SZK News and Press, ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods From 02/19/20

Q4 E-Commerce Retail Sales : +2.6 % Q/Q vs. +4.6%  in Q3. 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 ...

By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food services spending rose 0.3 percent in January following a 0.2 percent gain in December. Over the past year, total retail sales and food services were up 4.4 percent through January. Excluding the volatile energy category, retail sales and food servi...

By Jill Mislinski The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for January was released on Feb. 14. Headline sales came in at 0.26% month-over-month to one decimal and were at the Investing.com forecast. Core sales (ex Autos) came in at 0.29% MoM (to two decimals). Here is the introdu...

By Jill Mislinski Note: With the release of December 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 understandably va...

U.S. consumers are setting more holiday shopping set records, as job growth and fatter wallets, along with stronger household finances, have put many in a buying mood this season. More news on: Walmart Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation, Consumer stocks news, News on the ...

By Jill Mislinski Note: With the release of November 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 understandably va...

By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food-services spending increased 0.2 percent in November following a 0.4 percent gain in October. Excluding gasoline station sales, retail sales and food services were up 0.1 percent in November after a gain of 0.7 percent in October. Over the past year, t...

By Robert Hughes The small-business-optimism index from the National Federation of Independent Business rose to 104.7 in November, up 2.3 points from 102.4 in October, and it is now 4.1 points below the all-time high of 108.8 in August 2018. The latest result extends a run of 36 consecutiv...

The disappointing retail sales print was highlighted by weakness across the furniture stores, health/personal care stores, sporting goods stores and department store categories. More news on: Amazon.com, Inc., Target Corporation, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, News on the U...

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...