FSTA News and Press, Fidelity MSCI COnsumer Staples Index From 04/21/21

Total nonfarm payrolls rose by +916,000 in March, well above consensus forecasts. ISM Manufacturing rose to its highest level since 1983. Consumer confidence surged to its best showing since last March. For further details see: Going Out Like A Lion

Taiwan accounts for approximately 65% of the world's semiconductor production, but the worst drought in 50 years is proving to be very challenging to semiconductor production, which requires a lot of water. Another industry crisis is expected to be the lithium battery shortage. Ma...

Since U.S. Treasury bonds have fallen more than -20% in value, it looks like we might've seen a short-term bottom and an opportunity to profit in the bond market. Which sectors are performing well in the intermediate term, as well as those that are taking a breather in the short term....

One of my many favorite tools to use when analyzing the markets is a Relative Rotation Graph (or “RRG”). I’m going to focus on using RRG to explain what’s happening under the surface in the market today. You can put any benchmark in the middle, at the z...

Stocks were up but the bigger winners were commodities and real estate. With the dollar down foreign markets also performed pretty well with Europe continuing to outperform. Growth beat value again last week but still lags significantly YTD. Large cap stocks also had another good week...

Headline, total retail sales smashed upward by 30% year-over-year (not adjusted), only some of which, again, are due to the low comparison by way of March 2020 in decline. Seasonally adjusted, retail sales were almost 10% higher in March than they had been in (upward revised) February...

A dashboard with metrics in consumer non-cyclical industries. Value and quality scores, and their evolution since last month. A list of cheap stocks. For further details see: Consumer Staples And FSTA Dashboard For April

Retail sales and food-services spending surged 9.8 percent in March, the second sharp jump in the last three months. Core retail sales, which exclude motor vehicle dealers and gasoline retailers, posted an 8.2 percent jump for the month, putting that measure at a new record high as we...

Bruinsma: Seeing signs of life in mobility to retail and services. Bruinsma: Restaurant spending is higher than pre-pandemic levels. COVID-19 variants threaten to slow the re-opening. For further details see: What The Latest U.S. Retail Trends Say About The Economic Reop...

Month-over-month nominal sales in March increased by 9.8%. Real Retail Sales increased by 9.2% and is at its all-time high. This indicator is a splicing of the discontinued retail sales series with the Retail and Food Services Sales and deflated by the seasonally adjusted Consumer...