VCR News and Press, Vanguard Consumer Discretion From 11/20/19

Retail store stocks are getting pulled in two different directions after Target ( TGT +13.3% ) dazzled with its earnings report and guidance, while Urban Outfitters ( URBN -14.3% ) disappointed. More news on: Target Corporation, Urban Outfitters, Inc., Dollar General Corporation, Consu...

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...

In the past week or so, I noticed a distinct shift in the performance of the various stock sectors. Quite simply, the market is backing off of defensive sectors such as real estate, utilities, telecommunications, and consumer staples, while momentum has picked up with the cyclical sectors su...

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...

But first we need Sector ETF price-range Forecasts We do that every market day, and have done it since Y2K a couple of decades ago. Here’s what the recent trend of the “market ETF” of SPDR S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ) looks like, to also provide the meanings of several ...

"The winds of change are upon us and the long-overdue adjustment process for the most expensive secular growth stocks is under way and will likely continue until valuations become so cheap that they discount a more achievable outcome on growth and profitability and/or the risk of economic re...

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...