{"id":191316,"date":"2025-12-16T20:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=191316"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:53:56","slug":"tech-talk-for-wednesday-december-17th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/12\/16\/tech-talk-for-wednesday-december-17th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Wednesday December 17th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday December 17<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning.<\/b> S&amp;P 500 futures were up 16 points at 8:30 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Crude oil<\/b> advanced $0.70 to $55.97 per barrel after President Trump authorized a blockade of sanctioned tankers from<\/em><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><em> Venezuela.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image0014-4.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\/12\/clip_image0014_thumb-4.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Lennar<\/b> dropped $4.93 to $112.64 after reporting less than consensus fiscal fourth quarter results. The company also lowered guidance. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image0024-3.png\"><em><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\/12\/clip_image0024_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Pfizer<\/b> slipped $0.03 to $25.50 after lowering revenues guidance.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image0034-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003[4]\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image0034_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Market Outlook for December 17<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>The labor market may be weakening, but our desire is to buy exposure in some of the weakest segments for the prospect of a turnaround early into 2026. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/12\/16\/stock-market-outlook-for-december-17-2025\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/12\/16\/stock-market-outlook-for-december-17-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>BMO Emerging Markets ETF<\/b> (ZEM.TO) moved below Cdn$26.80 completing a double top pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image001-12.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\/12\/clip_image001_thumb-12.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>U.S. Oil ETN<\/b> (USO) moved below $66.98 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image002-11.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\/12\/clip_image002_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Chevron <\/b>(CVX) a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $147.25 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image003-10.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\/12\/clip_image003_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Comcast <\/b>(CMCSA) an S&amp;P 100 stock moved above $28.28 completing a double bottom pattern. Seasonal influences are favourable until February 15<sup>th<\/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\/12\/clip_image004-9.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\/12\/clip_image004_thumb-9.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\/12\/clip_image006-9.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\/12\/clip_image006_thumb-9.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 December 16<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image008-9.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\/12\/clip_image008_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Green: Increase from previous day<\/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 December 16<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image010-9.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\/12\/clip_image010_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Green: Increase from previous day <b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sectors<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for December 16<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image012-9.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\/12\/clip_image012_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Green: Increase from previous day<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P 500: A 10% Correction Around the Corner? | Trading Places Live! December 16, 2025: Tom Bowley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sH5Sz_-Jl9k\">S&amp;P 500: A 10% Correction Around the Corner? | Trading Places Live! December 16, 2025 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>November Jobs Data Throws Wrench In The Market: Guy Adami and Dan Nathan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fOVj4yTk1kc\">November Jobs Data Throws Wrench In The Market \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The Fed Just Printed $40 Billion: Guy Adami and Liz Thomas<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4eXwrDIu48E\">The Fed Just Printed $40 Billion \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Our 2026 Outlook &#8212; Will 2026 Be the Year of the Horse\u2026 Or the Year of the Coyote?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Rosenberg Research<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zgHCltgAOHI\">Our 2026 Outlook &#8212; Will 2026 Be the Year of the Horse\u2026 Or the Year of the Coyote? \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Change of Character Spotting the Shift From Downtrend to Uptrend Mastercard &amp; Carnival : David Keller<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SLUs175flLU\">Change of Character Spotting the Shift From Downtrend to Uptrend Mastercard &amp; Carnival \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Economy to remain K-shaped in 2026, says Charles Schwab&#8217;s Sonders<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w2q9TLMGRH4\">Economy to remain K-shaped in 2026, says Charles Schwab&#8217;s Sonders \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Economy will &#8216;rev up&#8217; in the first half of next year, says JPMorgan&#8217;s David Kelly<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pp5wc7JFvec\">Economy will &#8216;rev up&#8217; in the first half of next year, says JPMorgan&#8217;s David Kelly \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Market expectations for 2026 look pretty promising, says Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Chris Toomey<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n3oT-93jAWo\">Market expectations for 2026 look pretty promising, says Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Chris Toomey \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Julius de Kempenaer on RRGs: Spotting Sector Rotation Before It Hits the Headlines<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JMbjtIoXx1c\">Julius de Kempenaer on RRGs: Spotting Sector Rotation Before It Hits the Headlines \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\/12\/clip_image013-5.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\/12\/clip_image013_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer dropped 4.20 to 57.00. It changed from Overbought to Neutral on a drop below 60.00.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image014-7.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\/12\/clip_image014_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer dropped 1.80 to 61.40. It remained 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\/12\/clip_image015-7.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\/12\/clip_image015_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer was unchanged at 63.98. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image016-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image016\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image016\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image016_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer dropped 0.47 to 81.04. 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><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 Wednesday December 17th 2025 U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were up 16 points at 8:30 AM EST. Crude oil advanced $0.70 to $55.97 per barrel after President Trump authorized a blockade of sanctioned tankers from Venezuela. Lennar dropped $4.93 to $112.64 after reporting less than consensus [&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-191316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191316","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=191316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191324,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191316\/revisions\/191324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}