08|05|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | August 2, 2024
Jobs data jolted markets on Friday with the Nonfarm Payrolls (Jul) falling well short of forecasts. Only 114k jobs were added compared to an estimated 176k. The unemployment rate...
07|29|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | July 26, 2024
Consumer Goods & Materials: The Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Price Index (MoM)(Jun) increased slightly from 0.1 to 0.2%, meeting expectations. The YoY (Jun) reading held firm at 2.5%....
06|03|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | May 31, 2024
The money supply, including time deposits, rose $26B to $20.867T (Apr) which reflects cash accumulating in money market funds with their attractive yields. Money supply is running 73.8% of...
05|28|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | May 24, 2024
Michigan Consumer Sentiment confirmed it has weakened markedly following a robust 1st Quarter 2024 with the gauge dropping to 69.1 (May) from 77.2 (Apr). Be sure to check out...
06|27|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | June 24, 2022
Highlights from the June 24th Leading Indicator Watch: The S&P 500 rose by 236.90 points, ending at 3,911.74 and is down 17.93% YTD (out of bear market territory). The...
09|29|2020
Leading Indicator Watch | September 25, 2020
We’ve seen the big picture yesterday in Market Thoughts and understand that the Markets are experiencing volatility. Let’s step back and look at the economic indicators data that led...
08|24|2020
Leading Indicator Watch | August 21, 2020
Our leading indicator watch last week showed positive, forward momentum in Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Existing Home Sales for July while Unemployment week to week continues a volatile...
10|28|2019
Leading Indicator Watch | Oct. 25, 2019
Strong indicators last week led to strong market performance. Take a look at the data that supported market performance here.