Ignoring the Bad News
OVERVIEW Markets rallied sharply last week, with all three major U.S. indexes posting strong gains. The S&P 500 rose 3.58%, the NASDAQ led the way with a 5.19% advance, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.96%. Year to date, the major indexes remain...
How Low Can You Go?
For this week’s chart, we’re looking at a topic that tends to fly under the radar of many investors: correlation. What is correlation? Simply put, it measures how closely two things move together. In the stock market, high correlation means stocks are generally...
Equity Tailwind
The stock market is not the economy. This is true. The two don’t always move together, especially in the short run. But we do find evidence that a strengthening economy can provide an important tailwind for stocks when conditions are right. When are conditions...
Financial Focus – August 5th, 2026
Markets can feel disconnected from what’s happening in the economy, but that’s often because investors are focused on what comes next rather than what has already happened. This week, David Nelson explains why NelsonCorp relies on market signals and a disciplined process instead of emotions when deciding whether to stay invested or move to the sidelines.
Profits, Not Promises
Recent market commentary has focused on whether the current AI-driven investment boom bears similarities to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. Nate Kreinbrink joins us to share if that is a fair comparison and if investors should be concerned.
Following the Signals
OVERVIEW Markets resumed their upward trend last week, with all three major U.S. indexes posting gains. The S&P 500 rose 1.05%, the NASDAQ led the way with a 1.59% advance, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.04%. Year to date, all three indexes remain...
What Does the Bond Market Think?
In this week’s Indicator Insights post, we talked about consumer expectations for inflation. Specifically, we looked at how interested people were in inflation based on Google Trends search data. So, for this week’s featured chart, I thought it would be useful...
Searching for Inflation
Bonds. They're kind of boring, right? Well, at least compared to stocks, they can be. Bonds rarely make headlines. They don't have flashy earnings reports. And they don’t usually deliver the eye-popping returns that attract investors to the stock market. But...
Financial Focus – July 29th, 2026
Understanding the difference between ordinary income and capital gains can have a meaningful impact on how much you keep after taxes. This week, Nate Kreinbrink and Andy Fergurson explain why tax planning isn’t just about what you earn, but also how your income is taxed.
The Warning Light
Wall Street analysts are closely monitoring a range of economic indicators that have historically served as early warning signs of a recession. David Nelson explains the Treasury Yield Curve and why he thinks it is an indicator that investors should watch carefully.
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