by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 15, 2022 | Indicator Insights
This week’s featured indicator examines the relationship between stock performance and inflation in the U.S. The indicator uses two main inputs: the year-to-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the six-month smoothing or average of the CPI....
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 8, 2022 | Indicator Insights
Every month, the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) conducts surveys of purchasing managers at hundreds of manufacturing firms in the U.S. and compiles the results into an index. Among the various sub-indices in the report is an index that measures the prices...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 1, 2022 | Indicator Insights
Volume—or the number of shares traded in the stock market—is an important metric for financial markets. We look at volume because, in general, when a rising stock has a lot of volume, it’s a sign of strength. But when the stock is falling on a lot of volume, it...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Aug 25, 2022 | Indicator Insights
This week’s featured indicator looks at banking liquidity and how it affects stock market performance over time. The core idea is that a rising trend in liquidity is bullish for the stock market because it reduces pressure on interest rates. Falling liquidity,...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Aug 18, 2022 | Indicator Insights
When big moves happen in the stock market, they tend to be global in nature. In other words, stock price momentum in one country can spill over into other countries, creating what we call a “mega-move” in global financial markets. To measure this dynamic, we...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Aug 11, 2022 | Indicator Insights
This week’s indicator is based on a contrarian concept originated by the investment bank Merrill Lynch. It looks at the ratio of the number of stocks advancing plus one-half of those unchanged to the total number of issues traded. In other words, it’s a measure...
