by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 17, 2021 | Indicator Insights
This week we look at what we call a “credit spread” indicator. A credit spread indicator gets its name from the fact that it measures the difference between a safe asset, like a U.S. Treasury bond, and a debt security of the same maturity but with lower credit...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 10, 2021 | Indicator Insights
In the current era of meme stocks, it can be easy to forget that the underlying companies in the stock market are real businesses with real profits and cashflows—and that sometimes they choose to pay those cashflows out to investors in the form of dividends....
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 3, 2021 | Indicator Insights
Does government policy matter to the stock market? According to our featured indicator this week—the Real Monetary, Fiscal, and Exchange Rate Policy Index—the answer is a resounding yes. The policy index is a combination of the year-to-year change of the real...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | May 27, 2021 | Indicator Insights
You can describe the idea of a “thrust” in numerous ways. A sudden or violent lunge comes to mind, like the propulsive force produced by a rocket or a jet plane. But in the world of finance, we have a more technical definition: a lot of stocks going up in a...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | May 20, 2021 | Indicator Insights
In baseball, there’s a concept known as the “five-tool player.” It’s used to describe a player that excels at all five of the major skills that scouts generally look for: speed, throwing, fielding, hitting for average, and hitting for power. One definition of...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | May 13, 2021 | Indicator Insights
The standard economic definition of inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level in an economy. It’s worrisome because inflation can lead to an increase in the cost of living. Why? Because if the prices for goods and services in an economy are...
