{"id":188208,"date":"2025-08-13T18:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=188208"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:55:31","slug":"tech-talk-for-thursday-august-14th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/08\/13\/tech-talk-for-thursday-august-14th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Thursday August 14th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for August 14<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning<\/b>. S&amp;P 500 futures were down32 points at 8:35 AM EDT.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S&amp;P 500 Index futures dropped 32 points following release of the <b>U.S. July Producer Price Index<\/b> at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus no change in June. Actual was <\/em><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><em>a 0.9% increase. On a year-over-year basis, consensus for July PPI was a 2.5% increase. Actual was a 3.3% increase. Excluding food and energy, consensus was a 0.3% increase versus no change in June. Actual was a 0.9% increase. Excluding food and energy, consensus was a 2.9% increase versus a 2.6% gain in June. Actual was a 3.7% increase.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Bitcoin <\/b>moved above $123,220 to an all-time high at $123,589<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image0011-2.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001[1]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image0011_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Cisco<\/b> dropped $0.55 to $69.72 after issuing a profit warning for its fiscal first quarter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image0021-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002[1]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image0021_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Deere<\/b> dropped $34.42 to $479.12 after issuing a profit warning for its fiscal fourth quarter. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image0031-2.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003[1]\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image0031_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Market Outlook for August 14<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>Bond prices are moving higher, but managed money is holding a near record short in treasury note futures. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/08\/13\/stock-market-outlook-for-august-14-2025\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/08\/13\/stock-market-outlook-for-august-14-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>EAFE iShares<\/b> (EFA) moved above $91.57 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image001-7.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\/08\/clip_image001_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Emerging Markets iShares<\/b> (EEM) moved above $49.96 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image002-7.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\/08\/clip_image002_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Global Base Metals iShares<\/b> (XBM.TO) moved above Cdn$21.76 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image003-6.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\/08\/clip_image003_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Copper Miners ETF<\/b> (COPX) moved above $47.16 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image004-5.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\/08\/clip_image004_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P Retail SPDRs<\/b> (XRT) moved above $83.32 and $83.81extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image005-5.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\/08\/clip_image005_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Biotech ETFs (IBB and FBT)<\/b> moved above intermediate resistance extending an intermediate uptrend. Seasonal influences are favourable until September 21<sup>st<\/sup>. See seasonality chart at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equityclock.com\">www.equityclock.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image006-5.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\/08\/clip_image006_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Russell 2000 iShares<\/b> (IWM) moved above $226.71 and $229.55 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image007-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image007\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image007\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image007_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>S&amp;P 100 and NASDAQ 100 stocks moving above intermediate resistance included <b>Pepsico, KLA Corp, Match Group, Simon Group, Danaher and Astrazeneca.<\/b><\/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\/08\/clip_image009-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image009\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image009\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image009_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Equity Indices and Related ETFs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Equity Trends for August 13<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image011-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image011\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image011\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image011_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"115\" \/><\/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><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 August 13<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image013-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image013\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image013\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image013_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/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=\"4\"><strong>Sectors<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for August 13<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image015-4.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\/08\/clip_image015_thumb-4.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" \/><\/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><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom Lee: CPI was better than expected \u2014 a rip off the Band-Aid moment<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vgiQlHmNE7E\">Tom Lee: CPI was better than expected \u2014 a rip off the Band-Aid moment \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>President Trump expands search for next Federal Reserve chair<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TyHzQl3Ki18\">President Trump expands search for next Federal Reserve chair \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Investors are misinterpreting a seasonal buying as a summer melt-up, says 3Fourteen&#8217;s Warren Pies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-QfR1PAv1ao\">Investors are misinterpreting aseasonal buying as a summer melt-up, says 3Fourteen&#8217;s Warren Pies \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Is the S&amp;P 500 About to Surge? Joe Rabil<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qhGLpc_FWoI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qhGLpc_FWoI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>It Will Be Extremely Pleasant for the People Who are Long Silver: Rick Rule<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=07Fk5t71Gzw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=07Fk5t71Gzw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Bond yields fall on call for 50 basis point rate cut: Rick Santelli<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NP8xTcX9Vbc\">Bond yields fall on call for 50 basis point rate cut \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Markets are more speculative and embracing more risk than in 2021, says WSJ&#8217;s Gunjan Banerji<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wlETHRuf7L4\">Markets are more speculative and embracing more risk than in 2021, says WSJ&#8217;s Gunjan Banerji \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\/08\/clip_image016-3.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\/08\/clip_image016_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer added 5.20 to 65.50. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image017-5.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\/08\/clip_image017_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer added 5.40 to 65.60. It remains Overbought.<\/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\/08\/clip_image018-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image018\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image018\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image018_thumb-4.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer added 0.94 to 66.98. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image019-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image019\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image019\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clip_image019_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer was unchanged at 80.66. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Disclaimer:<\/b> Seasonality ratings and technical ratings offered in this report and at <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-opening Comments for August 14th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were down32 points at 8:35 AM EDT. S&amp;P 500 Index futures dropped 32 points following release of the U.S. July Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.2% increase versus no change in June. Actual was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188208","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=188208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188216,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188208\/revisions\/188216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}