This looks terrible, but it will not last A Fed gauge of factories in New York state plunged in June by the most on record, adding to signs tariffs are weighing on manufacturers and the broader economy. The New York Fed Empire State Manufacturing Survey’s main index fell by 26.4 points to minus 8.6, the lowest level […]
US consumers’ inflation expectations deteriorated to their weakest levels since late Y 2017 in May, while their views on jobs and family finances grew less certain, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey published Monday. The weakening in inflation expectations may factor into Fed policymakers’ decision whether to lower interest rates in […]
$JPM, $GS, BAC, The weak May NFPs report is push the Fed closer to cutting interest rates soon if not sooner. While a reduction when policy makers meets later this month cannot be ruled out, Fed watchers said their base case is for the FOMC to stand pat. But they said the abrupt slowdown in […]
FLASH: Optimism over the economy has boosted President Trump’s approval rating to the highest it has been in 2 years, according to a newly released Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey. Overall, the survey found that 48% of voters approve of the job President Trump is doing, while 52% said they disapprove. President Trump’s approval is up […]
President Trump’s daily approval rating has risen sharply to 53%, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday, and just 45% disapprove of his performance in the White House. This marks his best showing in this poll since the early months of his Presidency and is five percentage points higher than what it was just […]
FLASH: After claiming the title of world’s most livable city in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual index last year, Vienna (Wein) recently topped Mercer’s annual Quality of Living survey too. For the 10th year running, Vienna, Austria took the number one spot in the annual Quality of Living survey conducted by Mercer, a human resources consulting […]
50% of all Americans believe the economy is in excellent or good shape, according to CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey. The number is unchanged from the Q-4 of Y 2018, but down from 58% in Q-3. Here are highlights from the survey: 47% approve of President Donald Trump’s economic stewardship – down a percentage point from […]
US consumers expect prices to rise more slowly, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a decline in inflation expectations in February that likely reinforces policymakers’ reluctance to hike rates. It showed 1 and 3 year ahead inflation expectations were down 0.2 percentage points to 2.8% last month, with sharp declines in expected […]
$TSLA FLASH: Tesla stock under pressure, Musk’s leadership called into Question. Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are under heavy selling pressure now on a slew of recent reports that shed light on Elon Musk’s leadership style. And it calls into Question whether employees believe he is suited to lead the company. Blind, an anonymous workplace community, […]
$RACE, $AMZN, $MSFT, Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) ran a victory lap to be awarded the title of the world’s strongest brand, according to a new survey. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) remains the world’s most valuable brand, and there has been a strong performance from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). The survey comes from the Brand Finance Global 500 for Y 2019, which measures the […]
The number of US consumers who applied for loans to buy a home and to refinance 1 rose to an 11-month high last week, signaling that the recent drop in interest rates is reviving housing activity, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a report Wednesday. The Washington-based industry group’s seasonally adjusted gauge on mortgage applications increased 13.5% […]
Stay Healthy: Eat More Seafood! Whatever your preference, eating more seafood may help you stay healthy as you age, new research suggests. In a study spanning 22 years, researchers found that higher blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acids found in seafood were associated with a better chance of healthy aging. The study involved more […]
Philly Fed Survey: Trump Trade Disputes Barely Slows Manufacturers’ Investment Plans US Manufacturers in the northeast are largely shrugging off global trade disputes and plan to boost investments next year thanks to tax cuts, according to a Federal Reserve survey. More than 64% of business respondents in the Philadelphia Fed district said tariff and trade […]
China’s Q-3 GDP Growth Lowest Since the ‘Great Recession’ An official survey confirmed that manufacturers were coming under stress. At this week’s end, global investors and policy makers will likely be given a cold hard reminder of the costs of the US-China trade dispute, with a Reuters poll predicting that China’s Q-3 growth will slow […]
US Jobless Rate Nears 49-Year Lows, Hurricane Hurts Wages, Payrolls US job growth slowed in September, as Hurricane Florence depressed restaurant and retail payrolls, but the unemployment rate fell to near a 49-year low of 3.7 percent, pointing to a further tightening in labor market conditions. The Labor Department’s closely watched monthly employment report Friday also showed […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Suppliers See Bankruptcy Ahead $TSLA Many of the Top executives at auto suppliers surveyed by an industry association said they were worried about Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) filing for bankruptcy in the near future, and see Tesla as a financial risk to their companies. “We are definitely not going bankrupt,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the WS-J […]
Investors Bullish Stocks As This Long Bull Run Extends $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RTUX, $VXX This longest Bull run on record has taken US stocks to record highs this year may be about to run further North, according to the latest survey of fund managers by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML). Allocations to US stocks […]
Investors Cautious on Equities Despite Low Unemployment, Strong Growth Americans were less upbeat about stock even as the US unemployment rate hovered near an 18-year low and the economy recorded its fastest growth pace in four years in the second quarter, a New York Fed survey released Monday revealed. The regional Fed’s barometer on consumers’ […]
Individual Investors in US View Bitcoin as Risky $BTCUSD A recent poll reveals that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are viewed with suspicion by most US individual investors, with only 2% of them holding Bitcoin and another 75% of them describing bitcoin as “very risky.” Conducted by Gallup and Wells Fargo, the poll surveyed nearly 2,000 American investors with […]
‘Goldie’ says, Expect Further Declines in Cryptocurrencies $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD, $GS, $WFC Cryptocurrencies do not fulfill any of the traditional roles of a currency, says Goldman Sachs Bitcoin is looking to consolidate the recent momentum that has seen the # 1 digital currency rise by more than 40% since the beginning of July. Monday afternoon’s declines […]
Most Investors Pick Stock Funds as Best Long-Term Investment $SPY Investors have selected stock index or mutual funds over 5 other investments as the best for the long term results, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism survey. Real estate and individual stocks are a distant second. Fully 54% of investors choose […]
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) Fades, as Teens Migrate to YouTube $FB YouTube is dominating social media use among teenagers, as Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) fades from popularity, according to a new survey. APew Research Center survey shows that 85% of US teens, ages 13 to 17, use YouTube, compared with 72% for the Facebook-owned Instagram and 69% for Snapchat. Use […]
Democrats Have a Grim Outlook of the American Dream Democrats have a grim outlook of the American Dream and the rights of Americans, according to the results of a new poll. Key findings from an in-depth Pew Research Center survey titled “The Public, the Political System, and American Democracy:” 37% of Democrats said the following sentence describes […]
Trump Tax Cuts Driving US Economic Growth The US economy will grow faster later this year and the Fed will raise short-term interest rates at least 3X, according to a survey of economists. They predicted the annual growth rate of the US economy will speed up to 2.8% this year from 2.5% in Y 2017 because […]
US Housing Starts Decline, Building Permits Stabilize $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX US home-building declined in December on a slowdown in the construction of single-family housing units following 2 months of strong gainers. Housing starts decreased 8.2%to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.192-M units, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. November’s sales pace was revised up to […]
Global Recession Concerns Fade Concerns for a world economic slump have faded among CEOs, who are now focused on hiring and retaining top employees, an annual survey found. Global CEOs polled by the Conference Board, a New York-based researcher, ranked a global recession as their 19th concern out of 28 choices, down from being the […]
US Consumer Confidence Climbs to 17-Year Highs Holiday shopping started strong and the data suggest that will continue. US Consumer Confidence marked a 17-year high in November, with optimism ticking higher for the 5th month running, according to a monthly survey released Tuesday. Consumers’ outlook about jobs and the business environment edged upwards, adding to […]
Student Loans Hobble American Millennials Half the Millennials shouldering student loan debt are so desperate to shed the load they would give up voting in the next two presidential cycles to even the balance sheet, a survey showed. In the Credible survey, however, only 13% would give up texting for a year to be debt-free. Here are the […]
Highlights of Michigan Sentiment Indicator for October Consumer Sentiment climbed in October to the highest mark since the start of Y 2004 as US households grew upbeat about the outlook for the US economy, a University of Michigan (MSI) survey showed Friday. Highlights of Michigan Sentiment (October, final) Sentiment index rose to 100.7 (matching est.) […]
President Trump’s “Numbers” Soar on Overseas Trip President Donald Trump’s approval rating has spiked to 48% during his 1st foreign trip, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday. President Trump’s approval numbers are up 2pts from Tuesday, 4pts from Monday, and have increased 5pts from last week, according to the survey. The results […]
Diabetes Kills More Americans Than Believed The number of people with diabetes in the US is also growing, and recent research revealed more people may be dying from the disease than was originally believed. According to The Obesity Society, type 2 diabetes accounts for nearly 90% of all diagnosis of diabetes, and obesity is a […]
Majority of Investors Not Thinking About Retirement $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Few American investors give much thought about retirement, I am 1 of them, I found something I love doing and do it. Less than a 33% of non-retired investors have given “a lot of thought” to the best age for retirement, while 11% say […]
The Trump Effect: US Consumer Confidence Highest in 16 Years US consumer confidence rose to its highest mark in more than 16 years, a strong gain for one of President Donald Trump’s preferred economic indicators. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 125.6 in March from 116.1 in February, the […]
American’s are Confident About Jobs and the Economy The majority of Americans are saying the economy is going strong, and many believe the trend will continue under President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. The Harvard-Harris online survey found that 61% view the economy as strong, Vs 39%who say it is weak, while 42% […]
Econ 101: No Inflation, No Growth $GLD,$ SLV, $SPY A measure of US inflation expectations rose for a 2nd month running in January to its highest mark since mid-2015, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey released Monday that reinforced the view that interest rates would keep climbing. The survey of consumer […]
Got an Idea? Here is How to Validate It $AMZN, $FB, $GOOGL, $MSFT The Big Q’s : You have an idea Yes, now how do you make sure that it works, that people want to actually buy it, and would want to use your service? More Big Q’s: How do you know that you are […]
US Consumer Confidence at 12 Year Highs Consumer confidence jumped to the highest level since Y 2004, extending Americans’ optimism for their finances and the US economy following Donald Trump’s Presidential election victory. The University of Michigan said Friday that its MSI (final index of sentiment) rose to 98.2 from 93.8 in November. The median […]
AAII Sentiment Survey, 14 December 2016 $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ The AAII Sentiment Survey measures the percentage of individual investors who are bullish, bearish, and neutral on the stock market short term; individuals are polled from the AAII Website on a weekly basis. Only 1 vote per member is accepted in each weekly voting period. This […]
AAII Sentiment Survey, 7 December 2016 $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ The AAII Sentiment Survey measures the percentage of individual investors who are bullish, bearish, and neutral on the stock market short term; individuals are polled from the AAII Website on a weekly basis. Only one vote per member is accepted in each weekly voting period. Optimism […]
The Week Ahead on Wall Street $AZO, $BF.B, $COST, $AVGO, $COO We are in that frame between Q-3 and Q-4 earnings season on Wall Street. This week 6 members of the S&P 500 will release results this week AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) Tuesday Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE:BF.B), Costco Wholesale Corp. (NYSE:COST) and H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) Wednesday Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO) Thursday Economic reports The […]
AAII Sentiment: Investor Optimism Pulls Back Following Post Election Spike $SPY Optimism pulled back in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey after having risen significantly over the previous 3 weeks. Both Neutral and Bearish sentiment rebounded this week, after having both fallen prior. Bullish Sentiment Expectations that stock prices will rise over the next 6 months, […]
There is ‘Gloom & Doom’ in the Eurozone Business Sector While the Eurozone economy has proved resilient to multiple uncertainties such as Brexit, Key business surveys in Europe’s 2 biggest economies, Germany and France has poured a bucket of cold water on the rising optimism. The Ifo Business Climate Index, which is a highly-regarded early […]
Want to Lose Weight, Include Thin Friends in Your Life A new study reveals that if you are heavy, you are more likely to lose weight if you widen your social circle to include thinner friends. Heavy people may be concerned about weight discrimination and also feel more comfortable hanging out with people who are […]
As the World Warms, Antarctica Cools One of the most rapidly warming places on Earth in the past 50 years has actually cooled in the past 20 years, according to the latest research Temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula have reversed course, dropping by an average of about 0.5C per decade since the late 1990’s while the rest […]
Millennials are the most “picky” Consumers in the US Just 1 in 4 (25%) US millennials are emotionally or psychologically attached to a brand, product or company, making the group the most picky consumers in the US, according to a recent Gallup survey. The survey comes at a time when businesses, media and corporations are […]
The AAII Sentiment Survey for the Frame Ended 18 May 2016 $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The AAII Investor Sentiment Survey measures the percentage of individual investors who are Bullish, Bearish, and Neutral on the US stock market for the next 6 months, Individual members are polled from the ranks of the AAII membership weekly. Just […]
The AAII Sentiment Survey for the Frame Ended 11 May 2016 $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The AAII Investor Sentiment Survey measures the percentage of individual investors who are Bullish, Bearish, and Neutral on the stock market for the next 6 months, Individual members are polled from the ranks of the AAII membership weekly. Just 1 […]
UAE Business Loan Demand Grows, Lenders Reluctant Central bank report finds improving demand in Q-1, as conditions tighten UAE businesses are demanding more loans but lenders appear less willing to supply them, according to a report from the country’s central bank. In its Q-1 report, the bank said the appetite for business credit improved from […]
The AAII Sentiment Survey for the Frame Ended 20 April 2016 The AAII Investor Sentiment Survey measures the percentage of individual investors who are Bullish, Bearish, and Neutral on the stock market for the next 6 months; individuals are polled from the ranks of the AAII membership weekly. Just 1 vote per member is accepted […]