Top Heavy Market – Should Investors Be Concerned?
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Last week capped off another powerful month for the broad indices setting up a potential challenge to the all-time S&P high set in February. Of course, the NASDAQ is already there in large part powered by the 5 largest companies (APPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL & FB) that all hit highs […]
“We’re putting the trade war on hold!”
By David Nelson, CFA “We’re putting the trade war on hold.” The statement from Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin over the weekend sent futures up sharply late Sunday. Markets seem to be rejoicing that tensions between the U.S. and China have eased and the prospect of tariffs on both sides has been diminished. Of course, […]
As good as it gets?
By David Nelson, CFA No other way to put it. A monster week for stocks and as the media points out, the best start for the market since 1987. Before we all take a stress pill it’s important to note that despite the crash, 1987 was an up year. 9 trading days into the month […]
The Global Elite meet in Davos – What could go wrong?
David sits down with i24 News anchor Michelle Makori to weigh in on Davos, comments from Mnuchin, Dimon and Macron.