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2026-01-26 15:30:00 ET By Jennifer Nash New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 5.3% to $323.79 in November, exceeding the projected 3.1% increase. Compared to a year ago, new orders are up 12.3%.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details s...

2026-01-23 20:00:00 ET By Jennifer Nash Consumer sentiment rose for a second straight month in January, reaching its highest level in five months. The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose 3.5 points (6.6%) to 56.4 this month. Despite the improvement, consumer sentiment remains...

2026-01-23 03:00:00 ET The AI Effect: Haves & Have-Nots Looking back at the financial headlines of 2025, you would be excused if you thought the health of the economy was broad and deep: the S&P 500 Index saw a total return of 17.9%, U.S. real GDP accelerated to 4.3% annual ...

2026-01-22 09:16:00 ET The rulebook for sound investing has never been static, but rarely has it evolved so visibly or at this speed. Over my career—shaped by market bubbles, financial crises, and a few humbling moments—I’ve learned that the investors who endure are...

2026-01-16 22:45:00 ET CPI for “Food at home” jumped in December and is up 30% since January 2020. The CPI for restaurant food is even hotter. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Food Inflation Gets Hot, But Not Every Ite...

2026-01-15 04:14:00 ET By Jharonne Martis After two years of double-digit growth, the LSEG Retail/Restaurant Index is on track to report a 5.9% earnings growth rate for calendar year 2025. Retailers just posted an 8.2% earnings growth rate for Q3 2025 and are on track to report ...

2026-01-15 02:30:00 ET By Jennifer Nash November's Advance Retail Sales Report from the Census Bureau showed a pickup in consumer spending. Headline sales were up 0.6%, up from -0.1% pullback in October and above the projected 0.5% growth.... Read the full article on Seeki...

2026-01-13 18:30:00 ET By Jennifer Nash Inflation cooled for a second straight month in December as the headline figure for the Consumer Price Index came in at 2.68% year-over-year. This is down from 2.74% in November and was consistent with the forecast. Additionally, the core ...

2026-01-10 00:30:00 ET By Jennifer Nash Consumer sentiment inched up for a second straight month in January but remains nearly 25% below where it was a year ago. The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose 1.1 points (2.1%) to 54.0 this month. The latest reading was higher than t...

2025-12-29 18:20:00 ET By Jennifer Nash The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell for a fifth straight month in December, dropping 3.8 points to 89.1. This is the lowest level for the index in the past eight months and puts the index in the 34th percentile of the dat...