by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Mar 7, 2025 | Chart of the Week
It was a wild week for financial markets, with tariff announcements and major policy shifts in Europe keeping investors on edge. These developments fueled significant volatility in stocks. The S&P 500—Wall Street’s go-to benchmark—swung more than 1% in...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 28, 2025 | Chart of the Week
It’s been a golden era for gold—but not so much for gold miners. This week’s chart shows how gold prices have skyrocketed over the past three decades, while mining stocks have lagged far behind. Since 1993, gold has soared more than eightfold, while the index...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 21, 2025 | Chart of the Week
This week’s chart is all about earnings—expectations versus reality, to be exact. Each green bar represents the market’s forecast for S&P 500 year-over-year EPS (Earnings Per Share) growth, while each gold dot shows what actually happened. As you can see,...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 14, 2025 | Chart of the Week
You don’t need a government report to know prices are still high—just check your grocery bill. But the latest CPI data confirms what you’re likely feeling: inflation isn’t going away quietly. The latest data out this week showed that over the past three months,...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 7, 2025 | Chart of the Week
Some bull markets sprint. Others grind higher, slow and steady. A few explode out of the gate and never look back. The current one? It’s moving at a measured pace—respectable, but not outpacing history. This week’s chart tracks the Global Stock Price Index...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jan 31, 2025 | Chart of the Week
The Federal Reserve prides itself on being data-driven, but this chart shows just how quickly their outlook can shift. It shows the percentage of Fed members who view rising inflation as a greater risk than falling prices. For most of the past decade, that...
