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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...
The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. --- Warren Buffett Cyclical sectors such as consumer discretionary are benefiting from any trade agreement these days. With tariffs costing typical American families nearly $1000 per year as a result of the U.S. – Ch...
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 Jeff Weniger, CFA The stock market is having a moment of truth. Frequent readers of our blog may note that figure 1 looks like the chart I presented in my August post, which discussed U.S. large-cap growth stocks' 13-year bout of outperformance . Many growth stocks populate so-called...
Credit Suisse says recent channel checks and commentary from Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI ) and Hugo Boss ( OTCPK:BOSSY ) suggest U.S. retail industry trends remained sluggish in Q3. More news on: Levi Strauss & Co., Hugo Boss AG, Macy's, Inc., Consumer stocks news, News on ETFs Read mo...
By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food services spending fell 0.3 percent in September following a 0.6 percent gain in August. Over the past year, total retail sales and food services were up 4.1 percent through September. For the third quarter, total retail sales were up at 1.5 from the s...
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...
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell last month, yet shares of a variety of retailers ( XRT +0.8% ) are outperforming the broader stock market today. More news on: SPDR S&P Retail ETF, Advance Auto Parts, Inc., General Motors Company, Consumer stocks news, Stocks on the move, News o...