Financial Focus – February 17th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson of NelsonCorp Tax Solutions discuss the 2021 tax filing season and what people should be doing to ensure things go smoothly.
How Low Can You Go
The Federal Reserve played a big role in the financial markets in 2020 since the markets certainly needed help at the start of the pandemic crisis. Bradley Fritz joins Local 4 News to discuss whether or not they have gone too far with their policies.
Ending on a High Note
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market had another strong outing last week, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.23%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 1%, and the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.73%. The most significant gains were centered around small-cap stocks,...
Chart of the Week: Appetite for Junk
This week we look at the high-yield, or junk, bond market in the United States. This market is where companies with poor credit ratings (below the investment-grade threshold of BBB-) go to borrow money. With cash deposits near zero, and less-risky bonds...