Public – Private Partnerships can help put unemployed back to work

David Nelson joins host Geri Willis to discuss the President’s apprenticeship program. “I applaud the effort but it is not enough…”

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The Glass is Half Empty – 2 Charts That Prove It!

The Glass is Half Empty – 2 Charts that prove it By David Nelson, CFA Despite a Washington backdrop that continues to drag on investor sentiment, markets around the world powered higher following a brief reset after the leak of former FBI Director James Comey’s memo. Leadership continues to narrow into a handful of names […]

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Bonds Aren’t Following the Bull Market Script

By David Nelson, CFA With equity markets (SPY) at all-time highs investors are searching for any signal that could give them an advance warning to pull the rip cord. Even in the face of a paralyzed Washington traders have stepped in to buy each and every dip. Tax reform and other market friendly initiatives have […]

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Tug of War – Investors Caught in the Middle

By David Nelson, CFA Investors seem to have stumbled into the middle of a good old fashioned Tug of War. On one side strong corporate earnings, sales and margins look to push stocks higher. On the other is a paralyzed Washington as both sides of the aisle believe the only thing that matters is I […]

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Common Sense Investing for Retirement

By David Nelson, CFA Probably the most important word I’ll use this morning is consistency. Regardless of age having a plan and sticking to it is the best advice any financial professional can give. Mutual funds often get a bad rap and even today some talk about a bubble in index funds. It doesn’t matter […]

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Can The Hammer Save Oil Bulls?

By David Nelson, CFA Healthcare and the French Elections topped the Wall of Worry list for the last several weeks. As of this writing a Macron win seems all but certain with early exit polls giving him 65% of the vote. Here in the states Healthcare is once again center stage as a partisan Congress […]

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Breaking up is hard to do – Banks & Glass Steagall

David joins the discussion on Yahoo TV. Is it time to break up the big banks…

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Sell in May? – The CNBC Interview

David joins the CNBC team to discuss the old Trader’s Almanac rule to Sell in May and Go Away. Does it still work? Watch and find out.

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