Recession Obsession
By David Nelson, CFA U.S. markets put in their first up week in nearly 2 months. After coming dangerously close to the traditional bear market, down 20% the S&P struggled for a few days and then exploded higher. Nothing changes sentiment like price. We’ll see in the weeks ahead if sentiment readings from AAII improve. (Click on charts to […]
Recession? – Markets have already decided
David joins Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to weigh in on the inflation debate.
It’s worse than we thought!
By David Nelson, CFA The debate over peak inflation and whether it’s arrived or still lies in front of us really doesn’t matter anymore. Whatever metric you’re using, retail giants Target (TGT) and Walmart (WMT) along with a host of other retailers have confirmed our worst fears. It’s worse than we thought (Click on charts […]
The Money Runner: Talking Points Week 20
By David Nelson, CFA As we head into week 20 for 2022 there’s one question on every investor’s mind: Was Friday’s surge off the bottom the beginning of something sustainable or just a one day cease fire in a war that has wiped $7 Trillion in the S&P 500 alone? First, from a technical perspective nothing […]
Ground Zero
By David Nelson, CFA Ground Zero – the point on the earth’s surface directly above or below an exploding nuclear bomb. 2022 has forced investors to rethink popular mega cap growth strategies that have dominated investor returns for most of the last 12 years. Of course, its outperformance coincides with a Federal Reserve quantitative easing […]