The Money Runner
Markets 2022 – Flat is the new up
By David Nelson, CFA CMT As 2021 draws to a close it’s easy to identify the catalysts and factors that drove equity performance. It gets a little harder for strategists charting a course forward especially with data shifting dramatically month to month and a news cycle that presents us with a new set of challenges […]
Demand Destruction
By David Nelson, CFA CMT On the heels of a dovish Fed meeting and strong employment report the S&P finished the week up better than 2%. Even more compelling, Friday marked the seventh straight session stocks ended the day at a closing all-time high. Is there anything that can stop this train and maybe more […]
What is China Exporting Now?
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Wikipedia refers to Mao Zedong founding father of the People’s Republic of China as one of the most important individuals of the twentieth century. As chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, he established the PRC in 1949 leading a repressive regime where as many as 20 million died during the cultural […]
PPI vs CPI – Why it matters!
By David Nelson, CFA In the face of rising investor concern on a range of issues stocks put in a strong week adding to month to date gains. The pivotal moment came Thursday with the S&P delivering its strongest day in months up +1.7%. Add Friday’s monster earnings beat from Goldman (GS) and the glass […]
Wipeout!
By David Nelson, CFA CMT September all but wiped out the strong start to Q3 with both the Dow and NASDAQ ending the quarter in the red leaving only the S&P 500 fractionally in the green up just +0.58%. There was no shortage of suspects to blame. Rising yields, a coming taper, Delta, China, inflation, […]
Is the Fed losing control?
David joins Fox Business anchor Charles Payne along with Erin Gibbs to discuss the latest disappointing jobs numbers. David believes the Fed is losing control of the long end of the curve.
Tick Tock Tick Tock…
By David Nelson, CFA CMT On Wednesday last the release of FOMC minutes confirmed what investors and markets already know. The Taper Clock has started and the countdown to an inevitable tightening of monetary policy has begun. The sentence ‘ a number of participants suggested if the economy continued to make rapid progress towards the Committee’s goals, […]
Yellen Walks Back Call On Rates
David joins Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to discuss recent comments from Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen.
