DOG News and Press, ProShares Short Dow30 From 10/08/21

Why there are reasons to stay positive on markets. Outlook for equities in the next 12 months. Is a market correction coming this fall? For further details see: The October Effect: Why There Are Reasons To Stay Positive On Markets

Gains over the past year have been somewhat erratic and may suggest an extended time before employment reaches the pre-pandemic level. Sharp drops in state and local government education employment were the primary reasons for the relatively large difference between total nonfarm payr...

Inflationary pressures are mounting, based on evidence from the recent earnings season. Payment processing and software firms that haven’t increased their rates recently, for example, aren’t likely to receive much pushback should they take pricing action. Understandi...

Congestion is more a product of the imbalance between demand and supply rebound speed than anything like “red hot.”. One reason why so many empty containers are piled up and clogging up certain domestic port facilities is that US producers just haven’t been needed...

Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell to 326,000 for the week ending October 2. The labor market remains tight with the number of open jobs hitting a new record high in July. Businesses and consumers are adapting to the new Covid world, but the waves of new ...

The year over year rate of growth in the value of goods China imports from the U.S. dropped into negative territory in August 2020. The Chinese government ordered five aluminum smelters to reduce production on 26 August 2021 in a move it claimed was "part of efforts to stamp out illeg...

The Institute for Supply Management’s composite services index rose to 61.9 percent in September, gaining 0.2 points from 61.7 percent in the prior month. Similar to the activity index, new orders have been above 50 percent for 16 months and above 60 for the past seven months &...

The overall trade deficit in goods and services hit a new all-time worst in August of $73 billion (seasonally adjusted), according to the Commerce Department today. The trade surplus in services (exports of services minus imports of services) in August fell to $16.1 billion, the lowes...

Consensus earnings estimates have now turned lower, and more worrying is that the number of companies now seeing downward earnings revisions is on the rise. There is now an increasing amount of uncertainty around earnings estimates looking forward. The PE Ratio (NTM) fell below 20...

Political Calculations' initial estimate of median household income in August 2021 is $70,305, an increase of $559 (or 0.8%) from the initial estimate of $69,746 for July 2021. August 2021 saw inflation rise more slowly than median household income, with the typical income-earning Ame...