VCR News and Press, Vanguard Consumer Discretion From 12/24/19

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 ...

2019 finishes with an extra kick for investors. Part of that is the continued strong run of the market, erasing memories of last year's near bear market and extending the decade-long bull. There also are plenty of market headlines and events that have sprung over the end of the year, from Ph...

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...

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA: VCR ) - $0.7489 . 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.75% as of Nov. 30. Payable Dec 19; for shareholders of record Dec 17; ex-div Dec 16. More news on: Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, ,

Homebuilder Rankings Overview In our Real Estate Rankings series, we analyze companies within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze these firms bas...

Originally published on December 6, 2019 By OpenMarkets Realizing what drives consumer confidence will help in understanding the full effect on the market. Aside from weekly retail numbers and economic releases such as the Purchasing Managers Index, Jack Bouroudjian says there a...

Consumer discretionary stocks are underperforming the broad market today as trade news wipes away some of the good cheer from a strong Black Friday to Cyber Monday sales performance. The damage is being tied to a comment by President Trump that a trade deal could wait until after the 2020 el...