RHS News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples From 09/28/21

Fernandes: U.S. retail sales in June 2020 were already higher than in December 2019. Fernandes: US consumer is in a much better position than they were in 2008. Fernandes: We see a potential slowdown in China as a potential risk to the U.S. corporate earnings outlook. For fu...

Sales of new single-family homes posted a small gain in August, increasing 1.5 percent to 740,000 at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate from a 729,000 pace in July. Despite the gain, sales are down 24.3 percent from the year-ago level and are 25.5 percent below the 993,000 pace in Janu...

The Covid-19 Delta variant continues to trigger shifts in consumer sentiment, and this is reflected in retail sales and earnings results. The latest U.S. retail sales numbers show that the strongest spending happened at non-store retailers, suggesting that consumers are still gravitat...

Beginning with what is perhaps the best indicator of growth potential in the real economy, as opposed to just the financial economy, the G3 credit impulse is now firmly in negative territory after peaking in the latter stages of 2020. Turning to manufacturing, building permits for new...

Invesco 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:RHS) - $0.9558. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.04% as of Sept. 17. Payable Sep 30; for shareholders of record Sep 21; ex-div Sep 20. For further details see: Invesco 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF declares quarterly distribution of $...

Stimulus-fueled retail sales started spiking last year, culminating in a mind-blowing free-money blow-off top in April. In dollar terms, overall inventories ended July at $603 billion, unchanged since April, and down 9.3% from two years ago. Supermarkets have recovered from the em...

Retail sales and food services spending rose 0.7 percent in August following a 1.8 percent drop in July. The three-month annualized growth rate is -0.9 percent though the level of sales is still well above the most recent nine-year trend. From a year ago, total retail sales are up 15....

The Census Bureau, on Thursday, released its estimates for retail sales. Most pay attention only to the seasonally adjusted version, which was surprisingly positive for August 2021. It was widely expected sales would continue to fade, another monthly move downward nonetheless as the l...

Total retail sales - not adjusted for inflation, now a big factor - inched up 0.7% in August from July, to $619 billion (seasonally adjusted), up a stunning 18% from two years ago and 15.1% from a year ago. This wasn’t a proper “rebound,” as it has been widely cal...

AIER’s Leading Indicators Index fell for a fifth consecutive month in August, falling to 58 from 75 in July. The index was at 92 in March. While August marks the twelfth consecutive month above the neutral 50 level, it is also the lowest reading of the past year and the lowest ...