VCR News and Press, Vanguard Consumer Discretion From 07/19/23

2023-07-19 21:30:00 ET Summary Adding another positive data point to others indicating economic expansion is the Trucking Tonnage Index. This is a volatile series that should only be monitored as a multi-month trend and in conjunction with other related economic series. The Ju...

2023-07-19 12:30:00 ET Summary Retailers have a problem. Prices are no longer easy to jack up. Inflation shifted to services last year, where it still rages. Retail sales rose 0.2% in June from May, after the upwardly revised 0.5% jump in May from April, and 1.5% from a year ago, ...

2023-07-18 13:10:00 ET Summary Retail sales grew in June but these are dollar values, and in volume terms, spending appears lacklustre. Meanwhile, with the manufacturing sector languishing and inflation showing encouraging signs of slowing, the widely-anticipated July Federal Rese...

2023-07-11 23:16:00 ET Summary Amazon will offer Prime Week deals primarily online and only to its Prime subscribers. Although Amazon initiated Prime Day, other retailers like Target introduced Cycle Week to take on Prime Day promotions. As an equity investment, AMZN stock pri...

2023-07-11 19:08:42 ET Summary Surprise surprise - we went from AI love to consumer love in the span of a month and a half. Despite my concerns that we are nearing a tail event for equities, the movement in consumer discretionary stocks as held by Consumer Discretionary Select Sec...

2023-06-28 13:01:15 ET Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF ( NYSEARCA: VCR ) - $0.5455 . Payable Jul 05; for shareholders of record Jun 30; ex-div Jun 29. For further details see: Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.5455

2023-06-28 09:32:32 ET Summary Consumers have a more optimistic outlook for the stock market for the first time in 17 months. New homes sales surprise to the upside despite higher interest rates. Durable goods orders rose and business investment continues to grow modestly. ...

2023-06-26 12:25:00 ET Summary The market took a well-deserved rest last week after hitting a 2023 high on June 15th. The S&P 500 finished Thursday, June 15 at its highest level in 14 months. The index is up 13.3% year to date and is 9.3% below its record-high close on January...

2023-06-21 03:20:00 ET Summary Both major US monthly inflation reports out last week reflected even lower rates than most pundits had expected. Following the two inflation reports and other indicators, the Fed decided to pause hiking key interest rates further, but the “dot...

2023-06-20 14:19:00 ET Summary The latest rebound in equity prices has pulled the S&P 500 and Canada’s TSX back to levels seen two years ago in June/July 2021. In the real economy, Canada’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for May contracted 6.3% year-over-year and the...