SCC News and Press, ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services From 08/18/21

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My reading of the current environment is relatively clear; both the longer term and shorter-term leading growth indicators are pointing toward the heightened possibility of slowing cyclical growth. As a result, these downward trends suggest investors ought to be rotating out of the re...

Retail sales fell by 1.1% in July from June, as reported by the Census Bureau, with drops in sales reported across a wide variety of merchandise categories. While the contraction in retail sales was much larger than investors anticipated, we might have expected consumers to pull back ...

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...

IHS Markit's PMI business surveys showed the global economic recovery continuing into July, but the rate of expansion lost momentum for a second month running. The global economy continued to expand at a solid rate in July, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ (compiled by IHS...

The IHS Markit Global Sector PMI™ signalled sustained strong recovery for the global economy, led by the consumer services sector. Basic Materials sector output growth eased for a second straight month to land in the last position of the eight sector groups we track in the glob...

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...