by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Aug 1, 2024 | Indicator Insights
What happens to the stock market after the Federal Reserve first cuts interest rates? With the September FOMC meeting approaching and the Fed expected to make its first rate cut, this question is on many people’s minds. Let’s look at this...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 25, 2024 | Indicator Insights
In recent weeks, the stock market has shown some weakness. This naturally raises the question: will this trend continue? To help answer this, we use a composite indicator that combines two reports: the Rally Watch and the Bear Watch. The Rally Watch report...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 18, 2024 | Indicator Insights
After nearly 2 ½ years, we finally experienced a global breadth thrust last week. What’s a global breadth thrust? Well, it basically means a whole bunch of stocks around the world moved significantly higher at the same time—and in a relatively short period of...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 11, 2024 | Indicator Insights
This week’s indicator is all about the economy. It’s a composite indicator comprising six individual indicators that each track some sort of economic activity—ranging from stock market earnings and industrial production to layoff announcements and various other...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jul 4, 2024 | Indicator Insights
Participation is an important component of stock market returns. What do I mean by participation? Simply put, it refers to how many stocks within a market index—like the S&P 500—are joining in a rally. The more stocks trending upwards, the healthier the overall...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Jun 27, 2024 | Indicator Insights
Central banks play a big role in financial markets. When they adjust interest rates—either cutting or raising them—it has a big impact on financial prices. In recent years, these interest rate movements have been a hot topic. So, for this week’s indicator,...
