Presidential Cycle
Have you ever wondered how the stock market does during a presidential election year? Well, let’s take a look! This week’s chart shows how the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is used as a representation of the stock market, typically performs over a...
Recession Probabilities
A Recession, or a sustained slowdown in economic growth, is one of the worst things that can happen to the stock market. The problem? Recessions are hard to predict. Hard, but not impossible. We can still get close by assigning a probability to a recession...
A Dangerous Leap
Managing risk is a matter of life and death for a daredevil like Evel Knievel. While investing might not be as heart-stopping, managing risk is just as crucial. Check out this week’s commentary to learn more about how risk management is vital to investing.
Doctor Copper
There’s this saying on Wall Street that copper is the commodity with a PhD in economics. Why? Because it’s an industrial metal that sees its demand wax and wane with economic growth. The higher the growth, the higher the demand for copper, and vice versa. Well,...
Hot Commodities
Commodities have been on fire lately. In particular, we’ve seen raw materials like copper, oil, and gold do really well. What’s going on? Well, it appears investors are betting that strong economic growth around the world will continue to boost global demand...
Financial Focus – April 17th, 2024
Check out this week’s newest episode of Financial Focus, where Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson discuss the important information you need to know about the end of tax season.
Tax Refunds
We are all thankful that the tax filing season is now behind us. Nate Kreinbrink lets us know if there was anything new that stood out this year and how it may impact viewers.
Bull Market Checklist
Should you be worried about the stock market’s recent weakness? Check out this week’s commentary, where we go through our “bull market checklist” for answers.
Cutting Expectations
This week’s big news was the release of the March CPI (consumer inflation) numbers. As feared, it came in hotter than expected. The year-over-year change in the CPI picked up to 3.48% last month. As you can see on the chart below, it’s been stuck in a narrow range...
LEXI Alert
This week’s indicator is sort of like a tornado siren for the stock market. It produces an alert when market conditions get risky. But unlike a tornado siren, it also gives an alert when conditions get less risky. We call it the Long Exposure Risk Index—or...
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