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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Approaching All-Time High but US Economic Momentum Slowing

Carson Wealth

If you’re well above this number, you can be fairly sure job growth is positive. If you’re at this number, like right now (and also seeing downward momentum), we can’t be sure the economy is actually creating any net jobs. The “statistical significance at the 90 percent confidence level” is 136,000. What does that mean?

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Market Commentary: Strong Jobs Report Gets the “Good News Is Bad News” Treatment

Carson Wealth

Monthly numbers can be noisy and so a 3-month average is helpful. The prime-age (25-54) employment-population ratio, which is a way of controlling for demographic effects and labor force participation issues, is 80.5% exactly where it was a year ago, and higher than at any point between May 2001 and December 2019.

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Don't get an "F" on FBAR

Brown Advisory

We work closely with our clients and their outside professional advisors to identify when FBAR filings are required and to help facilitate compliance. FBAR compliance was enforced by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network bureau, or FinCEN until 2003, when enforcement was delegated to the IRS.

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Market Commentary: The Summer Rally Continues Amid Strong Job Gains

Carson Wealth

We didn’t even see significant revisions to March and April payroll numbers, and the 3-month average now sits at 249,000. The payroll number comes from the “establishment survey,” which is a survey of about 119,000 businesses and government agencies (about 629,000 worksites). Well, the May payroll report upended that narrative.

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Market Commentary: Best Calendar Month Over the Last 20 Years Holding True

Carson Wealth

These numbers can and will be revised, and so it helps to look at the 3-month average. That number has been trending down since earlier this year, but it’s at a healthy 177,000 right now, above the 166,000 average pace in 2019. The economy created 206,000 jobs last month, above expectations for a 190,000 increase.

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We the People

David Nelson

Business Insider laid out in specific detail Mr. Pelosi’s trades in a number of securities and of special interest were trades involving the exercise of options in semiconductor company Nvidia (NVDA). Most have a compliance division to monitor employee trading. You don’t have to be a corporate insider to meet the test.

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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Makes New All-Time High as Fed Goes Big

Carson Wealth

If they are cutting due to a panic (think March 2020) or due to a recession (like in 2001 or 2007) potential trouble could indeed be lurking. Yes, 2001 and 2007 are in there, as you’ve probably heard many times the past week if you’ve watched financial media at all. First things first, why are they cutting? on average.