Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday February 25th
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points at 8:30 AM EST.
Zoom Video Communications $ZM dropped $1.04 to $80.40 after offering quarterly guidance below consensus
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Cleveland Cliffs $CLF dropped $0.55 to $10.60 after reporting a quarterly loss.
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Bank of Montreal is expected to open higher after reporting better than consensus fiscal first quarter results.
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Bank of Nova Scotia is expected to open higher after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter results.
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EquityClock’s Stock Market Outlook for February 25th
The equity market is weakening and it is entirely normal for this time of year. See:
https://equityclock.com/2025/02/24/stock-market-outlook-for-february-25-2025/
Technical Notes
Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.B an S&P 100 stock moved above $491.67 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.
Verisk $VRSK a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $296.18 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.
Pepsico $PEP a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $155.47 completing a double bottom pattern
Home Depot $HD a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $380.10 and $379.72 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern
Marvel Technology $MRVL a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $99.52 completing a modified Head & Shoulders pattern.
Metro $MRU.TO a TSX 60 stock moved above Cdn$94.48 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.
Trader’s Corner
Equity Indices and Related ETFs
Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for February 24th 2025
Green: Increase from previous day
Red: Decrease from previous day
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Commodities
Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for February 24th 2025
Green: Increase from previous day
Red: Decrease from previous day
Sectors
Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for February 24th 2025
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Links offered by valued providers
Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Markets Wait For Nvidia Earnings: Guy Adami, Dan Nathan, Liz Thomas
Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Markets Wait For Nvidia Earnings – YouTube
What to expect from Canadian bank earnings
What to expect from Canadian bank earnings – YouTube
There’s going to be a mid-year AI digestive phase, says Dan Niles
There’s going to be a mid-year AI digestive phase, says Dan Niles – YouTube
Quick Market Update: Technical Analysis Point of View: TheTechnicalTraders
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CHART THIS with David Keller, CMT Monday 2/24/25: David Keller
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How to Profit Using Market Cycles & Market Breadth: ValueTrendCanada
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S&P 500 Momentum Barometers
The intermediate term Barometer added 1.00 to 54.20. It remains Neutral.
The long term Barometer added 0.40 to 60.20. It returned to Overbought on a recovery above 60.00.
TSX Momentum Barometers
The intermediate term Barometer added 0.45 to 46.36. It remains Neutral.
The long term Barometer added 0.45 to 59.55. It remains Neutral.
Disclaimer: Seasonality ratings and technical ratings offered in this report and at
www.equityclock.com are for information only. They should not be considered as advice to purchase or to sell mentioned securities. Data offered in this report is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed
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February 25th, 2025 at 12:42 pm
Apparently there is a seasonally weak period from mid-Feb to mid-March. I don’t know why. I have been posting occasionally about CAD. Well here we are one week away from tariff armageddon. Not surprisingly CAD has weakened significantly today following Trump’s statements that he will go ahead with tariffs next Tuesday. Obviously CAD will continue to be under pressure until we get some kind of news that a deal is coming (which will bring a swift reversal). Once the tariffs go on we will retest the lows we made a few weeks ago and the spike was down at 0.6772. We could see a 3% drop from where we are now. Trump is crazy. I don’t think things are going to go well for anyone on this globe except maybe Russia. You have to wonder if the economic chaos he is causing is going to provoke a market correction.
BMO – That is a fantastic move to a new high. It was preceded by a very bullish chart which attracted me to the stock a while ago.
February 25th, 2025 at 2:55 pm
RE: Larry
I hope you’re wrong on CAD re-testing those lows. Hopefully the market will call bs on this and think that he will postpone it again like he did the last time.
As for the banks, I was surprised that BNS stunk it up again. This was supposed to rebound this year and is off to a bad start. And BMO had good #s so back to the high it goes. BMO did report bad #s last qtr and sold off but got bought up a few days later.
February 25th, 2025 at 3:22 pm
JPM – A bit of a buy point here touching the 50day MA on a high quality stock. I like FFH as well.
February 25th, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Neil ON – Look at the charts of BNS and BMO that preceeded the earnings releases. There was confidence in BMO and pessimism in BNS and the bets that were made on that basis proved correct. BNS has had declining earnings for a few quarters and their Latin American strategy did not work out. It’s worth some investigation. If they have a good CEO and they successfully restructure they could be a turn around story at some point.