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Buying the Dip

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 23, 2021 | Chart of the Week

This week’s featured chart shows the S&P 500 stock index (green line) accompanied by its 50-day moving average (orange dashed line). The vertical black line demarks the start of this year. And the blue arrows mark every occurrence this year when the S&P...

The More the Merrier

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 22, 2021 | Indicator Insights

This week’s indicator is based on the idea that the more stocks participating in a rally, the better. To find this level of participation or breadth, we use a technical tool called a 200-day moving average. When applied to the price of a stock, for example, the...

Competition

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 20, 2021 | 4 Your Money

All year we have been hitting on the reflation theme and discussing higher inflation plus rising interest rates. John Nelson joins the Local 4 News team to share how these recent trends have come under pressure.

When Slower Growth is Good for Growth

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 19, 2021 | Weekly Market Thoughts

OVERVIEW U.S. stocks ended the week lower, with the S&P 500 dropping 0.97%, the Dow falling 0.52%, and the Nasdaq bringing up the rear with a 1.87% decline. The worst of the sell-off was centered around small-cap stocks, down 4.6%, and value stocks, which...

How High Can You Fly

by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 16, 2021 | Chart of the Week

This week we have a pretty cool chart that shows the number of record highs attained by the S&P 500 stock market index per year. The calculation is fairly straightforward: Every year, you count the number of S&P 500 record highs, and that total becomes...