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

Carson Wealth

That’s a slow burn, but a burn nonetheless with economic risks increasing as we get closer to year end and into early 2026. The NASDAQ 100 Index includes publicly-traded companies from most sectors in the global economy, the major exception being financial services. This newsletter was written and produced by CWM, LLC.

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Market Commentary: Earnings in the Long Run, and Short

Carson Wealth

They do have “catch-up” cuts in 2025 and 2026, eventually landing at the same interest rate for 2026 that they indicated in March. They project a total of 9 cuts by 2026, translating to 2.25%-points of cuts (taking the policy rate to the 3-3.25% range). Once bitten, twice shy.

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5 Benefits of Using E-Signatures in Financial Advisory

BlueMind

Related Read: Reducing Compliance Risk with Technology. E-Signature Improves Efficiency In the financial advisory business, one of the most toiling and monotonous tasks for you is managing paperwork. billion by 2026. Any suspicious records or compliance concerns could mean fines, license suspensions, and even jail time.

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Market Commentary: Better Times May Be Ahead Despite the Market’s Reaction to the Last Fed Meeting of the Year

Carson Wealth

Neither did the Fed push the lost two rate cuts out to 2026. They estimated two rate cuts in 2026 in their September dot plot and stuck to that in their latest update. With the 2025 median moving higher to 3.9%, that meant the 2026 rate estimate also moved up from 2.9% 2026: Up from 2.0% 2025: Up from 2.2%

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Market Commentary: Markets Rally After Fed Meeting in Another Volatile Week

Carson Wealth

Even as Fed members increase the 2025 core PCE projection to 2.8%, they left the projection for 2026 at 2.2% The NASDAQ 100 Index includes publicly-traded companies from most sectors in the global economy, the major exception being financial services. Of course, Powell, and the Fed, have been haunted by that ever since.

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Market Commentary: Seeing the Big Picture – Stocks Still Making New Highs and Household Balance Sheets Are Healthy

Carson Wealth

Spoiler alert, 2026 and 2027 will have scary headlines and big market down days as well. The NASDAQ 100 Index includes publicly-traded companies from most sectors in the global economy, the major exception being financial services. Worries happen every year 2025 wasnt going to be any different.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Have Rallied Hard Despite a Quiet Week After the Fed Stands Pat

Carson Wealth

The market is still pricing in at least three cuts in 2025 and another two in the first half of 2026. In other words, markets are expecting policy to stay tight in the near term, but an economic slowdown later in the year (and into 2026) may push the Fed to cut more rapidly. That would be a relatively quick pace of cuts of about 1.5%-points