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Glen Eagle®: America’s Women-Owned Trading Desk®  

8/26/2024

  • Nearly half of workers plan to claim Social Security benefits before reaching full eligibility due to fears of the program running out of money or needing funds. The most popular ages to file are 65 (23%) and 62 (12%). Only 10% plan to wait until age 70 to receive the maximum benefit. 1
  • Over the past decade, 48% of the S&P 500's market value gain came from the "Magnificent Seven" stocks (excluding Tesla, which joined in 2020). In 2024, including Tesla, these stocks have accounted for 52.5% of the gain. *2
  • On average, Americans now believe it takes a net worth of $2.5 million to be considered wealthy, up 14% from last year's $2.2 million. This increase reflects both the rising cost of living and shifting perceptions of wealth. 3
  • Alphabet (formerly Google) went public 20 years ago today. Its shares have risen over 7,500% since then. Only 11 other S&P 500 stocks have outperformed Alphabet since its IPO. *4


  1. Barrons - "There’s a Good Case for Waiting to Claim Social Security"
  2. Barrons- "BofA’s 15 Stocks for the End of the AI Trade"
  3. Bloomberg - "Evening Briefing"
  4. Bespoke - "8 Days of Gains, GOOGL Turns 20"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance


Economic Calendar

 

Monday:

Durable-goods orders (Jul), Durable-goods minus transportation (Jul), San Francisco Fed President Daly TV interview


Tuesday:

S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) (Jun), Consumer confidence (Aug)


Wednesday:

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speech


Thursday:

Initial jobless claims (Aug), Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods (Jul), Advanced retail inventories (Jul), Advanced wholesale inventories (Jul), GDP (2nd revision) (Q2), Pending home sales (Jul), Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speech


Friday:

Personal income (nominal) (Jul), Personal spending (nominal) (Jul), PCE index (Jul), PCE (year-over-year), Core PCE index (Jul), Core PCE (year-over-year), Chicago Business Barometer (PMI) (Aug), Consumer sentiment (final) (Aug)

US Futures*

S&P 5,660.75 +0.15%

DOW 41,337.00 +0.16%

NASDAQ 19,767.50

-0.11%


World Markets*

FTSE 8,327.78

+0.48%

NIKKEI 38,110.22

-0.66%

HANG SENG 17,798.73 +1.06%


*values as of 9:40am EST 8/26/2024

Treasuries*

2 YR 3.902%

10YR 3.790%

30 YR 4.087%


 

Cryptocurrencies*

BTC-USD

63,736.59

-0.68%

ETH.CM

2,736.41

-1.08%





Currencies*

Euro $1.1161

Pound $1.3193

Yen $144.1130

 

Commodities*

Gold 2,557.40

+0.43%

WTI Crude 77.18

+3.14%

Silver 29.99

+0.58%


Upcoming Earnings Calls

 

Monday - PDD, BHP, TCOM, KT, DQ

Tuesday - BMO, BNS, HEI, S, PVH

Wednesday - NVDA, CRM, RY, CRWD, HPQ

Thursday- DELL, MRVL, ADSK, CM, LULU

Friday - VFS, FRO, MNSO, JKS, TIGR

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Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC is a member FINRA and SIPC

This desk commentary is for informational purposes only



Carol Ann Fernandez

Rob Michel

Grier Vacek


Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC

4422C Route 27

PO Box 399

Kingston, NJ 08528

(609) 631-8231


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