Could Profit-Taking Spark a Deeper Pullback in Stocks This Week?

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Could Profit-Taking Spark a Deeper Pullback in Stocks This Week?

In a recent webinar, I mentioned that markets like to end the week on a high ahead of a National Holiday. The weekend before MLK Day and the Inauguration was no exception, with all the indices and their respective ETFs we follow closing out green.

The Inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President also marks the transition from one political era to another, and this week, we have seen markets react to this new reality with some dramatic price action and volatility, not least owing to President Trump’s relentless use of social media. It was quite a ride during his first Presidency, and there is no reason to suppose it won’t be the same again this time.

Indeed, the apparent backtracking on tariffs drove the lower and stocks higher. Whether this continues remains to be seen, but by Friday, our indices and ETFs had all pulled back as a combination of profit-taking, next week’s heavyweight earnings from companies such as Apple (NASDAQ:),

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(NASDAQ:), Meta (NASDAQ:) & Tesla (NASDAQ:) and the FOMC. And, of course, we always have the Trump tweets.

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From a technical perspective, the & have taken out their ATH, while the {{20|NDX} and have yet to do so. However, with next week’s earnings, these two may catch up. As always with earnings, expect a strong reaction on the release of the numbers and further volatility during the subsequent call.

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