Full Recovery
This week’s chart shows the United States’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP), adjusted for inflation. When people talk about the “economy,” it is generally the GDP they’re referring to. GDP measures the total market value of goods produced and services provided in a...
No More Downsizing
For this week’s indicator, we present the Challenger Layoff Announcements Index. This series comes from a report produced by the outplacement firm Challenger, Grey & Christmas, Inc. It uses layoff data from various state labor departments to produce the...
Financial Focus – September 8th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson talk about some of the psychological aspects of retirement such as shifting one’s mindset from accumulating savings to spending savings.
Eating Their Own Cooking
A lot of the retail boom in investing seems to have faded some after the first quarter of the year. With less demand on that front, Nate Kreinbrink joins Local 4 News to explain what that might mean for stocks.
Feeling Streaky
OVERVIEW U.S. stocks were mixed last week as the S&P 500 gained 0.58%, the Nasdaq increased 1.55%, and the Dow fell 0.24%. Growth stocks led the way, as the Russell 3000 Growth index rose 1.31%. Value stocks, on the other hand, fell 0.07% on the week. In...
Mega-Caps Don’t Look Back
For this week’s featured chart, we show the Russell Top 50 Total Return Index. This index measures the 50 largest companies by market capitalization in the broad-based Russell 3000 Index. Despite tracking only 50 components, this index represents roughly 40% of...
Central Bank Securities Holdings
This week’s featured indicator looks at the change in the total securities held by the world’s major central banks over time and how those changes affect global stock market returns. When Americans hear the phrase “central bank,” we typically think of the...
Financial Focus – September 1st, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as David Nelson discuss sources of retirement income such as pensions as well as options for retirement accounts after employees leave work.
Losing Confidence?
Lately, we have seen a lot of news regarding concerns over the Delta variant. David Nelson joins Local 4 News to discuss whether these concerns are reflected in the economy or financial markets.
The Big Push
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market once again surged to record highs last week. The S&P 500 rose 1.52%, the Dow gained 0.96%, and the Nasdaq jumped 2.82%. During the week, growth stocks had the upper hand, gaining about 2.3% versus the 1.74% gain for value...
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