Financial Focus – December 18th, 2024

Financial Focus – December 18th, 2024

This week’s Financial Focus dives into year-end tax preparation tips, emphasizing the importance of gathering all necessary documents and avoiding filing prematurely. Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson also discuss the benefits of electronic filing, life changes to inform your preparer about, and the holiday spirit with caroling and charity initiatives.

Downward Dow

Downward Dow

Has the market lost its balance? Recent selling streaks and weakening breadth have investors wondering if this is just a market stretch or a slip out of alignment. Check out this week’s commentary where we delve into the issues.

U.S. Leadership Persists

U.S. Leadership Persists

  The United States is leading the pack in terms of global economic growth. It might surprise some, but the U.S. economy has remained resilient, growing faster than other countries—and the stock market has kept pace. To illustrate, our chart this week compares...
Two Tumbles and a Jump

Two Tumbles and a Jump

  The Federal Reserve has a way of setting the tone for markets. Whether it’s tightening the screws with rate hikes or loosening the reins with cuts, its moves send ripples across Wall Street. So, for this week’s indicator, I want to highlight a metric that taps...