signals. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session. 


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