{"id":191518,"date":"2025-12-28T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=191518"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:01:33","slug":"tech-talk-for-monday-december-29th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/12\/28\/tech-talk-for-monday-december-29th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Monday December 29th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>The Bottom Line<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>The proverbial \u201cSanta Claus Rally\u201d by the S&amp;P 500 Index from December 14<sup>th<\/sup> to January 6<sup>th<\/sup> continues. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Strong relative seasonal strength (relative to the S&amp;P 500 Index) for the TSX Composite Index and its related ETFs (e.g. XIU.TO) also continues. Their historic period for outperformance relative to the S&amp;P 500 Index is from December 14<sup>th<\/sup> to March 7<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image002-17.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-17.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\">Economic News This Week<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Nil<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Selected Earnings News This Week<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Nil<\/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_image004-14.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-14.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 26<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image006-14.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-14.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"116\" \/><\/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 December 26<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image008-14.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-14.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 December 26<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image010-14.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-14.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>Changes last week<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image012-15.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-15.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes for Wednesday and Friday<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P 500 iShares<\/b> (XSP.TO) moved above Cdn$70.99 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend<b>. S&amp;P 500 SPDRs<\/b> (SPY) moved above $687.67 to an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image013-10.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-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KLA Corp<\/b> (KLAC) a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $1,282.32 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Seasonal influences are favourable on a real and relative basis until January 25<sup>th<\/sup> (and frequently to mid-February). See seasonality chart at <a href=\"https:\/\/charts.equityclock.com\/kla-tencor-corporation-nasdaqklac-seasonal-chart\">https:\/\/charts.equityclock.com\/kla-tencor-corporation-nasdaqklac-seasonal-chart<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image014-13.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-13.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Merck <\/b>(MRK) an S&amp;P 100 stock moved above $104.94 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image015-11.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-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>American International Group<\/b> (AIG) an S&amp;P 100 stock moved above $86.64 to a 16 year high extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image016-11.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\/12\/clip_image016_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>CO2 is Not Evil: Bob Hoye<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howestreet.com\/2025\/12\/co2-is-not-evil-bob-hoye\/\">CO2 is Not Evil \u2013 HoweStreet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>This Week in Money: Ross Clark, Josef Schachter, Mark Leibovit<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howestreet.com\/2025\/12\/silver-gold-bitcoin-oil-josef-schachter-mark-leibovit-ross-clark-this-week-in-money\/\">https:\/\/www.howestreet.com\/2025\/12\/silver-gold-bitcoin-oil-josef-schachter-mark-leibovit-ross-clark-this-week-in-money\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Larry Williams\u2019 2026 Market Forecast: Cycles, Risks, and Opportunities<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=59vq5EMMPq8&amp;list=PLyNJu-3PikrQesM0oG_fjjLkO2ZqC9IZM&amp;t=28s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=59vq5EMMPq8&amp;list=PLyNJu-3PikrQesM0oG_fjjLkO2ZqC9IZM&amp;t=28s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Top Stock Picks for 2026: 4 Big Ideas Revealed! ValueTrendCanada<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAhMXz6eTIQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAhMXz6eTIQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Seasonality Flipped in 2025. What Happens: David Keller<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/E1pN8R5H8D0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/E1pN8R5H8D0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom Lee on the Santa Rally and 2026 Outlook<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QDv2pFNcERE\">Tom Lee on the Santa Rally and 2026 Outlook \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Trades And Analysis: Gold And Silver Continue Generational Surge, S&amp;P Nears Epic Resistance: Verified Investing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zLIGaKURRrA\">Trades And Analysis: Gold And Silver Continue Generational Surge, S&amp;P Nears Epic Resistance \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b> The AI Supercycle Is Repricing Natural Gas \u2013 Here\u2019s Why It Matters for Investors: Martin Straith<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howestreet.com\/2025\/12\/the-ai-supercycle-is-repricing-natural-gas-heres-why-it-matters-for-investors\/\">https:\/\/www.howestreet.com\/2025\/12\/the-ai-supercycle-is-repricing-natural-gas-heres-why-it-matters-for-investors\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Fed policy and the 2026 outlook: Here&#8217;s what you need to know: Steve Leisman<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x6-7lOIxydU\">Fed policy and the 2026 outlook: Here&#8217;s what you need to know \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Top Retail Analyst Dana Telsey talks what will drive consumer spending in 2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZsQzkcxMxU\">Top Retail Analyst Dana Telsey talks what will drive consumer spending in 2026 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>BIG SURPRISE?: A look into the 2026 stock market: Brian Levitt<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UD8fcWVR6V8\">BIG SURPRISE?: A look into the 2026 stock market \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The final trading stretch into year-end: Here&#8217;s what you need to know: CNBC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ajeDUXhsuA\">The final trading stretch into year-end: Here&#8217;s what you need to know \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Stocks, Bonds &amp; Gold In 2026: Ed Yardini<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PRGiduzQOr8\">Stocks, Bonds &amp; Gold In 2026 \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_image017-9.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\/12\/clip_image017_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer slipped 0.20 on Friday, but added 5.60 to 62.60 last week to 62.60. It changes last week from Neutral to Overweight on a move above 60.00. Daily uptrend was extended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image018-10.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\/12\/clip_image018_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer was unchanged on Friday and gained 2.40 last week to 63.00. 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\/12\/clip_image019-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image019\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image019\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image019_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer slipped 0.46 on Friday, but added 2.37 last week. It remains Overbought. Daily uptrend was extended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image020-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image020\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image020\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clip_image020_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer slipped 0.47 on Friday, but added 1.42 last week to 82.46. 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>The Bottom Line The proverbial \u201cSanta Claus Rally\u201d by the S&amp;P 500 Index from December 14th to January 6th continues. Strong relative seasonal strength (relative to the S&amp;P 500 Index) for the TSX Composite Index and its related ETFs (e.g. XIU.TO) also continues. Their historic period for outperformance relative to the S&amp;P 500 Index is [&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-191518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191518","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=191518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191519,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191518\/revisions\/191519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}