4 ETFs to Buy This Back-to-School Shopping Season
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Aug 20, 11:00AM CDT
These ETFs could be interesting to benefit from the back-to-school shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Misses on Earnings, Cuts View: ETFs in Focus
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 19, 10:40AM CDT
Consumer ETFs has been in focus as Wal-Mart's dull earnings report.
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Retail ETFs to Watch Ahead of Big-Box Earnings
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 17, 8:30AM CDT
Given encouraging fundamentals and a spate of earnings releases this week, retail ETFs has been on the spotlight.
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ETFs to Watch on Rebounding Retail Sales in July
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 14, 11:01AM CDT
U.S. retail sales regained health in July after a lull in June and put these ETFs in focus.
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Wall Street Celebrates Amazon Q2: ETFs to Benefit - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jul 24, 8:59AM CDT
These ETFs will gain higher from Amazon's blockbuster second-quarter results that injected fresh optimism into Wall Street.
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Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Seeing a Double Standard in Market Valuations
at The Street - Tue Jul 21, 7:23PM CDT
Cramer says Apple is in a tug of war between the bull and bears, and the bears seem to be winning.
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Econ Wrap-Up: Case-Shiller, Chicago PMI, And Consumer Confidence
Jenny Coombs - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 12:00AM CDT
Growth in home prices decelerated sharply in April as was noted by the 0.3% gain in the Case-Shiller 20-City Index. This is 5 basis points below consensus and 2 basis points lower than the lowest forecast. However, on a year-over-year basis, home...
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Redbook sees weak sales in June
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 8:05AM CDT
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Greece Firestorm Won't Stifle Consumer Comeback
Kristina Hooper - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 11:18PM CDT
With so much drama unfolding in Greece, it would be easy to lose sight of the consumer revival in the United States. But don't let the latest crisis distract you from a brightening economic picture and your long-term financial goals. Given Greece's...
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2 Sectors Gaining On Steady Labor Market
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 23, 1:20PM CDT
Recently released economic data indicated that the labor market is witnessing robust recovery. A significant decline in the initial claims figure released Thursday further reaffirmed the strong improvement. Several sectoral data published lately...
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Redbook Chain Store Sales
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 23, 8:04AM CDT
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2 Sectors Gaining on Steady Labor Market - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Jun 22, 1:00PM CDT
Strong recovery in the labor market bodes well for these sector ETFs.
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3 Things: Retail Sales, Fed Misses Again, Profits
Lance Roberts - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 19, 7:35AM CDT
A Word About Retail Sales Last week, we got the retail sales figures for May, which showed a sharp rebound in consumer spending jumping 1.2% in total and 0.7% when excluding automobiles and gasoline. David Rosenberg was quick to jump on the...
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The Expensive 'Art' Of Aggregate Demand
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 9:53AM CDT
By Jeffrey P. Snider Gap (NYSE: GPS ) announced another round of store closings, about 175 this time which is a significant chunk of its once-leading asset base. The company's struggles aren't new, having closed 200 stores only back in 2011. Since...
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