by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 22, 2024 | Indicator Insights
This week’s indicator is like a scoreboard showing how U.S. stocks are performing compared to the rest of the world. It’s based on something called the Technical Score Spread. How does it work? Imagine a global competition where each country’s stock market...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 14, 2024 | Indicator Insights
Ever get the feeling the stock market is getting a little…too excited? Or alternatively, too calm? Well, enter this week’s featured indicator, the ETF Speculation Index. This tool measures just how hyped up—or downright gloomy—investors are feeling in the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 7, 2024 | Indicator Insights
This week’s indicator is all about the ISM Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI). It’s a monthly report that measures the health of the U.S. services sector. It’s based on surveys of managers in industries like healthcare, finance, retail, and more. Think of it...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Oct 31, 2024 | Indicator Insights
This week’s featured indicator highlights a neat tool called the Absolute Breadth Index, which measures volatility, or how much prices are bouncing around. But the Absolute Breadth Index stands out because it doesn’t care about direction—whether prices are...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Oct 24, 2024 | Indicator Insights
A lot of the time, when people talk about “the stock market,” they’re talking about the U.S. stock market. Maybe the S&P 500 Index, for example. But there’s a whole world of other stock markets out there. For instance, the MSCI ACWI (All-Country World...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Oct 17, 2024 | Indicator Insights
This week’s indicator is all about the cyclical sectors. What are the cyclical sectors? Well, as their name implies, they’re sectors that are in sync with the economic cycle. When the economy grows, these sectors do well. But when the economy contracts, they...
