The Biggest Losers
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market slipped further into negative territory last week, as the S&P 500 fell 2.75%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.86%, and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 3.83%. Investors didn’t find much safety in bonds last week, as the...
About to Get Real
We’ve seen financial conditions tighten up a bit already during this new Fed tightening cycle, but so far, it hasn’t had too much of an effect on the real economy. However, that might be about to change. For example, our chart of the week above shows that real...
Banding Together, for Better or Worse
We’ve recently talked about this idea of participation—or lack thereof—in the stock market. One way to measure participation is to look at a stock index and calculate what percentage of the individual stocks are performing well. When this number is high, we say...
Financial Focus – April 20th, 2022
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson talk about some of the takeaways from this year’s tax filing season and planning opportunities going forward.
Reserve Balances
Last week we talked about consumers as a source of liquidity for markets and the economy. David Nelson joins Local 4 News to share what other areas can impact the flow of money.
More Participation, Please!
OVERVIEW U.S. stocks had a pretty lousy time on a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 dropped 2.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was the relative winner, slipping just 0.8%. Small-cap stocks had a positive week,...
Mixed Feelings
When it comes to measuring consumer confidence, the two best-known surveys are published by the University of Michigan and the Conference Board. Both are widely followed and respected, but they measure slightly different things. The Conference Board’s survey...
Stressed Out
We have found that interest rates tend to call the tune of the stock market. In particular, the stock market tends to get stressed out when interest rates rise rapidly. Why? One reason is that bond yields (i.e., interest rates) compete with stock dividend...
Financial Focus – April 13th, 2022
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink discuss tax planning vs. tax preparation as well as the end of this year’s tax season.
Shop ‘Till You Drop
In the past, 4 Your Money has discussed how the government stimulus provided a boost to the economy, but it looks like that could be changing. David Nelson join Local 4 News to provide an update on this topic and discuss the implications for investing.
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