PEJ News and Press, Invesco Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment From 08/17/21

Retail sales and food-services spending fell 1.1% in July, the second drop in the last three months. Core retail sales, which exclude motor vehicle dealers and gasoline retailers, posted a 0.7% decline for the month, leaving that measure with a -0.1% annualized growth rate but a 13.8%...

As U.S. retailers and restaurants report Q2 2021 earnings, the bulk of them will be facing the easiest comparisons from a year ago, when the government required brick and mortar stores to close. The Refinitiv U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q2 earnings index is expected to rise by 143.0%. ...

AIER’s Leading Indicators Index posted a fourth consecutive small decline in July, falling to 75 from 79 in June. Real gross domestic product increased at a 6.5 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, up from a 6.3 percent pace in the first quarter. Total housing sta...

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Until last year, PEJ had traditionally been a consistent return-generating source. Leisure and hospitality companies are looking to go more digital and boost productivity as employment trends will take a long time to normalize. The delta variant has recently dampened some of the c...

Refinitiv has seen big spikes in Eikon Usage data for airline, hotel and entertainment stocks as vaccination rates continue to rise. Still, as COVID concerns return, these re-opening stocks keep being pushed back. These industries remain vulnerable as new variants, including the Delta...

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While the economic growth rate is slowing, that is not a contraction or a recession. If that was the case, you’d see junk bonds selling off too, and that just isn’t the case - at least not yet. Our investment process puts a lot of emphasis on rates of change, whether mac...

Retail sales in June rose to $621 billion (seasonally adjusted), but after the 1.7% drop in May, remain below March and April. New & used auto dealers and parts stores' sales fell 2.0% in June, to $132 billion, seasonally adjusted. Ecommerce and other non-store retailers' sale...

When the markets goes on the make a new high and all economically sensitive sectors such as these do not confirm the new high, it is a clear signal the new highs are not being supported by economic fundamentals. We are seeing significant bearish divergences in almost all measures of b...