04|28|2025

Leading Indicator Watch | April 25, 2025

Housing and Building: Existing Home Sales declined to 4.02M (Mar) from 4.27M (Feb), reflecting a month-over-month drop of 5.9%. Building permits increased from 1.459M (Feb) to 1.467M (Mar), but...

04|01|2025

Bear Country | March 28, 2025

As our Country braces for trade tariffs, it seems that the Bears have taken control of markets. Should this persist?  Monday                S&P 500 1.76% | NASDAQ 2.27% The S&P...

12|31|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | December 27, 2024

Unemployment: Jobs data were mixed this week. U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell from 220K to 219K. Continuing Jobless Claims, however, rose to the highest level in over a year, from...

07|03|2024

Expect Volatility? | June 28, 2024

Markets were moving all over last week and thankfully landed in the green. Should this volatility be expected going forward? Monday                       S&P 500 0.31%| NASDAQ 1.09% With very little data...

04|30|2024

Market Breather…| April 26, 2024

Markets grew for the week for the first time in a month. Is it a reason to celebrate or a breather in the pullback? Monday                      S&P 500 0.87% | NASDAQ...

04|02|2024

Steady As She Goes…| March 29, 2024

AUTHOR: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE:   Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Housing Data, Durable Goods, GDP, Sentiment, PCE   Markets were little changed for the week. Is this a...

08|28|2023

Leading Indicator Watch | August 25, 2023

AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE:       Investment Adviser Rep TAGS:   Jobs, Durable Goods, Housing, Money Supply, Yield Curve, S&P 500, Consumer Sentiment Highlighting our Leading Indicators: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Aug)...

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...

12|27|2021

Leading Indicator Watch | December 24, 2021

Highlights from the December 24th Leading Indicator Watch: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (December) rose to 70.6 from 67.4. Be sure to check out more of last week’s Leading Indicators here...