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A few economic data may be useful for market timing purposes. Retail sales are one of them. Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales (RRSFS) are issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis using data of the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. It is usually rel...
San Francisco Fed President, Mary Daly, recently said that the U.S. central bankers are currently debating whether it should confine its controversial tool of bond buying to purely emergency situations or if it should turn to that tool more regularly. "In the financial crisis, in the aftermath...
Overview: Comments underscoring the importance of acting preemptively by two Fed officials sent the dollar reeling and helped lift equities after the S&P fell to a two and a half week low. The decline in rates and the US shooting down of an Iranian drone in the Gulf helped spur gold to n...
By David Baskin As we enter the 3rd quarter of 2019, the U.S. economy is continuing its longest uninterrupted expansion since the start of records (effectively about 150 years). When things are going well, we can't help ourselves from asking when they will start getting worse. History and ...
By Ansh Chaudhary Up until three weeks ago, bitcoin was flying high, quadrupling in value in just months. Trading around $3,000 in December, the cryptocurrency rallied to above $13,000 as recently as a week ago, according to The Wall Street Journal . CNBC reports that some attribute th...
By Ben Lofthouse Despite worries about a global economic slowdown during the first half of 2019, many companies still paid – and even raised – dividends. Can it continue? Ben Lofthouse, Head of Global Equity Income, says one indicator he is watching is unemployment. ...
The stock market in the US is at record levels once again. The latest rally that came in the wake of the June meeting of the US Federal Reserve when the central bank lit a bullish fuse under the prices of equities. The FOMC told markets that they plan to cut the short-term Fed Funds rate befor...
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By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food-services spending increased 0.4 percent in June following a 0.4 percent gain in May. Excluding gasoline station sales, retail sales and food services were up 0.7 percent in June after a gain of 0.5 percent in May. Over the past year, total retail sale...
By Jill Mislinski Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending July 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 216,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,0...
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Firebrand Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made headlines Thursday with a disclosure of her latest financ...
2024-05-02 06:03:00 ET The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is one of the best ways to invest in the S&P 500 , which has been a pretty smart strategy over the long term. Since 1965, the S&P 500 has produced a total return of 10.2% annualized. The Vanguard ETF has ...
2024-05-01 05:38:00 ET The S&P 500 is widely considered the best measure of how large U.S. stocks are doing, but it is also a rather top-heavy index. Since the S&P 500 is weighted in favor of larger companies, and several megacap stocks have surged in recent years, the index is ...