by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Dec 13, 2024 | Chart of the Week
The United States is leading the pack in terms of global economic growth. It might surprise some, but the U.S. economy has remained resilient, growing faster than other countries—and the stock market has kept pace. To illustrate, our chart this week compares...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Dec 6, 2024 | Chart of the Week
This week’s chart delivers some great news for drivers and shoppers alike: gas prices are dropping! According to data from the American Automobile Association, the national average price of regular unleaded gasoline has dipped to nearly $3 per gallon, the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 29, 2024 | Chart of the Week
Americans are feeling confident in the stock market—and then some. As this week’s featured chart above shows, 56% of U.S. consumers now believe stock prices will rise in the next year, according to the Conference Board. This surge in optimism is the highest...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 22, 2024 | Chart of the Week
The stock market is in a “bull market.” A bull market, for those unfamiliar with the term, is defined as a sustained period of stock market gains where prices rise by 20% or more from a recent low. One question we often hear is: how long do bull markets...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 15, 2024 | Chart of the Week
Is the stock market still worth the risk? This week’s chart paints a surprising picture. It measures something called the equity risk premium—the extra return investors expect from stocks compared to the safer 10-year U.S. Treasury bond. It’s shown as the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 8, 2024 | Chart of the Week
The big news this week, of course, was the election. As always, the uncertainty it brought stirred things up in the financial markets, a trend we can see clearly in this week’s featured chart. At the top of the chart, we have the S&P 500 stock index, and...
