This week on Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist at Carson Group, discuss the state of the U.S. consumer. Talking points include: Retail sales and restaurant activity remain robust, supported by strong balance sheets …
Becoming hyper-focused on only one aspect of a problem is pretty much never a good approach. A racecar driver who only focuses on speed and ignores strategy won’t win races, at least not many of them. A carpenter who only hammers in nails won’t build strong structures.
In the midst of a banking crisis that has seen some of the largest U.S. banks collapse nearly overnight and 100-year-old European banks verging on failure, not to mention a volatile bond market and a plunge in crude oil — the Federal Reserve raised rates. While we’d expect stocks to tumble …
Find out how options trading works. Get a definition of options in investing, learn the difference between calls and puts, and discover how to invest in options.
Brush up on your investing basics by learning more about the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We’ll provide a definition of the Dow Jones and talk about how you can invest in funds that track this index.
On the heels of the first three bank failures in years, issues spread across the pond last week as Credit Suisse Group AG became the latest banking institution to make headlines over solvency concerns. Let’s be clear: This Swiss bank was a three-dollar stock two weeks ago and has long been …
The Shobe Financial Group, a full-service financial planning and wealth management in Baton Rouge, Louisiana announced that is merging with Omaha-based, financial services firm, Carson Wealth. The 16-person team will continue to be led by partner and chairman, Ed Shobe, CFP®, CLU® and partn …
