The Wooden Nickel

The Wooden Nickel is a collection of roughly a handful of recent topics that have caught our attention. Here you’ll find current, open-ended thoughts. We wish to use this piece as a way to think out loud in public rather than make formal proclamations or projections....

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made gains this week as investors are pricing in a 90% chance of a quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week up 1.59% and 2.03%, respectively, both...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Decline Global equities declined this week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week down 0.31% and 0.02%, respectively, and the Dow Jones also declined 0.52% on the week. The U.S. 10-year Treasury note tumbled to 4.07%, while...