by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 23, 2021 | Indicator Insights
One of the cool things about interest rates is they act as a barometer for the economy. When rates are going higher, it’s generally a sign that the economy is strong. But when rates are falling, it’s typically because the economy is weak. Many things affect...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 16, 2021 | Indicator Insights
For this week’s featured indicator, we show a chart of the relative performance of stocks versus bonds globally based on the relative strength line of the ACWI SHUT Index. SHUT is an acronym for Staples, Healthcare, Utilities, and Telecommunications. The ACWI...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 9, 2021 | Indicator Insights
For this week’s indicator, we present the Challenger Layoff Announcements Index. This series comes from a report produced by the outplacement firm Challenger, Grey & Christmas, Inc. It uses layoff data from various state labor departments to produce the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Sep 2, 2021 | Indicator Insights
This week’s featured indicator looks at the change in the total securities held by the world’s major central banks over time and how those changes affect global stock market returns. When Americans hear the phrase “central bank,” we typically think of the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Aug 26, 2021 | Indicator Insights
Mass crowd psychology in action. That’s one way you could describe the action of the stock market. Sure, plenty of financial professionals are doing discounted cash-flow analyses and other fundamental calculations on stock prices. So we tend to hear things...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Aug 19, 2021 | Indicator Insights
Risk is like a switch. Or, at least in the investment world, it can be helpful to think of risk as sort of like a dimmer switch. It slides between the “On” and “Off” positions depending on the investment setting and how much risk tolerance is out there. When...
