09|09|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | September 6, 2024

Unemployment: The labor market showed signs of softening this week. JOLTS Job Openings (Jul) fell to 7.673M, the fewest since April of 2021. Nonfarm Payrolls added 142k jobs, lower than...

09|05|2024

Monthly Market Monitor | August 2024

Author: Jason Roque, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA® Title: Investment Adviser Rep – CCO Tags: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Yield Curve, FRB, Rates, Nvidia The monitor flashed quite a bit of red...

09|03|2024

Leading Indicator Watch | August 30, 2024

Consumer Goods & Materials: The PCE Price index (YoY) (Jul) stayed steady at 2.5%, and Core PCE (YoY) (Jul) also remained unchanged at 2.6%. Both numbers came in just...

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...

08|13|2024

Swing and a Miss… | August 9, 2024

Markets swung like a pendulum this week. Was the early selloff an overdone reaction or a sign of more volatility to come?