Conclusion, Investment Implications, Strategy

We exited May 6th long idea Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) this morning for  a 5% gain.

Analysis and Rationale

From our May 6th report, entitled Lincoln National (LNC) Resuming November Advance:

“Lincoln National Corporation (LNC) appears to be resuming its November 2020 major uptrend amid coincident quarterly relative outperformance versus the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX).  A sustained rise above the $62.15 area would help confirm this and would target an additional 20% rise to $80.00 per share.  This is an Asbury Momentum trade idea.

The chart below is an updated version of the one that appeared in our May 6th report.  Although LNC has managed to remain above $62,15, the stock has essentially been moving sideways since shortly after we published our buy idea, on both an outright and relative basis versus the S&P 500.  Most recently, the stock has been unable to set and hold fresh highs while internal momentum metrics have been weakening.

LNC daily since January with relative performance versus the S&P 500