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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 in sharp contrast to all the recession calls you saw in 2022 and 2023, including signals from other popular leading economic indicators.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Pause on Geopolitical Risk, Fed

Carson Wealth

Worries over the fallout from the Middle East conflict has traders on edge, while US economic data has been slowing some, and the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) is continuing to hold rates firm (which we discuss in more detail below). Even looking beyond 2025, the Fed is now projecting higher inflation in both 2026 and 2027.

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1031 Exchanges vs. Opportunity Zone investments

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Skip to main content remove menu search Search search remove Home What we do right-arrow arrow-sm-down left-arrow Back What we do Customizable technology and investment solutions that simplify complexity and empower the financial services industry to move forward with confidence. Key differences.

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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

It upped its view of economic growth and said things looked pretty good on the economic front. 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. 2026: Up from 2.0% The S&P 500 is only 3.6%

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Market Commentary: Carson Investment Research Presents Its Midyear Outlook 2025: Uncharted Waters

Carson Wealth

If you look just at the end point, it looks like a perfectly ordinary year for markets in an economic expansion so far, but we know it’s been anything but. Smoot Hawley may have had the right intention—protect American businesses during a period of economic decline. The next six months aren’t as strong but still see gains on average.

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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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Central bank depository: Central banks navigate fluctuating U.S. trade policy

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Skip to main content remove menu search Search search remove Home What we do right-arrow arrow-sm-down left-arrow Back What we do Customizable technology and investment solutions that simplify complexity and empower the financial services industry to move forward with confidence. for both 2025 and 2026, to 2.0%

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