Financial Focus – September 30th, 2020
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate and James Discuss the differences between a passive or an active investment strategy.
Elections and Markets
We are quickly approaching the 2020 election, and things are certainly interesting this year. David Nelson joins us to discuss what impact the election has on the financial markets.
Down, But Not Out
OVERVIEW Another volatile week of trading on Wall Street saw the S&P 500 drop 0.63 percent, its fourth consecutive weekly drop. The Nasdaq, however, rose 1.11 percent. While the energy, materials, and financial sectors had large weekly declines, the tech...
Chart of the Week: Not Your Father’s Bull Market
Normally, certain areas of the stock market tend to outperform when a new cyclical bull market begins. But this year is different. From Ned Davis Research, this week’s chart shows the average performance of the ten stock market areas that typically rise the...
Financial Focus – September 23rd, 2020
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss what it means to “plan for the worst, but hope for the best”.
What Inning Is This?
We’ve talked a lot about how technology has dominated this year, and there have been comparisons made to the late 2000’s tech bubble. David Nelson lets us know whether or not this feels like the top or if he thinks there might be more to come.
Stirring the Pot
OVERVIEW U.S. stocks took another step backward last week, with the S&P 500 dropping 0.64 percent, its third straight week in the red. The Nasdaq had a similar decline of 0.56 percent. The Dow, however, remained mostly flat for the week, dropping just 0.03...
Chart of the Week: Go Big and Stay Home
The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed how Americans spend their money, at least for the time being. Total consumption since the pandemic began is down around 5 percent. However, if we dig into the weeds, we see that Americans have spent about 12 percent...
Financial Focus – September 16th, 2020
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss the keys to Social Security planning.
The Ones Most Adaptable to Change
We’ve discussed on this show a number of times this year the large disparity between different areas of the stock market. John Nelson lets us know whether or not that is something unique to this year given all that is going on or if there are other factors at play.
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