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Retail sales and food-services spending surged 9.8 percent in March, the second sharp jump in the last three months. Core retail sales, which exclude motor vehicle dealers and gasoline retailers, posted an 8.2 percent jump for the month, putting that measure at a new record high as we...
Bruinsma: Seeing signs of life in mobility to retail and services. Bruinsma: Restaurant spending is higher than pre-pandemic levels. COVID-19 variants threaten to slow the re-opening. For further details see: What The Latest U.S. Retail Trends Say About The Economic Reop...
Month-over-month nominal sales in March increased by 9.8%. Real Retail Sales increased by 9.2% and is at its all-time high. This indicator is a splicing of the discontinued retail sales series with the Retail and Food Services Sales and deflated by the seasonally adjusted Consumer...
For cord-cutters, the shift away from cable TV was more than just a shift away from "cable" or "satellite" - it was a break from a provider with a proprietary piece of hardware that consumers had to install and pay for to access programming. Retail's Digital Shifters are in the proces...
All of the recent positive economic news caused the IMF to raise its 2021 U.S. GDP forecast by a giant step to 6.4% (from 5.1% previously estimated). That would represent the strongest annual economic growth rate since 1984. The one warning flag is inflation. Producer Price Index rose...
The economic restart has lifted commodity prices. Beyond that, we see structural trends leading to a divergence of fortunes in different commodities. The International Monetary Fund has raised its global growth forecast to 6% in 2021. U.S. stocks hit record highs and yields traded bel...
As economies emerge from pandemic restrictions, consumers are shifting spending from goods to more travel and dining out. While there are reasons for optimism, a long-term economic boom is still very much a question. Blu Putnam and Erik Norland discuss the prospects for a 2020s ec...
Yes, the consumer discretionary sector has been outperforming the market. Yes, the consumer discretionary sector is arguably highly valued. However, in my opinion, it is too early to give up on the sector because the Vanguard VCR ETF will likely keep doing very well going forward....
On March 25, the Archegos Hedge Fund asked firms handling its capital swaps to develop a strategy to liquidate its holdings, which is why many Chinese ADRs and media stocks sold off violently. The Archegos Hedge Fund fiasco is due largely to the fact that many big Wall Street firms di...
Demand for the latest fashion trends is always strong in the weeks leading up to Easter, a time when retailers are still selling the season's must-have Spring items at full price. The current average promotional discount for online stores is 34.2% and has dropped below the 2020 pandem...
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2024-04-15 11:24:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-04-05 13:34:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-03-05 21:58:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...