Cornerstone Financial Advisory

AUGUST 7, 2023

6 This Week: Key Economic Data Thursday: Consumer Price Index (CPI). Consumer Sentiment Source: Econoday, August 4, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. economic data releases (including key economic indicators), Federal Reserve policy meetings, and speaking engagements of Federal Reserve officials.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

OCTOBER 16, 2023

PPI, CPI Updates The disinflationary trend appears to be stalling if the inflation numbers are any indication. 5 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Retail Sales. Index of Leading Economic Indicators. Source: Econoday, October 13, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. CNBC, October 11, 2023 5.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In his post-announcement press conference, Fed Chair Powell remarked the inflation battle would continue, and upcoming economic data would inform the FOMC’s future rate hike decision. In their economic projections, 12 of 19 Fed officials expect to raise rates once more this year. The Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2023 2.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They further said that future rate decisions will be based on fresh economic data, offering no indication that a rate cut was forthcoming, as many analysts are increasingly anticipating for 2024. This Week: Key Economic Data Monday: New Home Sales. Source: Econoday, November 24, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

1,2,3 Stocks March Higher A better-than-anticipated consumer inflation number on Tuesday sent bond yields sharply lower, igniting a powerful, exceptionally broad-based rally that saw 91% of all New York Stock Exchange volume advancing in price and a similarly substantial advance (85%) on the NASDAQ. CNBC, November 14, 2023.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JUNE 5, 2023

4,5 In line with these strong numbers, the Department of Labor reported 339,000 new jobs were added in May. 6 This Week: Key Economic Data Monday: Factory Orders. Source: Econoday, June 2, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2023. CNBC, June 1, 2023.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 28, 2022

cnn.com) Big Tech is set to cut costs (and jobs) in 2023. tomtunguz.com) Instacart continues to slash its valuation. wired.com) Economy The October Case-Shiller numbers show the rollover in housing prices. calculatedriskblog.com) Indicators show the economic cycle is maturing, but not yet in recession.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 2, 2023

Essentially, monthly Non-Farm Payrolls is the net difference between these two groups: The actual number is far smaller and less significant than gets played most publicly. The monthly number ( May 2023 = 339,000) is a tenth or so of the ~1.5% of the 159m total. Is that multi-month trend rising or falling?

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Weekly Market Insights: Stocks Stand Still, Awaiting Fed Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Stocks ended the week roughly where they began as investors digested a mixed set of new economic data. 5 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Housing Starts. Index of Leading Economic Indicators. in August.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

AUGUST 28, 2023

Stocks resumed their rally on weak economic data, which fueled hopes for future Fed dovishness. Powell Stands Firm Powell spoke on Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, asserting that, despite considerable progress, inflation remained too high and additional rate hikes may be in the offing. Jobless Claims.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JUNE 19, 2023

Weekly Market Insights: Stocks Climb After Fed Pause Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Stocks climbed last week as reassuring inflation data boosted investor hopes that the rate-hike cycle was nearing an end amid fresh economic data pointing to continued economic resilience. Index of Leading Economic Indicators.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

APRIL 10, 2023

Stocks ended a shortened week of trading mixed amid revived recession fears on Wall Street triggered by weak economic data. Stocks trended lower again after a lower-than-expected open-jobs number and a slowdown in private-sector hiring. 6 This Week: Key Economic Data Wednesday: Consumer Price Index (CPI). FOMC Minutes.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JUNE 26, 2023

The retreat continued into Friday, fueled by global growth fears from new economic data indicating more robust economic slowdowns in the eurozone, Japan, and Australia. The number of new home starts in May (1.63 6 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Durable Goods Orders. The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2023.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 30, 2023

Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Stocks added to their early 2023 gains amid a busy stream of mixed corporate earnings results and conflicting economic data. There was enough new economic data to support both the “recession is coming” and the “soft landing” camps. GDP Report The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9%

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MAY 30, 2023

This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Consumer Confidence. Source: Econoday, May 26, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. economic data releases (including key economic indicators), Federal Reserve policy meetings, and speaking engagements of Federal Reserve officials. IRS.gov, April 24, 2023 5.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JULY 3, 2023

Weekly Market Insights: Economy Continues Upward Trend Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Stocks posted gains for the week to close out a stellar month, aided by positive economic data and reports that all major banks had passed the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test. Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Index.

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Validea

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By Justin Carbonneau ( Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube ) — Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a number of charts highlighting the opportunity in small-cap stocks given their absolute and relative valuations. Small Cap Value Ratio As of 9/1/2023 Small-Cap Value Stocks Have Been Cheaper (since 2006) TTM PE Ratio 8.64

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

APRIL 17, 2023

A weak retail sales number on Friday shaved the gains to close out the week. 5 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Housing Starts. Index of Leading Economic Indicators. Source: Econoday, April 14, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2023 2.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Mixed Results As Interest Rate Concerns Grow Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Growing concerns about further interest rate hikes, prompted by fresh economic data, reversed early-week gains and left stocks mixed for the week. Year-over year, producer prices rose 6.0%, a slight improvement from December’s number.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MAY 1, 2023

Stocks Rally As Attention Shifts To Fed’s May Meeting Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Strong earnings from several mega-cap technology companies offset renewed regional banking jitters and weak economic data, leaving stocks higher for the week. The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2023 2. CNBC, April 27, 2023 5.

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Carson Wealth

APRIL 8, 2024

Pockets of attractive valuations exist despite above-average valuations in some high-profile areas of the market. rally for the S&P 500 in the fourth quarter of 2023, the index provided an encore performance in the first quarter with a 10.2% gain, but not a bad number by any means. Following the huge 11.2%

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 17, 2023

This Week: Key Economic Data. Source: Econoday, January 13, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. economic data releases (including key economic indicators), Federal Reserve policy meetings, and speaking engagements of Federal Reserve officials. (PLD). The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2023.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MAY 22, 2023

The prospect of an agreement helped to lift a cloud of uncertainty that had weighed on markets in recent weeks and sparked sufficient optimism to shake off comments by the Dallas Fed President, who indicated that economic data may not support a pause in rate hikes yet. The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2023 2. IRS.gov, April 4, 2023 8.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 23, 2023

Mixed Results Following Weak Economic Data Presented by Cornerstone Financial Advisory, LLC Stocks showed mixed results last week as recession fears resurfaced in response to weak economic data and a tepid start to a new corporate earnings season. economic growth is consumer spending. The Earnings Scout, January 19, 2023 5.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MARCH 6, 2023

1,2,3 Stocks Resume Climb After rebounding to start the week, stocks weakened following higher inflation numbers out of Europe and higher-than-expected manufacturing activity. 4 Disconcerting Economic Data It was a relatively quiet week for economic news, but several new economic data reports gave insights into overall activity.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MAY 8, 2023

The Fed indicated it may pause further rate hikes, suggesting that future decisions will be based on economic data and prevailing financial conditions. 4, 5 This Week: Key Economic Data Wednesday: Consumer Price Index (CPI). Source: Econoday, May 5, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. IRS.gov, 2023 7.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JULY 17, 2023

6 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Retail Sales. Index of Leading Economic Indicators. Source: Econoday, July 14 , 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S. Answer: The number 7 on most telephone keypads. The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2023 2. The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2023 3.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The concern was that the surprise job number would change Powell’s outlook coming out of the last FOMC meeting. 4 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Consumer Price Index (CPI). Friday: Index of Leading Economic Indicators. Source: Econoday, February 10, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 9, 2023

New Year’s Rally In Reply To Positive Economic News. The first two trading sessions of a holiday-shortened week saw major averages swing wildly between gains and losses as investors balanced an improving outlook on inflation against concerns of faltering economic growth. This Week: Key Economic Data. Jobless Claims.

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Dear Mr. Market

MARCH 11, 2023

Click here or below to enlarge and see the entire bracket for 2023. In other words, these investments (or “teams”) are ranked and seeded on a number of factors but one of the main drivers is how hot they recently performed within the past few months or recent year. IBM loses to QCOM based on valuation.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 2, 2024

Weekly Market Insights: S&P Ends 2023 Up 24% Stocks posted a slight gain last week amid a shortage of news and light holiday trading. 1,2,3 Source: YCharts.com, December 30, 2023. 1,2,3 Source: YCharts.com, December 30, 2023. Source: Econoday, December 29, 2023 The Econoday economic calendar lists upcoming U.S.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

MARCH 13, 2023

Labor market strength in a Friday report exacerbated rate-hike anxieties, though cooling wage gains balanced an above-consensus new jobs number. This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Consumer Price Index (CPI). Index of Leading Economic Indicators. The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2023 2. Retail Sales. Housing Starts.

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Diamond Consultants

JUNE 1, 2023

Here are 3 valuation scenarios to address that curiosity. Focus Financial Partners, the largest investor in the independent space, is being taken private at a $7B valuation. Prolific RIA acquirer CI Financial recently monetized a stake in their business at a $5B valuation. Those are some eye-popping numbers.

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James Hendries

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lessons learned: Economic forecasts The Fed’s bark was as bad as its bite! These lessons learned from 2022 are particularly important for 2023 since FOMC members expect rates in 12 months to be higher than what investors are currently expecting. economy to avoid recession, and support above-average valuations. Caveat emptor.

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James Hendries

JANUARY 20, 2023

The key question coming into this earnings season is whether the pessimism surrounding 2023 earnings has gone too far. A number of headwinds As was the case last quarter, corporate America faces several stiff headwinds this earnings season. Even the economic pressures have eased some, with fourth quarter U.S.

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Good Financial Cents

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And while there’s no guarantee that any job will be immune to cutbacks or layoffs, some industries weather economic storms better than others. With this in mind, we’ve compiled a list of the highest-paying finance jobs for 2023. One industry that tends to be recession-resistant is finance. 12 Highest Paying Jobs in Finance.

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Bell Investment Advisors

MAY 24, 2024

On Friday, May 24 th at 12pm Pacific time, Investment Advisor & Financial Planner Laurent Harrison, CFP® joined Bell Portfolio Manager Ryan Kelley, CFA® for an engaging discussion of the following topics: Stock & Bond Market Commentary Global Economic Update Inflation Concerns & the Federal Reserve Are Stocks Expensive?

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