Financial Focus – June 16th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus where Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson of NelsonCorp Tax Solutions discuss the increased child tax credit in 2021 and the processing of 2020 tax returns.
Capital Gains
Recently we have seen a tax proposal from President Biden that aims to help fund some of the increased spending the government has incurred. James Nelson joins the Local 4 News team to touch on the highlights of the proposal and where investors should pay particular attention.
Fund Flows Fading
OVERVIEW U.S. stocks were mixed last week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gaining 0.41% and 1.85%, respectively, but the Dow fell 0.8%. Growth stocks had a strong week, rising 1.95%, whereas value stocks slipped and fell 0.4%. Internationally, developed...
Slicing the Pie
This week’s featured chart looks at how American households are slicing up their economic pie or total wealth. Using data from the Federal Reserve, we break down the overall wealth of American households into four major categories: stocks, real estate, cash,...
Paying Dividends
In the current era of meme stocks, it can be easy to forget that the underlying companies in the stock market are real businesses with real profits and cashflows—and that sometimes they choose to pay those cashflows out to investors in the form of dividends....
Financial Focus – June 10th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss some of the big decisions that face employees as they prepare to retire and the importance of ensuring that everything is processed properly as they go through their employers’ prcesses.
Autos in Top Gear
Coming back to one of our major themes of 2021, we continue to see instances of price inflation that are unlike anything we have experienced in many years. David Nelson joins the Local 4 News team to discuss the latest update and the broader implications for investors.
Fighting Back
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market notched a second week of positive returns, which saw the S&P 500 rise by 0.61%, the Dow gain 0.66%, and the Nasdaq increase 0.48%. Small-cap and value stocks were the week’s biggest gainers, rising about 0.85% each. Growth...
Fat Tails
The week’s featured chart shows the Cboe SKEW Index, an option-based indicator that reflects the “cost” of protection against tail risk in the S&P 500 stock index. Broadly speaking, tail risk refers to an event with a small probability of happening. If you...
What’s Your Policy?
Does government policy matter to the stock market? According to our featured indicator this week—the Real Monetary, Fiscal, and Exchange Rate Policy Index—the answer is a resounding yes. The policy index is a combination of the year-to-year change of the real...
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