The downfall of bank stocks is emphasizing the lack of risk-taking in this market as investors front-run the potential resumption of the bear-market slide. 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. Invesco Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE:PHB) Seasonal Chart VanEck Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NYSE:NLR) Seasonal Chart SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE:JNK) Seasonal Chart Holly Energy Partners LP (NYSE:HEP) Seasonal Chart Uni-Select, Inc. (TSE:UNS.TO) Seasonal Chart Extendicare Inc. (TSE:EXE.TO) Seasonal Chart IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASD:IDXX) Seasonal Chart AltaGas Income Ltd. (TSE:ALA.TO) Seasonal Chart Hershey Foods Corp. (NYSE:HSY) Seasonal Chart iShares S&P/TSX Completion Index ETF (TSE:XMD.TO) Seasonal Chart iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF (TSE:CDZ.TO) Seasonal Chart Baxter Intl Inc. (NYSE:BAX) Seasonal Chart The Markets Stocks faltered on Monday as the normal tax-loss selling/portfolio rebalancing period through the first half of December gets underway. The S&P 500 Index closed down by 1.79%, pulling back from declining trendline resistance that has capped each rally attempt all year. The benchmark remains supported by a confluence of major moving averages just above 3900 and the short-term rising trend stemming from the mid-October low remains intact. The trend of momentum indicators is higher, but early signs of rollover is apparent as MACD converges on its signal line in what appears poised to amount to an imminent sell signal with respect to the technical indicator. Declining trendline resistance combined with pending technical sell signals certainly elevates the near-term risk of stocks as we navigate through this seasonally weaker half of December. Today, in our Market Outlook to subscribers, we discuss the following: The downfall of bank stocks US Dollar Index Ratings changes in this week’s chart books: Find out which industries have been added to our list of segments to Accumulate US Factory Orders Subscribers can look for this report in their inbox or by clicking on the following link and logging in: Market Outlook for December 6 Not signed up yet? Subscribe now to receive full access to all of the research and analysis that we publish. Want to know which areas of the market to buy or sell? Our Weekly Chart Books have just been updated, providing a clear Accumulate, Avoid, or Neutral rating for currencies, cryptocurrencies, commodities, broad markets, and subsectors/industries of the market. Subscribers can login and click on the relevant links to access. Currencies Cryptocurrencies Commodities Major Benchmarks Sub-sectors / Industries Subscribe now. Sentiment on Monday, as gauged by the put-call ratio, ended slightly bullish at 0.90. Seasonal charts of companies reporting earnings today: S&P 500 Index TSE Composite