Rapid Rates
This week’s indicator focuses on interest rates—and why rapid changes in interest rates can negatively affect the stock market. When we talk about interest rates in the financial world, we often reference the 10-year Treasury rate, the rate at which the federal...
Financial Focus – August 23rd, 2023
Welcome to this week’s episode of Financial Focus, where Nate Kreinbrink and Mike Steigerwald discuss topics related to tax planning and some strategies such as Roth conversions and Social Security timing to optimize retirement finances.
Feeling Better
Over the past couple of weeks, we have discussed some current risks that markets face. Nate Kreinbrink shares the positive signs he has seen for investors.
Price Weakness
OVERVIEW All three major U.S. stock indices fell more than 2% last week as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq recorded their third consecutive weekly declines. Small-cap stocks performed even worse, dropping around 3.4% for the week. Even foreign stocks were under...
Intimidation
James Carville has a famous quote about the bond market. It goes, “I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President, or the Pope, or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now, I would want to come back as the bond market. You can...
So Far, So Good
This week’s indicator is called the Global Recession Probability Model. It uses a statistical technique called “logistic regression” to identify when global economic growth might slow down, with the probability ranging from 0% to 100%. We talked about this...
Financial Focus – August 16th, 2023
Tune into this week’s episode of Financial Focus, where Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson discuss upcoming changes related to reporting income from digital payment apps like Venmo and PayPal on tax returns.
It’s Relative
Last week, we heard that summer months are typically a weaker time of year for stocks. David Nelson lets us know if he sees evidence to warrant caution by investors.
Respect the Trend, but Heed the Rates
OVERVIEW It was a mixed bag of results for the major U.S. stock indices last week. While the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.9%—its second straight weekly decline—the Dow rose 0.62%, its fourth weekly gain in the past five weeks. The S&P 500 ended somewhere in the...
All Quiet on the Equity Front
It’s been pretty quiet in the stock market lately. Since about mid-March, or 100 trading days ago, the S&P 500 Index has been moving steadily higher without much fanfare. Our featured chart above illustrates just how quiet this move has been. The chart’s...
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