There was also a release yesterday showing a large increase in new residential sales in August vs July. Regardless, I think this has the look of a relief rally. Since Monday I have used collected dividends to accumulate small amounts of WMB, SO, SRE, AM, D, CVX, AEP (2x), T-pC, LMT, IRM, and TXN.
I see no reason to thinjk this bear market will end any time soon, but I am certainly no expert. We should have a clearer picture after the September jobs and CPI reports are released on Oct 7th and Oct 13th, respectively. For now I have invested (squandered?) my cash pile but have more dividends arriving before the end of the week... TSLX, ARCC, DVN, AVGO. I hope I have enough discipliine to wait for better bargains before buying more.