The Money Runner
Market Triage
By David Nelson, CFA CMT In just 23 trading days from February 19th to March 23rd U.S. equity markets declined on average (-39%). To put that perspective the Dot.com bubble took over 600 trading days from March 2000 – October 2002. Even the Financial Crisis of 2008 ending 2009 took over 350 trading days. To […]
Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore
By David Nelson, CFA CMT After having a weekend to reflect on the previous two week’s trading I wanted to share a few thoughts as we head into the coming week. The panic selling we’ve seen in March was met last week by equally violent panic buying. Average daily price moves for the month averaged […]
Live from the Bunker – Markets in Turmoil
David joins CNBC anchor Courtney Reagan to discuss the latest on markets live from Stamford CT.
The Fed goes all in
By David Nelson, CFA CMT At 5PM EST Sunday, in response to the spread of the Coronavirus the Federal Reserve announced they were cutting the Fed Funds rate to 0.00% – 0.25%. To keep financial conditions from tightening the Fed cut 100 basis points. After the worst week for markets since the Financial Crisis the […]
Oil and the Black Swan – Saudi’s go nuclear
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Investors have spent the last two weeks on a roller coaster as markets attempt to discount the coronavirus outbreak and potential damage to the global economy. With demand slowing it’s not surprising energy markets have been weak but Monday’s price action with crude looking to open down more than 20% […]
Investors we’re positioned for growth
David joins the On the Move panel to discuss the latest on the coronavirus and what’s next for the markets.
We’ve seen our last good jobs number for a while
David weighs in on the recent Fed cuts as well as a coming change in employment numbers.
