Cutting Expectations
This week’s big news was the release of the March CPI (consumer inflation) numbers. As feared, it came in hotter than expected. The year-over-year change in the CPI picked up to 3.48% last month. As you can see on the chart below, it’s been stuck in a narrow range...
LEXI Alert
This week’s indicator is sort of like a tornado siren for the stock market. It produces an alert when market conditions get risky. But unlike a tornado siren, it also gives an alert when conditions get less risky. We call it the Long Exposure Risk Index—or...
Financial Focus – April 10th, 2024
Tune into this week’s episode of Financial Focus, where Nate Kreinbrink and Mike Steigerwald discuss the approaching tax deadline, the importance of planning for next year’s taxes, and the need to make adjustments based on life-changing events.
Commissions
There have been some significant changes in the real estate world lately. John Nelson shares his thoughts on these changes and explains how it impacts viewers who are looking to buy or sell their home.
Riding the Bull
Is the bull market trying to throw off some riders? In this week’s commentary, we look at a chart illustrating breadth across different time horizons to uncover some clues.
Strength Begets Strength
We closed out the first quarter last week—and it was a good one. Over the first three months of the year, the S&P 500 stock Index rose 10.16%. The three months before that, it was up 11.24%. That’s back-to-back quarterly gains of 10% or more for the first...
Manufacturing Expansion
We got some good news regarding the manufacturing sector this week. The ISM Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) rose to 50.3 in March, up from 47.8 the previous month. This is a big deal because any number above 50 means the economy's manufacturing...
Financial Focus – April 3rd, 2024
In this week’s episode of Financial Focus, David Nelson discusses the current state of the market, emphasizes the importance of protecting and growing clients’ money, and highlights the unique advantage of NelsonCorp’s integrated approach to financial planning.
Delinquency
While the residential real estate category is improving, concern remains for commercial real estate and office space in particular. David Nelson explains if this is a market factor viewers should be paying attention to and what it reveals about the economy & markets.
Going Yard
An important technical indicator is warning that stocks are in danger of being overbought. In this week’s commentary, we discuss the implications of the market’s recent strong momentum and highlight what a low equity risk premium means for stocks and bonds going forward.
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