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Multiple "less bad = good" things this week. With S&P 500 touching 50D, this is possibly the week that we start to see "less bad is good"

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STRATEGY: Multiple "less bad = good" things this week. With S&P 500 touching 50D, this is possibly the week that we start to see "less bad is good"

S&P 500 "touched" 50D --> good level for rally
I want to start this commentary by focusing on what I see as an important development today:

- the S&P 500 made a "lower low" midday but closed higher
- this lower low 4,445 nearly touched the 50D moving average (currently 4,427)
- it was <0.4% within touching the 50D

- 6 of the last 7 "touches" of the 50D resulted in a rally

So, we are at a turning point. If the general structure of the market remains favorable, we are mere points away from a positive turn higher in equities. Of course, if one is in the "market toppy" camp, then the touch of the 50D is not really consequential. We are in the camp that this is a favorable turning point -- one where stocks will finally find footing.

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Touching 50D moving avg --> Is this the week that we start to see "less bad is good?"As we commented yesterday, stocks have acted like death recently and this move to touch the 50D is certain emblematic of that. But t...

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