Yearning for Earnings
When we think about what drives stock market returns, earnings come to mind. This makes sense. The stock market is comprised of businesses, and the goal of those businesses is to make money—or earnings. On a stock exchange, buyers and sellers come together to...
Financial Focus – February 22nd, 2023
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Nate Kreinbrink discusses the current state of the economy and why it’s important to be proactive with your retirement planning.
Recession Forecast
It’s time for 4 Your Money! David Nelson joins Local 4 News to discuss some of the factors that are pushing back the recession forecast.
Leaky Liquidity
OVERVIEW U.S. stocks had a mixed but mild week last week. The S&P 500 dropped 0.28%, the Dow declined 0.13%, and the Nasdaq increased about 0.6%. Growth stocks saw positive gains, to the tune of about 0.3%, whereas value stocks dipped around 0.16%. Small...
Good IDEA
The U.S. Census Bureau unveiled a new data product called the Index of Economic Activity (IDEA) this month. The IDEA is a monthly composite of 15 economic data series produced by the Census Bureau. It measures economic activity in various sectors ranging from...
Surprisingly Good
We’ve received some good news about the state of the economy recently. For example, the nonfarm payrolls report for January revealed that the U.S. economy added 517,000 net new jobs last month. This was way higher than the expected 185,000 jobs. And on top of...
Financial Focus – February 15th, 2023
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus as Andy Fergurson joins Nate Kreinbrink to discuss the upcoming tax season and how you can take control of your tax situation.
Need Bulls to Have a Bull Market
OVERVIEW U.S. stocks were in the red last week, with all three major indices closing lower. The S&P 500 fell 1.11%, the Dow declined 0.17%, and the Nasdaq dropped 2.41%. Foreign stocks were down as well. Developed country stocks declined 1.59%, and emerging...
U-Turn
This week’s featured chart shows that a key indicator of the economy’s strength took a sharp U-turn last month. The ISM Composite indicator rose to 51.3% in January, up from the previous month’s reading of 48.8%. According to the indicator above, this is good...
Another Sign Inflation Has Peaked
An important commodity-based inflation indicator that we highlighted a few months back recently fell out of its high negative zone—a sign that inflation has likely peaked and that stock market returns could be stronger going forward. This specific indicator...
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