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07|17|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | July 14, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, CPI Yield Curve, S&P 500, Consumer Sentiment Markets cheered the significant progress made towards cooling inflation for June this...

07|10|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | July 7, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Yield Curve, Manufacturing, Services, S&P 500 While continuing Jobless Claims fell to 1,720k from 1,733k. Initial jobless claims rose...

07|06|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | June 30, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Durable Goods, Housing, Yield Curve, Money Supply, S&P 500 We switched things up this week and got in the...

06|26|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | June 23, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Yield Curve, S&P 500, Housing, Manufacturing, Services We haven’t talked about housing in a while. It leads our indicators...

06|21|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | June 16, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, CPI, Retail Sales, Yield Curve, S&P 500 The Consumer Price Index (YoY)(May) fell to 4% from 4.9% (Apr). The...

06|12|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | June 9, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Yield Curve, Services, S&P 500 Again, the S&P 500 rose while Volatility fell slightly. The big story this week...

06|06|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | June 2, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Consumer Confidence, Yield Curve, Manufacturing, S&P 500 Although, the S&P 500 had a healthy rise, Consumer Confidence fell to...

05|30|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | May 26, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, PCE, Housing, Yield Curve, Money Supply, S&P 500, Consumer Sentiment While Unemployment and Housing had some brights spots, let’s...

05|22|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | May 19, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Retail Sales, Housing, Yield Curve, S&P 500 Much of the economic activity currently is focused on debt limits. One...

05|15|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | May 12, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, CPI, Yield Curve, S&P 500 Last week’s leading indicator watch highlighted Consumer Goods & Materials: Headline CPI (MoM)(Apr) rose...