goods

12|26|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | Dec. 22, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, PCE, Housing, Yields, Housing, S&P 500, Consumer Confidence The PCE Price Index (YoY)(Nov) fell lower to 2.6% from 2.9%...

victory

12|19|2023

Declaring Victory… | December 15, 2023

AUTHOR: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE:   Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: S&P 500, NASDAQ, FRB, CPI, Retail Sales, Rates   The Fed declared victory over inflation Wednesday. Was that just a battle...

jumped

12|18|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | Dec. 15, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, CPI, Retail Sales, Yields, S&P 500 The S&P 500 jumped 114.82 points this week, closing at 4,719.19 and is...

Gains

12|12|2023

Bring The Pain? | December 8, 2023

AUTHOR: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE:   Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Factory Orders, Jobs, FRB    Another weekly gain in the books! Will the Federal Reserve Bank deliver...

shopping

12|11|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | Dec. 8, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Goods, Yields, Services, S&P 500, Consumer Sentiment Preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment is estimated to rebound sharply through the end...

12|05|2023

Will Santa Deliver? | Dec. 1, 2023

AUTHOR: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE:   Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Homes, FRB, GDP, PCE    Markets rose for the week. Will Santa fizzle out or make good...

products

12|04|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | Dec. 1, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, GDP, Housing, Yields, Manufacturing, S&P 500, Consumer Gross Domestic Product (Q3) figures were revised higher to 5.2% from original...

12|01|2023

2024 Retirement Plan Contributions have been announced.

AUTHOR: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE:   Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: Retirement Planning, 401k, IRA, ROTH, SIMPLE IRA, SEP IRA  We hope you all are doing well!  We are reaching out...

11|28|2023

Thankful for Gains! | Nov. 24, 2023

AUTHOR: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE:   Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: S&P 500, FRB, Microsoft, Goods Orders, Black Friday We are Thankful for four straight weeks of market gains. Should more...

spending

11|27|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | Nov. 24, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Housing, Yields, S&P 500, Consumer Sentiment Michigan Consumer Sentiment fell to 61.3 (Nov) from 63.8 (Oct) but was above...