06|04|2025

Monthly Market Monitor | May – 2025

Monitoring equity markets this last month was easy as things climbed, The Fixed Income market was a bit different. What does it mean for the remainder of the year?...

06|03|2025

Cautious Resolve | May 30, 2025

Markets recovered some, but not all, losses from last week. Are investors proving to be more resilient as we close out the month of May? Monday               S&P 500 0.00%...

06|02|2025

Leading Indicator Watch | May 30, 2025

Consumer Goods & Materials: Core PCE Price Index settled at 2.5% (YoY)(Apr), the lowest reading since 2021 for the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation. The monthly measurement remained...

05|28|2025

Rising Temps | May 23, 2025

Markets pulled back this week. Will seasonal optimism and trends buoy markets for now? Monday               S&P 500 0.09% | NASDAQ 0.02% Following a positive week for markets on the...

05|27|2025

Leading Indicator Watch | May 23, 2025

Yield Curve: Yields ended higher for the 4th straight week. 2-year yields rose from 3.98% to 4.00%. 10-year yields climbed from 4.43% to 4.51%, pushing down the prices of...

05|20|2025

Room to Run? | May 16, 2025

Markets came out fast to start the week and ended solidly in the green. Does the economy still have some room to run? Monday               S&P 500 3.26% | NASDAQ...

05|19|2025

Leading Indicator Watch | May 16, 2025

Consumer Goods & Materials: Consumer Price Index (CPI) (MoM)(Apr) rose 0.2%, less than the 0.3% forecast. Year-over-year it rose 2.3%, less than forecast and the lowest reading since February...

05|14|2025

May Flowers? | May 9, 2025

Markets came out of hibernation last week and were slightly lower this week. Are things starting to warm up?  Monday               S&P 500 0.64% | NASDAQ 0.74% The week kicked...

05|12|2025

Leading Indicator Watch | May 9, 2025

Manufacturing & Services: ISM Non-Manufacturing (Services) PMI increased to 51.6 (Apr) from 50.8 (Mar), exceeding expectations. April marked the 10th consecutive month of expansion for the sector. 50 marks...

05|07|2025

Monthly Market Monitor | April-2025

Monthly numbers for the stock market did not prove as bad as the intra-month swings. Digging into the monitor data, can we glean the path ahead?  Fixed Income: 2-Yr...