Santa Claus coming to town? Real Time Economic Calendar provided by Investing.com. *** Stocks highlighted are for information purposes only and should not be considered as advice to purchase or to sell mentioned securities. As always, the use of technical and fundamental analysis is encouraged in order to fine tune entry and exit points to average seasonal trends. Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today: Subscribers – Click on the relevant link to view the full profile. Not a subscriber? Signup here. Keycorp (NYSE:KEY) Seasonal Chart Russel Metals, Inc. (TSE:RUS.TO) Seasonal Chart Bonterra Energy Corp. (TSE:BNE.TO) Seasonal Chart Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSE:CNE.TO) Seasonal Chart Western Copper Corp. (TSE:WRN.TO) Seasonal Chart Gildan Activewear, Inc. (NYSE:GIL) Seasonal Chart WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (NYSE:EPI) Seasonal Chart VanEck Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE:RSX) Seasonal Chart Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASD:VNQI) Seasonal Chart Eastman Chemical Co. (NYSE:EMN) Seasonal Chart Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) Seasonal Chart Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF) Seasonal Chart Vermilion Energy Inc. (TSE:VET.TO) Seasonal Chart Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R) Seasonal Chart BorgWarner, Inc. (NYSE:BWA) Seasonal Chart HollyFrontier Corp. (NYSE:HFC) Seasonal Chart iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSE:EWT) Seasonal Chart iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSE:IEO) Seasonal Chart iShares Core S&P Total US Stock Market ETF (NYSE:ITOT) Seasonal Chart Invesco DWA Momentum ETF (NASD:PDP) Seasonal Chart Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:HST) Seasonal Chart Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) Seasonal Chart TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSE:TOG.TO) Seasonal Chart LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) Seasonal Chart BMO S&P-TSX Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF (TSE:ZEO.TO) Seasonal Chart Transocean, Inc. (NYSE:RIG) Seasonal Chart iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Index ETF (TSE:XEC.TO) Seasonal Chart iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSE:EWQ) Seasonal Chart iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASD:EWZS) Seasonal Chart First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund (NYSE:FBT) Seasonal Chart SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (NYSE:GNR) Seasonal Chart iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE:IWR) Seasonal Chart Invesco DWA Basic Materials Momentum ETF (NASD:PYZ) Seasonal Chart Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (NYSE:RSP) Seasonal Chart Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF (NYSE:SPHB) Seasonal Chart The Markets Stocks dipped slightly on on Friday as investors continue to monitor the progress of stimulus negotiations in the US. The S&P 500 Index slipped by just over a tenth of one percent, still managing to hold on to the psychologically important 3600 level. At the lows of the session, the large-cap benchmark once again tested short-term support around its rising 20-day moving average at 3636 and, once again, the short-term hurdle held, drawing in buyers to continue to support this market. Downside risks remain to the intermediate hurdle at the 50-day moving average, now hovering around 3518. Momentum indicators continue to roll over following the previous session’s sell signal with respect to MACD, however, they remain far off from deriving characteristics of a bearish trend. The breakout of the previous 300-point trading range between 3200 and 3500 projects upside towards 3800, now just under 4% above present levels. Today, in our Market Outlook to subscribers, we discuss the following: Weekly look at the S&P 500 Index Santa Claus Rally and how to best take advantage Critical datapoints for the week ahead Institutional sentiment and what it has to say about how they are positioning Subscribe now and we’ll send this outlook to you. Sentiment on Friday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended close to neutral at 0.97. Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today: S&P 500 Index TSE Composite