Retail Spending Stumbled Again In January
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:33PM CST
Retail sales slumped for the second straight month in January, falling 0.8% vs. the previous month. The decline is well below the 0.5% drop anticipated in the consensus forecast (Econoday.com) and far worse than the slight gain that my econometric...
RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
The NRF predicts 4.1% increase in retail sales
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 10:22AM CST
PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), RTH: 75.72 (unch), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), FSTA: 30.05 (-0.11), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11), IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), PBJ: 30.70 (-0.05), PEZ: 45.49 (+0.17), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), PSCC: 52.79 (-0.19), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), PSL: 52.57 (-0.02), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
January 2015 Retail Sales Fall Sharply
Seth Golden - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:55AM CST
KSS: 68.25 (-0.58), PIR: 12.52 (+0.17), TGT: 76.12 (-0.75), M: 64.32 (-0.34), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
No Oil 'Windfall' Either
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:15AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider The problem with a high rate of inventory build is that it eventually has to go somewhere. In an actual economic "boom" that isn't much of a concern as businesses remain relatively confident that even if inventory is...
PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), RTH: 75.72 (unch), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), FSTA: 30.05 (-0.11), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11), IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), PBJ: 30.70 (-0.05), PEZ: 45.49 (+0.17), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), PSCC: 52.79 (-0.19), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), PSL: 52.57 (-0.02), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
U.S. Retail Sales: January 2015 Preview
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:09AM CST
US retail sales are expected to rise 0.2% in Thursday's January report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator's median point forecast for several econometric estimates. The median prediction reflects a rebound vs. the previous...
PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), RTH: 75.72 (unch), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), FSTA: 30.05 (-0.11), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11), IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), PBJ: 30.70 (-0.05), PEZ: 45.49 (+0.17), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), PSCC: 52.79 (-0.19), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), PSL: 52.57 (-0.02), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
Ready to Return to Energy Stocks? Now May Be Time to Buy
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 1:24PM CST
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel and Credit Suisse’s Lori Calvasina detail why energy stocks may be headed higher in 2015.
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What's Next For The American Consumer?
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 5:07AM CST
This Thursday, we will see the Retail Sales report. Despite the drop in energy prices, retail sales haven't exactly been setting records. The Street estimate for MoM Core Retail Sales (ex-autos) is -0.4%. On the other hand, retailing stocks have...
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Econ Wrap-Up: Challenger Job Cuts, Trade Deficit, Productivity And Labor Costs
Wall Street Strategies - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 2:48AM CST
By Jennifer Coombs Optimism for the jobs report was not off to a good start as Challenger's January Job Cuts report gave the first warning sign of serious trouble in the oil patch. The layoff count starts off 2015 with an elevated reading of...
XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Retailers threatened by West Coast port slowdown
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 6:36AM CST
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Watch for SPDR S&P Retail ETF to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.91% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Feb 03, 4:52PM CST
SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.53 to a high of $95.29. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.9%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $94.93 on volume of 3.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
SPDR S&P Retail ETF Falls 1.61% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 28, 4:27PM CST
SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $93.89 to a high of $96.24. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $94.34 on volume of 3.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
Apple Erases Market Fear Of Currency Risk To Stocks
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 8:30AM CST
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How To Buy And Hold Leveraged ETFs: The Top 7 Outperforming 3x ETFs Over The Past Year
Force Majeure - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 1:53PM CST
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Should You Keep Holding the Retail ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Tue Jan 27, 9:07AM CST
Investors should not read too much into the December retail sales data and continue to hold Retail ETFs
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Retail reads don't dazzle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 8:13AM CST
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What U.S. Investors Can Expect From ECB QE
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 4:28AM CST
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Is Retail In Retreat?
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 6:44AM CST
By Robert Goldsborough As fourth-quarter earnings reports have started coming across the wire, several themes already have begun emerging. One of the biggest themes, however, has been not company-specific, but rather a government report showing...
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Watch for SPDR S&P Retail ETF to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.37% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jan 20, 4:51PM CST
SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $91.53 to a high of $94.30. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $91.87 on volume of 1.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
West Coast port conflict making industries increasingly nervous
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 4:57PM CST
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