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...
12|23|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | December 20, 2024
Consumer Goods & Materials: The Core PCE Price Index, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, rose only 0.1% (MoM)(Nov), better than expected. The year-over-year number remained...
12|16|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | December 13, 2024
Consumer Goods & Materials: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)(MoM)(Nov) increased from 0.2% (Oct) to 0.3%, the highest monthly inflation increase since May. The year-over-year number also ticked up, from...
12|09|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | December 6, 2024
Unemployment: U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls (Nov) reported 227K jobs added, a large improvement from October’s reading of 36K. The Unemployment Rate ticked up to 4.2%. Employment numbers are a key...
12|02|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | November 29, 2024
Consumer Goods & Materials: The Core PCE Price Index (YoY) (Oct) ticked up to 2.8%. The month-over-month reading stayed steady at 0.3%. This is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure...
11|25|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | November 22, 2024
U. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment: Michigan Consumer Sentiment increased to 71.8 (Nov) from 70.5 (Oct), though the rise was less than expected. Be sure to check out more of...
11|20|2024
Back to Earth | Market Thoughts | Nov. 15, 2024
Markets came back down to earth this week. Is this a sign of a pullback or are we back to business as usual? Monday S&P 500 0.10% | NASDAQ 0.06%...
11|18|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | November 15, 2024
Consumer Goods & Materials: Headline inflation numbers represented by the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Oct) data came in as expected, rising 0.2% month-over-month. The annualized reading also met expectations,...
11|12|2024
Leading Indicator Watch | November 8, 2024
S&P 500: The S&P 500 jumped 266.74 points, closing at 5,995.54 (up 25.70% YTD) with its best weekly performance since November of 2023. Market volatility, as measured by The CBOE...
11|05|2024
Not So Fast | November 1, 2024
Markets pulled back from recent highs and revealed a slowdown could be occurring. Will we begin to see a deceleration in the coming months? Monday S&P 500 0.27% | NASDAQ...