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Sunday links: connecting the dots

Abnormal Returns

axios.com) Apple ($AAPL) is being very deliberate in its approach to financial services. wsj.com) Policy The IRA and CHIPS Act have caused a surge in domestic manufacturing investment. vox.com) Economy Earnings can fall even without an economic recession. ritholtz.com) The economic schedule for the coming week.

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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. 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. onshoring).

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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. Even the manufacturing sector, within industrial production, is trending upward. annualized pace over the last three months.

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Does the ISM Services Index Really Reflect the Real World?

Mish Talk

Please consider the November 2022 Services ISM ® Report On Business ® Economic activity in the services sector grew in November for the 30th month in a row — with the Services PMI ® registering 56.5 However, the recent ISM manufacturing report went into contraction, catching up a bit with S&P. percent, 2.4

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BEA: Real GDP increased at 4.9% Annualized Rate in Q3

Calculated Risk

percent in the third quarter of 2023 , according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Within services, the leading contributors were housing and utilities, health care, financial services and insurance, and food services and accommodations.

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The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine

Brown Advisory

Old economy refers to industries that have not changed significantly despite advances in technology – subsectors like steel, agriculture and manufacturing come to mind, but for inclusivity let’s broaden the definition out to the industrials and materials sectors. SNI 8% “We’re now assuming the economic recovery is pushed into 2024.”

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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. Throughout the current rally, we have deferred to our proprietary leading economic index, created by our Chief Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese, whose Ph.D. While our U.S.