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

9/16/2024

  • Last year, home insurance companies lost $15.2 billion because of 28 natural disasters that caused more than $1 billion in damages. As a result, homeowners are paying 38% more for insurance now than they did back in 2019. 1
  • The acronym "AI" was mentioned 414 times in Q2 2024 earnings calls of major tech companies (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA), a 5% increase from the previous quarter. 2
  • The average credit card interest rate is now 21.5% (up from 15% in 2019), and the average 60-month auto loan interest rate is 8.2% (up from 5.3% in 2019). As a result, delinquency rates on credit cards and auto loans are at the highest level in over a decade. 3
  • According to the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), the value of US office properties declined 14.4% on a year-over-year total return basis through 6/30/24. Office properties have now dropped for five consecutive quarters. 2
  1. Substack - "Home Insurance is a Really Big Problem"
  2. MFS - "Beyond the News"
  3. WSJ- "Americans Are Falling Behind on Their Bills. Wall Street Is Alarmed.

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance


Economic Calendar

 

Monday:

Empire State manufacturing survey (Sep)


Tuesday:

U.S. retail sales (Aug), Retail sales minus autos (Aug), Industrial production (Aug), Capacity utilization (Aug), Business inventories (Jul), Home builder confidence index (Sep)


Wednesday:

Housing starts (Aug), Building permits (Aug), FOMC interest-rate decision, Fed Chair Powell press conference


Thursday:

Initial jobless claims (Sep), Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey (Sep), Existing home sales (Aug), U.S. leading economic indicators (Aug)


Friday:

None scheduled

US Markets*

S&P 5,615.12 -0.22%

DOW 41,598.95 +0.50%

NASDAQ 17,534.55

-0.85%


World Markets*

FTSE 8,275.24

+0.03%

NIKKEI 36,581.76

-0.68%

HANG SENG 17,422.12 +0.31%


*values as of 9:45am EST 9/16/2024

Treasuries*

2 YR 3.578%

10YR 3.661%

30 YR 3.893%


 

Cryptocurrencies*

BTC-USD

55,690.79

+2.44%

ETH.CM

2,291.37

-3.56%





Currencies*

Euro $1.1129

Pound $1.3201

Yen $140.4600

 


Commodities*

Gold 2,612.90

+0.08%

WTI Crude 70.20

+2.25%

Silver 31.27

+0.63%


Upcoming Earnings Calls

 

Monday - SDA, EBF, IPX, HITI, SUUN

Tuesday - FERG, APOG, CMP, RCAT, PROC

Wednesday - GIS, SCS, AVNW, RILY, SANG

Thursday- FDX, LEN, DRI, FDS, DAVA

Friday - TBN, PRE, STEC, HRYU, TECFF

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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

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