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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (January 2024)

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome to the January 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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

Carson Wealth

US LEI Deteriorates Right now, our proprietary US Leading Economic Index (LEI) is telling us that economic momentum is slowing and the economy is growing below trend. This was a big reason why we didn’t call for a recession anytime between 2022 and 2024. What to make of all this?

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Market Commentary: Seasonal Tailwinds Ahead, but First an Election

Carson Wealth

That’s not bad, but that’s clearly a slowdown from what we saw in the first quarter of 2024, when monthly job growth averaged 267,000. Between mid-2023 and mid-2024, we saw the unemployment rate move higher even as payroll growth remained fairly strong. range (or even lower) in Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.

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Market Commentary: Good Riddance February, Hello March

Carson Wealth

Given our overall still positive economic backdrop, to see this much worry in the air is actually rather bullish and why we dont expect the recent weakness to spiral out of control. So, imports are just subtracting all the goods and services households and businesses buy from abroad, since it doesnt add to domestic economic activity.

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

Carson Wealth

Current Market Volatility Normal for a Bull Market The S&P 500 is off to a bit of a rocky start in 2025, an extension of weakness in December 2024. While there are reasons for recent declines, we view it in part as a perfectly normal pause after the gains of 2023 and 2024. Compliance Case # 7521978.1._011325_C

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Market Commentary: Sentiment Remains Extreme as Fed Warns of Risks

Carson Wealth

Additionally, the S&P 500 found support just beneath the 5,000 level, which was also the lows last April 2024. Just as sentiment was over the top on the US in late 2024, increasing the odds of potential trouble, now we are seeing the exact opposite backdrop. Well close with something Powell pointed out at the event.

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Risk Management in Financial Services During 2023 – 10 Key Highlights

Risk Management Guru

This is due in part to the increasing number of challenges facing the industry, such as inflation, economic uncertainty, and geopolitical tensions. Outlook for 2024 Some key challenges that the financial services industry will need to address in 2024 include: Cybersecurity : Cyberattacks are a major threat to financial services firms.