SZK News and Press, ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods From 11/29/19

The biggest shopping weekend of the year is here and 165.3M Americans are planning to shop or are considering shopping during the holiday, according to the National Retail Federation. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, Va...

By Jharonne Martis Black Friday - the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday - is one of the most critical retail sales days during the holiday season, and for some it can make or break their fourth-quarter profits. Supposedly, it turns red ink into black on the ledgers. Retailers have ...

Retailers are preparing for one of their biggest weekends of the year, with an estimated 165.3M Americans going shopping Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Selec...

Q3 E-Commerce Retail Sales : +5.0 % Q/Q vs. +4.2%  in Q2. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF, News on the U.S. economy, News on ETFs Read more ...

One monthly result does not make a trend. Two? Still not a trend, but edging closer to one and more solid analysis. If making a claim based off the potential for one high frequency result is going out on a limb, then a second result confirming the first while not yet solid ground is at least a...

Retail sales bounced back in October after a disappointing tally in September, showing a 3.7% Y/Y gain when the auto and gas categories are backed out. More news on: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, SPDR S&P Retail ETF, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF, News on the U.S...

Barclays initiates coverage on U.S. specialty retail, apparel and e-commerce with an overall Neutral view, with a positive outlook on the off-price channel offsetting a negative stance on the mall sector. More news on: Burlington Stores, Inc., Ross Stores, Inc., The TJX Companies, Inc., Co...

More than 172M Americans plan to celebrate Halloween this year and are expected to spend about $8.8B on the holiday, according to the National Retail Federation. More news on: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, SPDR S&P Retail ETF, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF, Con...

I admit I missed the upward move on the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF ( XHB ), which has returned more than 40% YTD through Oct. 24. I've been expecting a slight uptick in housing and home sales but didn't expect stock prices on homebuilders to increase so dramatically - certainly not on the...

By Jill Mislinski Note: With the release of September Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index, we've updated this commentary to include the latest Real Retail Sales. Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understand...