Unemployment and Consumer Confidence

02|05|2019

Leading Indicator Watch | February 1, 2019

Mixed reviews coming out of Unemployment data and CB Consumer Confidence as unemployment rose 4% in response to the governnment shutdown and consumer confidence slipped from 126.6 to 120.2...

Central Bank Quandary

01|29|2019

Central Bank Quandary | January 25, 2019

For a decade, Central Banks have been responding to an unprecedented financial meltdown. They are stuck in a quandary that appears to have no end. While nearing 10 years...

Housing

01|28|2019

Leading Indicator Watch | January 25, 2019

In reviewing the Leading Indicators this week, Housing stands out:  Existing home sales fell 6.4% to 4.99M while home prices increased by 5.8% year over year through November.  View the...

CPI, FRB, Tariffs

01|23|2019

Major Concerns? | January 18, 2019

Markets rose last week for the fourth straight week. Did markets gloss over major concerns? The January Effect This most recent surge brought the S&P 500 performance above 6%...

Leading Indicator Watch

01|23|2019

Leading Indicator Watch | January 18, 2019

In summing up the Leading Indicator Watch this week, I’d be burying the lede if I didn’t at least mention:  The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment fell to 90.7...

01|17|2019

4 Reasons to Start Financial Planning Today

Planning for your financial future is often that thing that you know you need to do, but procrastinate the process.  Many people feel fear of not being able to...

market

01|15|2019

Buyers Beware | January 11, 2019

Last week, three weeks in a row of market gains!  Are we out of the woods or should buyers beware? Data last week was meaningful to the landscape of...

Market Indicators

01|15|2019

Leading Indicator Watch | January 11, 2019

Before I publish Market Thoughts this week, here are some economic indicators that caught my attention.  Click here to download the latest insights on economic activity and how they...

New Year

01|09|2019

Happy New Year | January 4, 2019

Happy New Year! For many investors, this new year brings new hope that 2019 will look more like 2017 rather than 2018!  Let’s run the play-by-play by looking at...

Manufacturing

01|07|2019

Leading Indicator Watch | January 4, 2019

I’d like to start the year off with healthy indicators, so as of Jan. 4, 2019, the S&P 500 rose last week by 46.2 points to end at 2,531.94...