09|30|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | September 27, 2024

Consumer Goods & Materials: The core PCE price index (less food and energy) rose 0.1% (MoM (Aug), which was slightly lower than expected. Year-over-year, the index rose 2.7% (Aug)....

09|23|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | September 20, 2024

Consumer Goods & Materials: Retail sales ticked up 0.1% (MoM) (Aug), beating expectations and continuing the positive momentum from previous months.  Be sure to check out more of last...

09|17|2024

Full Steam Ahead? | September 13, 2024

Author: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® Title: Investment Adviser Representative Tags: S&P 500, NASDAQ, CPI, Sentiment, Federal Reserve, Credit Markets gained some momentum this week. Will there be another pullback or...

09|16|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | September 13, 2024

Consumer Goods & Materials: The Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (YoY) (Aug) rose 3.2%. CPI (YoY) (Aug) increased 2.5%, the lowest level for headline inflation since March of 2021....

09|09|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | September 6, 2024

Unemployment: The labor market showed signs of softening this week. JOLTS Job Openings (Jul) fell to 7.673M, the fewest since April of 2021. Nonfarm Payrolls added 142k jobs, lower than...

09|05|2024

Monthly Market Monitor | August 2024

Author: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA® Title: Investment Adviser Rep – CCO Tags: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Yield Curve, FRB, Rates, Nvidia The monitor flashed quite a bit of red...

09|03|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | August 30, 2024

Consumer Goods & Materials: The PCE Price index (YoY) (Jul) stayed steady at 2.5%, and Core PCE (YoY) (Jul) also remained unchanged at 2.6%. Both numbers came in just...