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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

The economy has strong momentum, with growth accelerating since the first half of the year. Economic indicators across consumption, income, industry and the labor market don’t point to a recession. Through June 2023, the economy grew 2.4% Since then, the economy has accelerated. annualized pace over the last three months.

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Market Commentary: Reasons To Be Thankful

Carson Wealth

The economy remains strong, the consumer is healthy, the wall of worry is intact, and manufacturing is bottoming. The Consumer Is Strong We’ve been hearing for two years that the consumer was tapped out and the economy was headed for a recession. Stocks rallied again last week and are now up four weeks in a row. onshoring).

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Market Commentary: Strong Starts to the Year Are Usually Bullish for Stocks

Carson Wealth

The Conference Board’s widely followed Leading Economic Index finally had its first monthly gain after 23 consecutive months of declines. As long-time followers of this commentary know, we’ve been quite bullish on both the stock market and the economy for well over a year now. Could stocks fall in April? Right now, our U.S.

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Market Commentary: Good News Is Good News

Carson Wealth

In 2022, positive economic data typically led to a sell-off in the stock market, and weak data often led to a rally. Strong economic growth and better data should be viewed positively, as it shows the economy isn’t falling into a recession. The economy ran above trend last year, despite high interest rates.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Take a Breather

Carson Wealth

We continue to hear predictions of a stock market fall and economic recession, but we disagree with both assessments. The big picture is the economy is normalizing. Big Picture: The Economy Is Normalizing We started this year discussing how the economy has been at the “edge of normal” in our 2023 outlook.

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Market Commentary: Carson Investment Research Looks at the Year Ahead

Carson Wealth

We believe the odds of a recession remain low, with continued income growth, a recovery in rate-sensitive cyclical areas of the economy, and untapped potential for productivity gains helping to support the expansion. Market participants, strategists, policymakers, and the economy rarely saw eye to eye.

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Market Commentary: The Best Week of the Year and the Best Month of the Year

Carson Wealth

Although many were worried, the economy remained quite strong and odds were high the Fed was done hiking rates. The economy is normalizing, which could loosen tight financial conditions and boost cyclical activity. The October payroll report indicates the economy is slowing from its red-hot pace.