Financial Focus – January 13th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus where Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson of NelsonCorp Tax Solutions discuss the recent economic stimulus payments as well as tips and best practices for the upcoming tax filing.
Don’t Fight the Fed
Over the last couple of years, the Fed has featured prominently in many of our discussions and seems to remain a focal point going forward. David Nelson discusses why the Fed is so important as it relates to markets and the economy.
Don’t Look Down
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market rose further into record territory last week. The S&P 500 index gained 1.83%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.61%, and the Nasdaq Composite surged 2.43%. International stocks continued their recent outperformance...
Chart of the Week: Yielding to Pressure
For this week’s featured chart, we look at the yield of the U.S. 10-year Treasury note. This yield represents the return investors require to lend to the U.S. government for the next ten years. The 10-year Treasury yield not only serves as a benchmark for...
Indicator Insights: Money Supply Growth
This week's featured indicator focuses on money supply. In simple terms, money supply is all of the currency and other cash-like things that are out and about in a country's economy. In this particular case, we are focused on what is called M2 money supply....
Financial Focus – January 6th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as David Nelson discusses the current political environment in U.S. and what it means for the economy, taxes, and investments.
Three-peat
Even with all the turmoil we saw in 2020, the stock market ended the year on a high note. Most broad indexes had gains in the double digits. David Nelson discusses whether or not this rally can keep going.
Big-Time Moves
OVERVIEW The S&P 500 index closed out the last week of the year at new all-time highs, rising about 1.4% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average followed close behind, climbing 1.35% for the week. And the Nasdaq Composite brought up the rear, gaining...
Chart of the Week: Back-To-Back-To…Back?
This week’s featured chart looks at the annual performance of the S&P 500 index going back 90+ years. Each green bar represents the annual return of stocks by year, and the orange line marks a gain of 10% or more. Oddly enough, despite this tumultuous year,...
Financial Focus – December 30th, 2020
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as David Nelson and Gary Determan reflect on the year 2020.
