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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

Retail and food service sales have increased at an 8.6% Economic indicators across consumption, income, industry and the labor market don’t point to a recession. Fast forward 12 months and not only did we not have a recession, but economic growth has accelerated over the past quarter and is showing strong momentum as we head into 2024.

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Market Commentary: Reasons To Be Thankful

Carson Wealth

Many economists believed factors such as the yield curve, M2 money supply, the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators (LEI), and credit markets indicated trouble was coming and the consumer was cracking. In fact, retail sales and food services are running at 5% above pre-pandemic trends, with no sign of slowing down.

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Market Commentary: More Seasonal Choppiness

Carson Wealth

At the same time, we do not expect Fed members to even hint that they’re thinking about cutting rates any time soon, especially since the economy continues to show strength, as evidenced by relatively strong retail sales and industrial production data last week.

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Market Commentary: The Summer Rally Continues Amid Strong Job Gains

Carson Wealth

Expectations were low mostly because we had received some disappointing April data recently that suggested the consumer may be weakening, including retail sales, disposable income, and services consumption. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) actually measures this, via a metric called “part-time employment for economic reasons.”

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ESAF Small Finance Bank IPO Review – GMP, Details, Price & More

Trade Brains

ESAF Bank offers a range of products including micro loans, retail loans, MSME loans, loans to financial institutions, and agricultural loans. Despite the economic slowdown in Fiscal 2020, bank deposits grew by around 9%. Micro Loans and some retail loans are at a higher credit risk as they are not supported by collateral.

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Market Commentary: Volatility Is the Toll We Pay

Carson Wealth

Credit markets continue to show very few signs of economic stress. Recent economic data from China show that the world’s second largest economy is in trouble. Much of China’s economic growth is driven by real estate investment, which has pulled back significantly. Retail sales are up just 2.5% What’s Happening in China?

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Market Commentary: Checking In on Market Fundamentals

Carson Wealth

Payroll growth in the goods-producing sector, along with retail trade and leisure and hospitality, saw 109,000 jobs created in March. The good news is there’s nothing in the economic data that suggests we’re on the verge of a labor-market-induced inflation surge. However, cyclical areas are bouncing back. last April to 3.9%