Volatility Season
Markets have been calm for the first half of 2024 compared to recent years. David Nelson joins us to discuss the Fear Index and encourages viewers to be prepared for potential increased volatility.
The Trend is Our Friend
The market took a hit last week, but it held strong. Check out this week’s commentary to see why the trend is still on our side.
Marching to Their Own Beat
Gone are the days when stocks move in lockstep with the index. This week's chart shows that stocks in the S&P 500 are increasingly going their own way. Specifically, the chart shows the median 63-day correlation of S&P 500 stocks to the S&P 500...
Watch Reports
In recent weeks, the stock market has shown some weakness. This naturally raises the question: will this trend continue? To help answer this, we use a composite indicator that combines two reports: the Rally Watch and the Bear Watch. The Rally Watch report...
Financial Focus – July 24th, 2024
On this episode of Financial Focus, Nate Kreinbrink and Mike Steigerwald talk about the importance of planning for retirement and understanding Social Security benefits. They stress the need to make smart decisions and suggest getting professional advice to avoid mistakes.
Falling Short
We often hear about economic data either beating or missing expectations in the financial news. James Nelson is here to explain the Citigroup Economic Surprise Index and what it means for viewers’ investments.
Greedy Investors
Have investors gotten too greedy? In this week’s commentary, we review last week’s market downturn and highlight what we’re keeping an eye on moving forward.
Stock Rush
Investors are gobbling up stocks at a frenzied pace. As our featured chart this week illustrates, in the last week of June, $15 billion flowed into U.S. equity funds—the highest weekly amount in a year! This surge reflects growing confidence in a stock market...
The Thrust Heard Round the World
After nearly 2 ½ years, we finally experienced a global breadth thrust last week. What’s a global breadth thrust? Well, it basically means a whole bunch of stocks around the world moved significantly higher at the same time—and in a relatively short period of...
Financial Focus – July 17th, 2024
Tune into this week’s episode of Financial Focus, where David Nelson talks with Gary Determan about the challenges of keeping up with the ever-changing financial world and the importance of helping clients make informed decisions.
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