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MARCH 26, 2024
Economic indicators allow policymakers, advisors, investors, and businesses to make informed decisions about financial markets.
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Advisor Perspectives
MARCH 26, 2024
Economic indicators allow policymakers, advisors, investors, and businesses to make informed decisions about financial markets.
Trade Brains
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Best Financial Markets to Trade : Are you looking to explore the best financial markets to trade in 2024? It is obvious that we may occasionally get confused in our decision-making when faced with the many different pieces of advice regarding financial planning, trading, and investments. What are Financial Markets?
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Meb Faber Research
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Episode #508: Jim Bianco on “The Biggest Economic Event of Our Lifetime” & The End of the 40-Year Bond Bull Market Guest: Jim Bianco is the President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, which offers macro investment research on financial markets.
International College of Financial Planning
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
lakh crore, reflecting vigorous economic activity. Meanwhile, global markets showed varied responses, with the US markets experiencing a downturn on Wednesday. This mixed financial landscape underscores the dynamic nature of global and Indian markets, influenced by domestic policies and international economic conditions.
Truemind Capital
JANUARY 16, 2024
With the equity market seeing a rapid rise over the last quarter, a few investors start getting the feeling of missing out after hearing the stories in their social circle, thus wanting to get more aggressive towards equity at the wrong time. You can write to us at connect@truemindcapital.com or call us at 9999505324.
Nationwide Financial
JUNE 20, 2023
After decades of saving and planning, many pre-retirees (non-retired investors aged 55-65) are reconsidering their retirement plans in response to rising inflation, high interest rates, and an uncertain economic environment. When financial markets turn volatile, investors may feel the urge to alter their financial strategies.
Advisor Perspectives
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
This week was packed with several key economic releases that helped provide insight into the overall state of the U.S. Policymakers and advisors closely monitor economic indicators to understand recession risk and the direction of interest rates because the data can ultimately impact business decisions and financial markets.
Truemind Capital
AUGUST 12, 2023
All the sectors went up with major sectoral growth seen in auto (up 22%), realty (up 33%), and consumer durables (up 13%) on the back of an improving economic outlook. The recent rally in the market has made the valuations more expensive compared to historical standards.
Nationwide Financial
MARCH 22, 2023
The stresses in the banking system and ripple effects in the financial markets even overshadowed the incoming inflation data. Fed officials argue that they can separate changes in interest rates from banking/market/liquidity stresses due to the use of emergency Fed programs. Retail sales declined 0.4
Advisor Perspectives
AUGUST 23, 2023
With the Fed’s tightening on monetary policy and the constant threat of a recession looming, policymakers and advisors are closely monitoring economic indicators because the data can ultimately impact business decisions and financial markets.
The Big Picture
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
When it comes to forecasting economic outcomes, the Fed is no better or worse than anybody else. They may be terrible economic forecasters but give them credit for not burying bad predictions like so many on Wall Street tend to do. Go to the Fed’s website, and search for “ Summary of Economic Projections.”
Advisor Perspectives
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
From an investor’s perspective, this year’s bear market will certainly not make this list. But even though it has been a challenging year performance-wise, we still believe that investors have a cornucopia of economic and financial market blessings to count!
MarketWatch
JUNE 26, 2023
So far, the financial-market impact of the apparent open revolt, which began on Friday and ended on Saturday, has been small. In a note released Monday, Peach wrote that the main scenario envisioned by his research firm is “that the war in Ukraine becomes a frozen conflict that could last for years.”‘[O]n
Nationwide Financial
JANUARY 3, 2023
economy appears to be in the late stage of expansion, with strong economic activity but labor and supply chains remain constrained. The labor market is very tight, with a low unemployment rate of 3.7% As of this writing, market expectations call for a path of Fed rate hikes to a range of 5.0-5.25%, Responding to recession risks.
Nationwide Financial
MAY 30, 2023
This would lead to a further tightening of fiscal policy which will weigh on economic growth — in addition to expected sharp declines for equity prices and much higher interest rates. This would be highly disruptive for the economy and financial markets. Even when adjusting for inflation, real spending (+0.5
Nationwide Financial
JANUARY 3, 2023
The holiday season typically brings a quiet close to the year in the financial markets. The post Slower momentum entering the new year: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook appeared first on Nationwide Financial. This would allow the year-on-year gain for hourly earnings to ease, but only to an elevated 4.9
Abnormal Returns
OCTOBER 31, 2022
economist.com) With economic sanctions in place, it's back to the future for the Russian auto industry. fortune.com) Economy Three things that are dampening economic pain, including remote work. abnormalreturns.com) Why rough edges remain in financial markets: people.
A Wealth of Common Sense
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
There are a lot of factors that drive the performance of financial markets over time. Fundamentals like valuations, economic growth, earnings and dividends are the main drivers of returns over the long run. Plus you have to consider demographics, productivity and innovation.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 19, 2023
Four reasons, the rule of law, liquid financial markets, and economic and military might, all but guarantee the death of the dollar will not occur anytime soon.
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
abnormalreturns.com) Why rough edges remain in financial markets: people. wsj.com) Three things that are dampening economic pain, including remote work. Also on the site Spending does more than change your bank balance. abnormalreturns.com) Top clicks this week A primer on free cash flow. collabfund.com) Travel while you can.
Advisor Perspectives
MARCH 16, 2023
The banking earthquake is sending shockwaves through the financial markets. The financial and economic aftershocks, soon to follow, are underappreciated and will prove worse than the earthquake.
Bell Investment Advisors
JANUARY 4, 2024
Not to be left out, the bond market rose by 9% from its October low. Why did financial markets deliver such favorable results in December? Investors now expect a loosening of monetary policy and a soft economic landing with no immediate recession. bond market returns to nearly match those of the U.S.
Calculated Risk
DECEMBER 18, 2023
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Almost Perfectly Unchanged Near 7 Month Lows Little--if anything--happened to create any meaningful movement in the underlying bond market. Treasury yields have also flat-lined since last Thursday afternoon.
Nationwide Financial
MAY 4, 2023
Tighter monetary policy has helped bring inflation down somewhat from its peak last June, with the expected consequence of slowing economic growth as seen in the Q1 GDP report. In recent months, expectations for the Fed’s next steps have varied among central bank analysts, the stock market, and individual investors.
Nationwide Financial
MAY 25, 2023
Highlights from the Monthly Review for May 2023: Signs of decelerating economic growth in response to sharp Fed tightening suggest that the U.S. Key leading indicators including the yield curve and the Index of Leading Economic Indicators point to elevated recession risks over the next year. economy is in a pre-recessionary period.
Abnormal Returns
OCTOBER 1, 2022
theirrelevantinvestor.com) A proper asset allocation is a precondition to avoid market-related panic. rogersplanning.blogspot.com) Joe Wiggins, "Financial markets are about the decisions made by other people." rental housing market is rapidly cooling off. (wsj.com) Strategy On the dangers of buying crashing growth stocks.
Nationwide Financial
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Highlights from the Monthly Review for November 2022: It is the time of year for making lists and checking them twice, and this month’s economic review will be used for exactly that. Economic Review. Economic data are both naughty and nice entering the holiday season (pg 4). Financial Markets. The Outlook. •
Advisor Perspectives
AUGUST 2, 2023
The unexpected downgrade of US government debt sent shockwaves across the economic and political landscapes. In financial markets, the move was met with what amounts to a shrug.
The Big Picture
JANUARY 14, 2024
The Conversation ) • Extreme Weather and Financial Market Uncertainty : Extreme weather can have signficiant effects on business performance— creating significant uncertainty about outcomes for those businesses. Financial markets show heightened uncertainty among investors for companies that have been hit by hurricanes.
Advisor Perspectives
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
The Fed typically starts to ease ahead of economic weakness. But this isn't necessarily bad news for financial markets.
Abnormal Returns
JULY 14, 2022
(cbc.ca) Why Sri Lanka is facing an economic crisis. economy is a slowing housing market. pragcap.com) Where indicators of financial market stress stands. noahpinion.substack.com) Why the U.S. dollar is now overvalued. nytimes.com) Economy Weekly initial unemployment claims continue to climb higher.
The Big Picture
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
A Wealth of Common Sense ) see also The 6 Ways of Influence : 6 ways of influence show up in the financial world and how you can prevent yourself from falling for such trickery. ( If nothing else, it’s good to hear from a wide range of sources to ensure you don’t get too full of yourself. ( Of Dollars And Data ). • Bloomberg ). •
Nationwide Financial
MARCH 23, 2023
Nationwide’s Chief Economist Kathy Bostjancic and Deputy Chief Economist Bryan Jordan provide their analysis of the FOMC’s announcement and their outlook on potential economic and financial market impacts. Looking for more podcasts from Nationwide Economics? Find us however you listen below.
Advisor Perspectives
AUGUST 30, 2023
Several key economic indicators are released every week offering valuable insights into the overall health of the U.S. Policymakers and advisors closely monitor economic indicators to understand recession risk and the direction of interest rates because the data can ultimately impact business decisions and financial markets.
Nationwide Financial
JANUARY 18, 2023
Key Takeaways: Economic Review: Demand for workers supports resilient labor market. Financial Markets: Nervousness about 2023 increases investor anxiety. Long treasuries fell by nearly 30 percent while equities flirted with a bear market for much of the year. 2022 provided investors with no place to hide.
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
(papers.ssrn.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. abnormalreturns.com) Why rough edges remain in financial markets: people. abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? calculatedriskblog.com) Earlier on Abnormal Returns Top clicks last week on the site.
Nationwide Financial
MARCH 3, 2023
How could the financial markets be impacted under the different landing scenarios and what are they telling us now. Nationwide’s Chief Economist, Kathy Bostjancic, and Nationwide’s head of fixed income, Brad Beman, provide their outlook on the different landing scenarios and the potential market impact.
Abnormal Returns
OCTOBER 23, 2022
statnews.com) BlackRock’s ($BLK) financial markets advisory group has become a go-to resource for governments. mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) The economic schledule for the coming week. (brontecapital.blogspot.com) Policy The Covid pandemic did not slow the trading of Federal officials. Ask consumers and businesses.
Nationwide Financial
JUNE 15, 2023
That’s why at Nationwide Financial, we gather and share insights from our in-house thought leaders to help simplify what’s happening in the economy to help financial professionals shed light on potential opportunities in the financial markets. Investors have a lot on their minds these days—Are we headed for recession?
Nationwide Financial
APRIL 18, 2023
Highlights from the Monthly Review for April 2023: Signs of decelerating economic growth across the U.S. Key Takeaways: Economic Review: Weaker trends heading into the second quarter While 2023 started with hotter-than-expected economic readings, activity slowed considerably by the end of the first quarter.
MarketWatch
APRIL 12, 2023
economy will fall into a "mild recession" later this year as banking stress continues to rattle financial markets. economic growth, but were uncertain about how much, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 47 points, or 0.1%, to 33,633.
Advisor Perspectives
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
With inflation virtually non-existent, economic downturns were met with monetary and fiscal stimulus that provided a backstop for financial markets.
Abnormal Returns
DECEMBER 25, 2022
Strategy Six things that don't change in financial markets including the attraction of 'shiny objects.' econbrowser.com) The (limited) economic schedule for the coming week. humbledollar.com) Why its both the best (and worst) time for individual investors. rock-wealth.co.uk) Companies Not a lot went right for Big Tech in 2022.
Nationwide Financial
AUGUST 3, 2022
In economic terms, inflationary psychology essentially means consumers advance their purchases to offset future price increases. When shock events occur, predictable patterns of herd behavior, panic buying, and changes in economic behavior occur. appeared first on Nationwide Financial.
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