{"id":184072,"date":"2025-03-03T20:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=184072"},"modified":"2025-03-04T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:05:15","slug":"tech-talk-for-tuesday-march-4th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/03\/03\/tech-talk-for-tuesday-march-4th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Tuesday March 4th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday March 4<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning<\/b>. S&amp;P 500 futures were down 45 points at 8:30 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>President Trump speaks to a joint Congress tonight at 9:00 PM EST.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><b>American Express<\/b> added $0.39 to $295.88 after raising its quarterly dividend by 17%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0014.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001[4]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0014_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Okta <\/b>advanced $11.65 to $99.00 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter results. The company also offer positive guidance for fiscal 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002[4]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0024_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Mosaic<\/b> slipped $0.20 to $23.13 despite an upgraded on the stock by JP Morgan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0034.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003[4]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0034_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Walgreens Boots<\/b> added $0.48 to $10.74 in anticipation of a takeover offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0044.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image004[4]\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image004[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image0044_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Market Outlook for March 4<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>Cryptocurrency market testing some critical levels that will put the bull market trend of the past couple of years to the test. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/03\/03\/stock-market-outlook-for-march-4-2025\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/03\/03\/stock-market-outlook-for-march-4-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>United Kingdom iShares<\/b> $EWU moved above $37.10 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image001-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image001_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Financial SPDRs<\/b> $XLF briefly moved above $52.26 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image002-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image002_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Invesco Solar ETF<\/b> $TAN moved below $31.99 extending an intermediate downtrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image003-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image003_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Oil Services ETF<\/b> $OIH moved below $255.69 extending an intermediate downtrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image004.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image004\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image004\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image004_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weakness in U.S. equity indices was led by <b>NVidia <\/b>$NVDA<b> <\/b>on a break below support at $113.01 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image005-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image005\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image005\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image005_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P\/TSX Energy iShares<\/b> $XEG.TO moved below Cdn$16.13 and Cdn$15.93 extending an intermediate downtrend. Suncor $SU.TO led the decline by completing a double to pattern on a move below Cdn$52.70<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image006.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image006\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image006\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image006_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Trader\u2019s Corner<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image008.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image008\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image008\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image008_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Equity Indices and Related ETFs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Equity Trends for March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image010.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image010\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image010\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image010_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Red: Decrease from previous day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source for all positive seasonality ratings: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EquityClock.com\"><em>www.EquityClock.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Commodities<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Commodities Trends for March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image012-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image012\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image012\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image012_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font> <b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Sectors<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image014-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image014\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image014\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image014_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>The market could be bottoming this week, says Fundstrat&#8217;s Tom Lee<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vcrfvzzRs44\">The market could be bottoming this week, says Fundstrat&#8217;s Tom Lee \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Jobs Report Preview &amp; Ray Dalio&#8217;s Debt Crisis Warning: Guy Adami, Dan Nathan, Liz Thomas<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XK--RPkz3cY\">Jobs Report Preview &amp; Ray Dalio&#8217;s Debt Crisis Warning \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Retrenchment healthy for bull market: strategist, Sam Stoval<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJYUU55jN7Y\">Retrenchment healthy for bull market: strategist \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>S&amp;P 500 Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image015-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image015\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image015\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image015_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer dropped 7.00 to 48.20. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image016-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image016\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image016\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image016_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer dropped 2.80 to 57.20. It changed from Overbought to Neutral on a drop below 60.00. Daily trend is down. <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>TSX Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image017-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image017\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image017\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image017_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intermediate term Barometer dropped 6.36 to 41.36. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image018\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image018\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clip_image018_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer dropped 4.09 to 54.55, a 13 month low. It remains Neutral. Daily trend is down. <\/p>\n<p><em><b>Disclaimer:<\/b> Seasonality ratings and technical ratings offered in this report and at<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equityclock.com\"><em>www.equityclock.com<\/em><\/a><em> 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<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday March 4th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were down 45 points at 8:30 AM EST. President Trump speaks to a joint Congress tonight at 9:00 PM EST. American Express added $0.39 to $295.88 after raising its quarterly dividend by 17%. Okta advanced $11.65 to $99.00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184082,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184072\/revisions\/184082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}