The January NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was reported at 97.1, down 1.8 points. This is the lowest reading for the Index since the February 2021 reading…
Weak Consumer Sentiment A Headwind For Fed Rate Hikes?
This week investor attention will likely have a heightened focus on statements from the Federal Reserve as it holds its two day meeting on Tuesday and…
As the new year gets underway the equity market so far in January has not been kind to investors. Both stock and bond investments are mostly down with the…
The U.S. large cap equity market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, showed its resilience in the fourth quarter by returning 11.0%. This marked the seventh…
The Federal Reserve has put the market on notice that interest rate increases are likely to come sooner than originally anticipated as well as an unwinding of…
The recent release of Federal Reserve minutes gave investors a reason to reevaluate the pace of future Fed tightening. The minutes lead investors to believe…
Dogs Of The Dow Performance Does Not Keep Pace In 2021
One investment strategy that gets attention at the beginning of each year is the Dogs of the Dow. The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one where investors select…
Record Stock Buybacks And Record Dividends In Q3 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices recently reported preliminary buyback and dividend data for for the S&P 500 Index through the third quarter and records were achieved for…
Just as investors become fearful of stocks, the equity market experiences a turnaround. Before today's (12/2/2021) trading the S&P 500 Index was down a little…
Inflation Contributes To Higher October Retail Sales
Wednesday's October retail sales report showed a strong retail sales increase, month over month (MoM) of 1.7% and a year over year (YoY) increase of 16.3%…
This past week saw inflation reported at a very hot level, up .9% month over month and 6.2% year over year. If this monthly rate is annualized, the Consumer…
Last Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls was reported at 531,000, better than expectations of 450,000 and the prior report for nonfarm payrolls was revised higher to 312…
