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Inflation puts pressure on the service sector as labor shortage and material prices increase costs. Restaurants have to raise prices and pass inflation on to the consumer. Darden Restaurants can take a differentiated approach to price increases, thanks to its diversified revenue a...
The inflation fears led to concern that the Fed would raise interest rates by a full percent when they next meet and that in turn produced selling in stocks. Non-US stocks continue to struggle and that will probably be the case until the dollar comes back down. Economies are big c...
Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for June headline says - sales came in at 1.00% month-over-month to two decimals and was above the Investing.com forecast of 0.8%. Total sales for the April 2022 through June 2022 period were up 8.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same ...
Retail sales and food-services spending rose 1% in June following a 0.1% decline in May. In real terms, total retail sales were down 0.3% (adjusted using the CPI) in June, following a 1.1% decrease in May. Core retail sales, which exclude motor vehicle dealers and gasoline retaile...
This year has been one for the record books. Inflation is at a level last seen in 1982, the S&P 500 return this year is its worst start to a year since 1970, and it is the worst start for the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index since 1962. Investors had few areas to invest in that ...
Persistently elevated rates of price increases and an intensifying Fed tightening cycle are impacting economic activity. The outlook is for continued economic growth, but risks remain elevated. The combination of record-high home prices and sharply higher mortgage rates have sent ...
For Q2 2022, the Refinitiv Retail/Restaurant Index is looking at a -7.6% blended estimated earnings growth rate, and an 8.4% blended estimated revenue growth rate. Currently, low-income consumers are being squeezed the most in the absence of stimulus checks that last year boosted thei...
EVs are at a critical inflection point: crossing the chasm from the early market to the mainstream market. The mainstream EV market has different buyer characteristics that will favor more traditional companies like Ford. Ford has an aggressive and sound strategy to be successful ...
The gap between energy stocks and consumer discretionary stocks is striking. We think the market is suggesting that extreme energy inflation will lead to a dramatic reduction in spending. If consumer spending turns out to be more resilient than the market expects, we think the con...
This is a dedicated price action analysis of D.R. Horton stock. We note it's likely at a near-term bottom but remain entrenched in a bearish bias. We have not observed a bear trap that can help stanch its negative flow. Therefore, investors are urged to be patient. Our reverse cas...