03|21|2023
Below the Market’s Surface | March 17, 2023
AUTHOR: Jason Roque, MS, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA® TITLE: Investment Adviser Rep – CCO TAGS: S&P 500, NASDAQ, SVB, FRB, Rates Markets performed well last week. Below the surface lurked...
01|23|2023
Leading Indicator Watch | January 20, 2023
AUTHOR: Kerry Hilsabeck, CFP® TITLE: Investment Adviser Rep TAGS: Jobs, PPI, Retail Sales, Housing, Building, Yield Curve, S&P 500 Highlights from the January 20, 2023 Leading Indicator Watch: Retail...
10|18|2022
Where To Go From Here? | October 14, 2022
AUTHOR: Jason Roque, MS, CFP®, APMA®, AWMA®TITLE: Investment Adviser Rep – CCOTAGS: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Inflation, FRB Inflation...
08|29|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | August 26th, 2022
Highlights from the August 26, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM)(Jul) rose .3%; Durables (Excl Defense & Air)(MoM)(Jul) rose .4% which was positive given other poor...
08|22|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | August 19, 2022
Highlights from the August 19, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Three primary indicators reported for housing – Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Existing Home sales — fell -1.3%, -9.6% and...
08|15|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | August 12, 2022
Highlights from the August 12, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Aug) rose to 55.1 from 51.5 (Jul) which coincided with falling energy prices. Be sure to...
08|08|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | August 5, 2022
Highlights from the August 5, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Nonfarm Payrolls (Jul) added 528k jobs compared to an estimated 250k. Unemployment rate fell to a pre-pandemic low, 3.5%, supporting...
07|26|2022
Markets Move North? | July 22, 2022
Markets moved north last week, but what does recent history tell us we should expect in response? Monday S&P 500 0.84% | NASDAQ 0.81% The week opened with the...
07|25|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | July 22, 2022
Highlights from the July 22nd Leading Indicator Watch: Existing home sales continued their slide for a 5th consecutive month, falling -5.4% (Jun). Housing starts also fell -2% (Jun) on...
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...