by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 12, 2021 | Chart of the Week
This week we look at the high-yield, or junk, bond market in the United States. This market is where companies with poor credit ratings (below the investment-grade threshold of BBB-) go to borrow money. With cash deposits near zero, and less-risky bonds...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Feb 5, 2021 | Chart of the Week
For this week’s featured chart, we look at a widely watched segment of the U.S. Treasury yield curve: the gap between the 30- and 5-year Treasury rates. The top half of the chart shows both the 30-year Treasury bond rate and the 5-year Treasury note...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jan 29, 2021 | Chart of the Week
For our featured chart this week, we look at the world’s total debt load as a percentage of the world’s economy or Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The blue line at the top of the chart represents the total amount of the world’s public and private non-financial...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jan 28, 2021 | Chart of the Week
“Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” This expression is generally used to describe when something good is eliminated while trying to get rid of something bad. Interestingly enough, this tends to happen from time to time in the stock market. To see...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jan 22, 2021 | Chart of the Week
For this week’s chart, we look at the correlations of different bond sectors. Often when we talk about bonds, we lump them altogether. However, just like stocks have different industries, sectors, styles, etc., there are many different types of bonds. We are...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jan 15, 2021 | Chart of the Week
For this week’s chart, we take a peek at the Prices Paid component of the ISM Manufacturing Index. Every month, the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) conducts surveys of purchasing managers at more than 300 manufacturing firms in the U.S. and compiles the...
