by NelsonCorp | Oct 30, 2025 | Indicator Insights
There are a lot of different variables out there that affect the stock market—more than you’d probably like to think about. But there are a handful that really drive stock performance, the ones investors make sure to pay close attention to. Corporate...
by NelsonCorp | Oct 23, 2025 | Indicator Insights
Few relationships have been as important to financial markets as the one between stock prices and interest rates. This week, our featured indicator tracks that relationship by comparing the S&P 500 Index (top panel) to the 10-year Treasury yield and how far...
by NelsonCorp | Oct 16, 2025 | Indicator Insights
This week I’d like to highlight a fun little indicator called “Don’t Fight the Tape or the Fed.” Technically, it’s a model, because it combines two separate indicators. And while we don’t use it directly in our broader modeling process, it still captures an...
by NelsonCorp | Oct 9, 2025 | Indicator Insights
This week’s featured indicator blends two important ideas: volume and conviction. The volume part is fairly straightforward. We measure how much trading activity happens in stocks that are going up—what we call Volume Demand—and compare it to the activity in...
by NelsonCorp | Oct 2, 2025 | Indicator Insights
There’s a well-known saying in science the correlation does not equal causation. We know this to be true. Just google “spurious correlations” and you’ll find endless examples of two completely unrelated data points that appear to move together. For example,...
by NelsonCorp | Sep 25, 2025 | Indicator Insights
This week’s indicator is all about central banks. What are central banks? They’re like the “money boss” of a country. They decide how much money should be in circulation and set interest rates to help maintain price stability. It’s the setting of interest rates...
