FSTA News and Press, Fidelity MSCI COnsumer Staples Index From 08/22/23

2023-08-22 05:30:00 ET Summary Chairman Powell keeps reassuring us that the Fed is "data-dependent," but what do they do if some data is unclear or even flawed? There is a conflict between the ADP jobs data and the Labor Department's "seasonally adjusted" jobs data. In recent mont...

2023-08-16 01:19:00 ET Summary Retail sales, including at food services and drinking places, jumped 0.7% in July from June. The growth in retail sales came despite a sharp decline of inflation in the goods that retailers sell. The three-month moving average of retail sales ros...

2023-08-15 23:12:00 ET Summary Retail sales provided another upside data surprise and indicates a 3% annualised GDP growth rate is possible for the third quarter. However, higher consumer borrowing costs, reduced credit availability, the exhausting of pandemic-era savings and the ...

2023-08-15 05:45:00 ET Summary The Leisure Products group is hampered by difficult year-over-year earnings comparisons. Consumers continue to feel the pressure of higher food prices on their spending power and continue to gravitate towards the discounters for everyday low prices. ...

2023-08-11 03:25:00 ET Summary The back-to-school shopping season is looking softer this year but still earns a "passing" grade in our forecast. This year, thanks to renewed consumer confidence and rising incomes, back-to-school sales are forecasted to grow 1.8% to $978 billion. ...

2023-08-09 19:35:00 ET Summary Recent Retail Sales data figures have been mixed, but corporate executives are optimistic about the state of the consumer. The next month is expected to boast record school-related and college spending – the most important retail season of the...

2023-07-19 21:30:00 ET Summary Adding another positive data point to others indicating economic expansion is the Trucking Tonnage Index. This is a volatile series that should only be monitored as a multi-month trend and in conjunction with other related economic series. The Ju...

2023-07-19 12:30:00 ET Summary Retailers have a problem. Prices are no longer easy to jack up. Inflation shifted to services last year, where it still rages. Retail sales rose 0.2% in June from May, after the upwardly revised 0.5% jump in May from April, and 1.5% from a year ago, ...

2023-07-18 13:10:00 ET Summary Retail sales grew in June but these are dollar values, and in volume terms, spending appears lacklustre. Meanwhile, with the manufacturing sector languishing and inflation showing encouraging signs of slowing, the widely-anticipated July Federal Rese...

2023-07-17 18:31:32 ET Summary No consumer staples subsector shows an attractive combination of value and quality scores. The most overvalued one is personal care products. Fidelity® MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF is an alternative to Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR&...