Financial Focus – March 9th, 2022
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss the impact of geopolitical events on financial markets as well as the Federal Reserve and interest rates.
Living Longer
The IRS has made a number of changes to their rules recently. David Nelson joins Local 4 News to share which changes are the most interesting and which age group will notice them most.
Mind the (Sentiment) Gap
OVERVIEW Another volatile week left U.S. stocks deeper in negative territory for the year. The S&P 500 fell 1.27%, the Dow dropped 1.3%, and the NASDAQ tumbled 2.78%. Growth stocks declined 2.56%, compared to a 0.45% drop for value stocks. Small-caps fell...
From Ruble to Rubble
For this week’s Chart of the Week, we show the return of the MSCI Russia Index, a broad gauge of the Russian stock market. Due to crippling sanctions from the western world, the Russian stock market is now effectively uninvestable and illiquid. As you can see...