No Respect
OVERVIEW Markets were mixed last week, with two of the three major U.S. indexes posting losses. The S&P 500 fell 0.47%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.41%, and the NASDAQ dropped 0.71%. Year to date, all three indexes remain positive, with the...
Financial Focus – October 21st, 2026
In this week’s Financial Focus, Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson discuss year-end tax planning strategies, including new charitable giving deductions and ways to make retirement contributions more tax-efficient. They also explain how understanding the difference between ordinary income and capital gains can help investors reduce their tax burden and keep more of what they earn.
Who’s Buying Our Debt?
Here's an interesting question that doesn't come up all that much. When the government borrows money, who are they borrowing from? This week’s chart provides a clue. It shows the share of U.S. government debt owned by foreign investors, going back to 1970....
Getting Picky
For most of this year, the stock market hadn’t been very choosy. Money flowed into pretty much just about everything. Companies with shaky balance sheets did just as well as the steady ones—sometimes even better. But that has changed over the past couple of...
Open Enrollment
Medicare Open Enrollment started this month. James Nelson is here to break down the rising cost of Medicare premiums and highlight one of the most common mistakes people make during the open enrollment period.
Musical Chairs
OVERVIEW Markets moved lower last week, with two of the three major U.S. indexes posting losses. The S&P 500 fell 1.95%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.67%, and the NASDAQ dropped 4.48%. Year to date, all three indexes remain positive, with the...
Factories Are Humming
With all the noise this week about inflation, interest rates and jittery tech stocks, it would be easy to miss a piece of good news: American factories are busy. The chart above shows the ISM manufacturing index, a monthly survey of the people who buy supplies...
Changing Hands
Every day the stock market is a tug of war. Buyers pull one way, sellers pull the other, and the price tells you who won that day. But price alone doesn’t necessarily tell you how hard each side is pulling. For that, you need to look at volume. That is what...
Financial Focus – October 14th, 2026
Nate Kreinbrink and Mike Steigerwald explain why mid-October is the time to review your year-end plan, from raising 401(k) contributions to sorting out IRA deadlines and plan changes that take effect January 1st. They also cover why the Medicare mail is worth opening and how income decisions this year can affect deductions, credits and Medicare premiums.
Four Years Old
The stock market’s current bull market turned four years old this week, highlighting a sustained period of investor optimism and market gains. David Nelson joins us to compare how the current numbers stack up against past bull markets.
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