Market Update – May 2022
Watch our May 2022 Market Update where David Nelson and Jacob Woodcock discuss the data they are watching as the markets experience heightened volatility.
Mortgage Rates
While housing in the US still seems to be going strong, some forces are starting to create headwinds. James Nelson joins Local 4 News to explain which dynamic is having the most impact on the industry.
Don’t Fight the Fed or the Tape
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market continued to show weak price action last week. The S&P 500 fell 2.41%, its sixth straight week of losses. The Dow dropped 2.14%, and the Nasdaq declined 2.8%. Foreign stocks are in a slump as well. Developed country stocks...
Evaporating Liquidity
This week’s chart looks at what is called the “term premium” on U.S. government bonds. A term premium is the extra return bond buyers demand to hold a long-term bond instead of a series of short-term bonds. All else equal, term premiums on longer-term bonds...