Financial Focus – June 2nd, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus where David Nelson discusses the seasonality of financial market returns as well as the impact of large drawdowns on investors’ experiences.
Momentum on the Move
After a great year for momentum stocks last year, value stocks have been the winners in 2021. David Nelson joins the Local 4 News team to discuss the non-obvious reasons why that might change.
Trend Exhaustion
OVERVIEW The U.S. stock market bounced back last week, with the S&P 500 gaining 1.16%, the Dow rising 0.94%, and the Nasdaq jumping 2.06%. The S&P 600 index of small-cap stocks led the way, gaining 2.12%, while large-cap stocks rose 1.14%. Growth stocks...
Then and Now
This week’s featured chart shows the performance of the S&P 500 stock index around the start of new cyclical bull markets. There have been 15 new cyclical bull markets (including the current one) over the past 50 years. Each line on the chart represents the...
In Breadth We Thrust
You can describe the idea of a “thrust” in numerous ways. A sudden or violent lunge comes to mind, like the propulsive force produced by a rocket or a jet plane. But in the world of finance, we have a more technical definition: a lot of stocks going up in a...
Financial Focus – May 26th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss ways to save for children for college and beyond.
Economic Surprise
So far it has seemed like the US has been leading the way in terms of the global economic recovery. John Nelson joins the Local 4 News Team to talk about whether he thinks that will continue to be the case or if we could see other parts of the world take the lead.
On Edge
OVERVIEW The major U.S. stock market indices were mixed last week, as the S&P 500 fell 0.43%, the Dow dropped 0.51%, and the Nasdaq climbed 0.31%. Growth stocks ended the week positive, gaining about 0.14%, whereas value stocks fell around 0.7%. Things...
And the Beat Goes On
For this week’s chart, we look at the percentage of U.S. stocks that are beating their quarterly earnings expectations. Every quarter, financial analysts forecast what they believe companies will report for revenues and profits at the end of the quarter. If the...
The Five-Tool (Breadth) Indicator
In baseball, there’s a concept known as the “five-tool player.” It’s used to describe a player that excels at all five of the major skills that scouts generally look for: speed, throwing, fielding, hitting for average, and hitting for power. One definition of...
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