08|14|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | August 11, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, CPI, PPI, Yield Curve, S&P 500 This week’s indicators pointed to the direction of Consumer and Producer price changes.  The...

Jobs

08|07|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | August 4, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Yield Curve, Manufacturing & Services, S&P 500 Jobs data revealed a softening labor market this past week. Non-farm payrolls...

Durable goods

07|31|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | July 28, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, GDP, Yield Curve, Money Stock, S&P 500, Consumer Sentiment Markets reacted positively to the announcement of an expected rate hike...

housing

07|24|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | July 21, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:     Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Retail Sales, Housing, Yield Curve, S&P 500 The real estate market continues to ebb and flow with new data this...

markets cheered

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...