Financial Focus – December 18th, 2024
This week’s Financial Focus dives into year-end tax preparation tips, emphasizing the importance of gathering all necessary documents and avoiding filing prematurely. Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson also discuss the benefits of electronic filing, life changes to inform your preparer about, and the holiday spirit with caroling and charity initiatives.
Stabilized Spending
Credit card debt has been climbing in recent years. John Nelson shows us how credit card delinquency rates are looking and explains if the current debt levels are a red flag for the U.S. economy.
Downward Dow
Has the market lost its balance? Recent selling streaks and weakening breadth have investors wondering if this is just a market stretch or a slip out of alignment. Check out this week’s commentary where we delve into the issues.