by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Mar 26, 2021 | Chart of the Week
Earlier this week, on March 23rd, we wrapped up the best 1-year return in the history of the S&P 500. After stocks bottomed on March 23rd, 2020, the S&P 500 index returned nearly 75% one year later. As our featured chart above shows, that is the best...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Mar 19, 2021 | Chart of the Week
The U.S. federal government is pumping money into the economy at an extraordinary rate lately. As the top half of our featured chart shows, federal outlays (how much the government spent) reached over $7 trillion on a 12-month total basis last month. By...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Mar 12, 2021 | Chart of the Week
2020 was not kind to energy stocks. The Information Technology (Tech) sector of the S&P 500 was up over 40% last year, beating the socks off the Energy sector, which fell roughly -37%. However, in a big turn of events, Energy has made a comeback in 2021....
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Mar 5, 2021 | Chart of the Week
The latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business revealed that economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew again in February, its ninth consecutive month of growth. Demand for manufactured goods has remained high since the reopening of the economy first...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 26, 2021 | Chart of the Week
Investors have been buying into stock funds at a frenzied rate lately. As our chart of the week above shows, the 50-day average of daily inflows into U.S. stock funds has hovered above $2 billion a day for over two months now. About a month ago, that number...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 19, 2021 | Chart of the Week
This past year has been a wild ride for crude oil prices. At the start of 2020, oil was hovering around $60 per barrel. But then the pandemic hit, and oil demand plummeted as people stayed home and traveled less. At one point in late April, oil prices...
