08|26|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | August 23, 2024
S&P 500: The S&P 500 rose 80.35 points, closing at 5,634.61 (up 18.13% YTD), largely helped by the Federal Reserve speech on Friday. Market volatility, as measured by The...
08|19|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | August 16, 2024
Retail Sales: Retail Sales (MoM)(Jul) increased 1.0%, beating expectations with the largest monthly increase since February of 2023. This indicates consumer spending and overall economic activity are currently on...
07|22|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | July 19, 2024
Our leading indicators this week focused on the S&P 500: The S&P 500 fell by 110.35 points, closing at 5,505.00 (up 15.41% YTD). Market volatility as measured by The...
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...
06|24|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | June 21, 2024
Retail Sales: Core retail sales (excluding automobiles) softened (May) (MoM), to -0.1%, missing the forecasted number of 0.2%. Consumer spending activity will be top of mind as we head...
05|21|2024
Heavy Markets | May 17, 2024
Markets saw heavy moves because of inflation data. What could carry the markets in the coming weeks? Monday S&P 500 0.02% | NASDAQ 0.29% There were no earnings reports or...
05|07|2024
Busy Signal | May 3, 2024
Markets were busy with plenty of data. Did the end of April give us any signal into how May could perform? Monday S&P 500 0.32% | NASDAQ 0.35% 11 major...
05|06|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | May 3, 2024
Unemployment: News this week in employment data showed an easing labor market. Non-Farm Payrolls (Apr) added 175k jobs, lower than forecasts of 238k. JOLTs Job Openings fell to 8.488M...