Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR (XLY) 74.89 $XLY
Bet on the American Consumer with These 3 ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Eric Dutram - ZACKS - Fri Feb 13, 12:44PM CST
If you believe in the American consumer, then these three ETFs should perform well.
XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), PEZ: 45.49 (+0.17), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
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)
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)
Energy And Utilities Swap Places
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:52PM CST
As of Wednesday afternoon, 61% of stocks in the S&P 500 are trading above their 50-day moving averages. Readings over 50% mean breadth is positive, and right now nine of ten sectors are above this level. Interestingly, the one sector now without...
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), XLI: 57.17 (+0.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
3 Under-The-Radar ETF Breakout Contenders
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:05PM CST
With the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: SPY ) trading in a wide range since the beginning of the year, many momentum investors may be searching for signs of life in alternative areas of the market. Just because the broad measure of U.S. stocks is...
IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), TAN: 38.79 (+0.25)
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...
PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), RTH: 75.72 (unch), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Retailers threatened by West Coast port slowdown
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 6:36AM CST
KSS: 68.25 (-0.58), M: 64.32 (-0.34), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), RTH: 75.72 (unch), UPS: 101.79 (+0.38), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), HMC: 32.87 (+0.14), FDX: 176.47 (+0.17), IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), LULU: 65.98 (-0.06), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), JCP: 8.05 (+0.14), MCD: 95.65 (+0.56), GPS: 41.20 (-0.37)
Energy Weighing Heavily On Junk Bond Market; Watch For Contagion
Chris Puplava - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 4:45AM CST
"The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns. ALL good portfolio management begins with this premise!" Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor Perhaps the most important message I...
HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), XOP: 53.32 (+1.37), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Felling A Little Blue After January Is Normal
Chelsea Global Advisors - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:35PM CST
Lord Wellington's reaction to Charles I of England's re-formed Parliament in 1633 was to exclaim "I have never seen so many shocking hats in all my life." Today many savers are expressing similar horror at the diminutive or even negative...
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27)
Sizzling Shake Shack IPO Put These ETFs in Focus - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Feb 02, 12:00PM CST
The successful market debut of ShakeShack could pave its entry into a number of ETFs in the coming days.
IPO: 24.00 (+0.09), FPX: 51.95 (+0.32), SHAK: 40.69 (+0.04), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45)
Retail reads don't dazzle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 8:13AM CST
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), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), FSTA: 30.05 (-0.11), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
A Red Flag On The S&P 500 Index
Cerebro1 - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 4:01PM CST
XTL: 59.49 (+0.33), XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
Oil the big macro theme at Barron's Roundtable
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 17, 7:28AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43)
West Coast port conflict making industries increasingly nervous
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 4:57PM CST
IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), PBJ: 30.70 (-0.05), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11)
Retail Sales Downturn Adds To U.S. Growth Worries
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 4:05AM CST
Retail sales fell sharply in December, catching analysts by surprise but adding to survey evidence which points to a potentially marked slowdown in the US economy towards the end of last year. The data have led to a rethink by many analysts on the...
FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
Consumer Discretionary ETF: XLY No. 7 Select Sector SPDR In 2014
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 12:00AM CST
XLY: 74.89 (+0.45)
About That Awful Retail Sales Report
Hale Stewart - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 6:04PM CST
By New Deal democrat Yesterday saw the second anomalous horrible number in 4 days from the Census Bureau. Last Friday it was a big decline in average hourly wages for December. Yesterday it was a -0.9% drop in December retail sales. Even...
FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
Bet on the American Consumer with These 3 ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Eric Dutram - ZACKS - Fri Feb 13, 12:44PM CST
If you believe in the American consumer, then these three ETFs should perform well.
XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), PEZ: 45.49 (+0.17), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
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)
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)
Energy And Utilities Swap Places
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:52PM CST
As of Wednesday afternoon, 61% of stocks in the S&P 500 are trading above their 50-day moving averages. Readings over 50% mean breadth is positive, and right now nine of ten sectors are above this level. Interestingly, the one sector now without...
XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), XLI: 57.17 (+0.26), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
3 Under-The-Radar ETF Breakout Contenders
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:05PM CST
With the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: SPY ) trading in a wide range since the beginning of the year, many momentum investors may be searching for signs of life in alternative areas of the market. Just because the broad measure of U.S. stocks is...
IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), TAN: 38.79 (+0.25)
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...
PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), RTH: 75.72 (unch), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Retailers threatened by West Coast port slowdown
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 6:36AM CST
KSS: 68.25 (-0.58), M: 64.32 (-0.34), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), RTH: 75.72 (unch), UPS: 101.79 (+0.38), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), HMC: 32.87 (+0.14), FDX: 176.47 (+0.17), IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), LULU: 65.98 (-0.06), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), JCP: 8.05 (+0.14), MCD: 95.65 (+0.56), GPS: 41.20 (-0.37)
Energy Weighing Heavily On Junk Bond Market; Watch For Contagion
Chris Puplava - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 4:45AM CST
"The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns. ALL good portfolio management begins with this premise!" Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor Perhaps the most important message I...
HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), XOP: 53.32 (+1.37), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Felling A Little Blue After January Is Normal
Chelsea Global Advisors - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:35PM CST
Lord Wellington's reaction to Charles I of England's re-formed Parliament in 1633 was to exclaim "I have never seen so many shocking hats in all my life." Today many savers are expressing similar horror at the diminutive or even negative...
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27)
Sizzling Shake Shack IPO Put These ETFs in Focus - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Feb 02, 12:00PM CST
The successful market debut of ShakeShack could pave its entry into a number of ETFs in the coming days.
IPO: 24.00 (+0.09), FPX: 51.95 (+0.32), SHAK: 40.69 (+0.04), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45)
Retail reads don't dazzle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 8:13AM CST
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), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), FSTA: 30.05 (-0.11), UGE: 100.04 (+0.53), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), SZK: 26.30 (unch), UCC: 104.23 (+0.23), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11), PSCD: 52.50 (+0.09)
A Red Flag On The S&P 500 Index
Cerebro1 - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 4:01PM CST
XTL: 59.49 (+0.33), XLB: 51.44 (+0.43), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
Oil the big macro theme at Barron's Roundtable
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 17, 7:28AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43)
West Coast port conflict making industries increasingly nervous
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 4:57PM CST
IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), SCC: 12.06 (-0.05), PEJ: 36.97 (-0.02), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), PBJ: 30.70 (-0.05), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RHS: 107.77 (-0.29), FXG: 44.35 (+0.11)
Retail Sales Downturn Adds To U.S. Growth Worries
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 4:05AM CST
Retail sales fell sharply in December, catching analysts by surprise but adding to survey evidence which points to a potentially marked slowdown in the US economy towards the end of last year. The data have led to a rethink by many analysts on the...
FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
Consumer Discretionary ETF: XLY No. 7 Select Sector SPDR In 2014
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 12:00AM CST
XLY: 74.89 (+0.45)
About That Awful Retail Sales Report
Hale Stewart - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 6:04PM CST
By New Deal democrat Yesterday saw the second anomalous horrible number in 4 days from the Census Bureau. Last Friday it was a big decline in average hourly wages for December. Yesterday it was a -0.9% drop in December retail sales. Even...
FDIS: 30.22 (+0.19), VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), PMR: 40.07 (+0.24), RETL: 123.53 (+1.13), XLY: 74.89 (+0.45), RCD: 90.73 (+0.45), FXD: 36.45 (+0.13), RTH: 75.72 (unch), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)
