Not Finishing
You’ve heard the saying: Don’t start something you can’t finish. Well, it appears that U.S. homebuilders are not heeding that advice. As our featured chart of the week above shows, the gap between the number of new home constructions started and the number of...
Retailers Feel the Pinch of Inflation
David Nelson joins Local 4 News to discuss the impact we are seeing inflation have on retailers and what it says about consumers.
The Trend Tires Out
When you look at a graph of the stock market, or, more specifically, an index of stocks—like a global stock market index—you notice that it tends to travel in trends over time. Sometimes it trends up, and sometimes it trends down. Coming out of the pandemic...
Market Update – May 2022
Watch our May 2022 Market Update where David Nelson and Jacob Woodcock discuss the data they are watching as the markets experience heightened volatility.
Mortgage Rates
While housing in the US still seems to be going strong, some forces are starting to create headwinds. James Nelson joins Local 4 News to explain which dynamic is having the most impact on the industry.
Don’t Fight the Fed or the Tape
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market continued to show weak price action last week. The S&P 500 fell 2.41%, its sixth straight week of losses. The Dow dropped 2.14%, and the Nasdaq declined 2.8%. Foreign stocks are in a slump as well. Developed country stocks...
Evaporating Liquidity
This week’s chart looks at what is called the “term premium” on U.S. government bonds. A term premium is the extra return bond buyers demand to hold a long-term bond instead of a series of short-term bonds. All else equal, term premiums on longer-term bonds...
Rising Job Cut Announcements
According to the most recent report from the outplacement firm Challenger, Grey & Christmas, Inc., U.S.-based employers announced 24,286 layoffs in April. This was 14% higher than the 21,387 announced in March and up 6% from the 22,913 cuts announced a year...
Financial Focus – May 11th, 2022
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink talks with Mike Steigerwald, the latest addition to the NelsonCorp team, and discuss Mike’s background and new role as NelsonCorp’s Operations Manager.
Labor Costs
David Nelson joins Local 4 News to discuss labor costs and how they affect financial markets as the debate continues over the path of inflation.
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