Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Economic Update for the week of February 25th, 2014

WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE


WEEKLY QUOTE
              
“Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”
     
- John Dryden
     
   
WEEKLY TIP
             
As you insure your life, think about the death benefit of the policy and its potential uses after you are gone.
  
   
WEEKLY RIDDLE
           
I’m comprised of solid ground, and yet I see water all around. What exactly am I? 
     
 
Last week’s riddle:
Each morning, I show up at your feet, yet at midday I nearly retreat. No matter how fast you move, I follow. What am I?  ?
   
Last week’s answer:
Your shadow.

February 25, 2014
    
MORE MILD INFLATION
Consumer prices ticked up 0.1% for January while wholesale prices rose 0.2%. Analysts polled by MarketWatch expected both the headline Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index to advance 0.1%. The bigger news item (perhaps) is that the Labor Department altered its calculation of producer prices for the first time in 36 years. The definitive PPI is now called the PPI Final Demand index, and it measures prices received for exports, services, federal government purchases and construction in addition to those of finished goods.1,2
   
POOR HOME SALES TO START THE YEAR
The annual pace of existing home sales hit an 18-month low in January; the National Association of Realtors announced 5.1% monthly and yearly declines in residential resales. The good news? Inventory continues to expand (+2.2% in January) and the median existing home price was $188,900 last month, up 10.7% from a year ago.3
   
OIL TOPS $102, GOLD ADVANCES FOR A THIRD WEEK
NYMEX crude for April delivery settled at $102.20 a barrel Friday, rising 1.9% for the week. Unrest in Ukraine, Venezuela, Turkey and other emerging markets also influenced the 0.4% gain for COMEX gold futures last week – the precious metal settled Friday at $1,323.60 per ounce.4
 
NASDAQ ADDS TO YTD GAINS
The tech-heavy benchmark rose 0.46% during this past abbreviated trading week, wrapping up Friday at 4,263.41; in contrast, the Dow and S&P 500 each slipped a bit over four days. After a 0.32% weekly loss, the Dow stood at 16,103.30. The S&P settled Friday at 1,836.25, losing 0.13% on the week.5
  
THIS WEEK: Berkshire Hathaway, Hertz and Live Nation announce earnings Monday. Tuesday, the Conference Board publishes its February consumer confidence index, the December Case-Shiller and FHFA home price indices appear, and Big 5, Office Depot, CoreLogic, Metro PCS, Papa John’s, Toll Brothers, Macy’s, Home Depot, Alleghany, Molycorp, Dreamworks and Cracker Barrel all present earnings. Wednesday offers January new home sales numbers and earnings from Baidu, TJX, Starwood Hotels, JC Penney and U.S. Cellular. Thursday, Fed chair Janet Yellen reports to Congress and new initial claims figures and data on January hard goods orders arrive; quarterly results come from Salesforce, Wendy’s, Hilton, Monster, Sempra Energy, Main Street Capital and Republic Airways. Friday brings the month’s final University of Michigan consumer sentiment index, NAR’s report on January pending home sales, and the second federal estimate of Q4 GDP.    
  
% CHANGE
Y-T-D
1-YR CHG
5-YR AVG
10-YR AVG
DJIA
-2.86
+16.01
+23.73
+5.16
NASDAQ
+2.08
+36.15
+39.16
+10.92
S&P 500
-0.66
+22.22
+27.69
+6.05
REAL YIELD
2/21 RATE
1 YR AGO
5 YRS AGO
10 YRS AGO
10 YR TIPS
0.61%
-0.54%
1.67%
1.79%
 

Sources: USATODAY.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 2/21/146,7,8,9
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Citations.
1 - marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendars/economic [2/21/14]
2 - bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-18/producer-price-index-in-u-s-gets-first-overhaul-since-1978.html [2/18/14]
3 - 247wallst.com/housing/2014/02/21/january-sales-of-existing-homes-at-18-month-low/ [2/21/14]
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7 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=DJIA&closeDate=2%2F20%2F09&x=0&y=0 [2/21/14]
7 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=COMP&closeDate=2%2F20%2F09&x=0&y=0 [2/21/14]
7 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=SPX&closeDate=2%2F20%2F09&x=0&y=0 [2/21/14]
7 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=DJIA&closeDate=2%2F20%2F04&x=0&y=0 [2/21/14]
7 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=COMP&closeDate=2%2F20%2F04&x=0&y=0 [2/21/14]
7 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=SPX&closeDate=2%2F20%2F04&x=0&y=0 [2/21/14]         
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9 - treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=realyieldAll [2/21/14]
 


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Economic Update for the week of February 18th, 2014

WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE


WEEKLY QUOTE
              
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.”
     
- Eleanor Roosevelt
     
   
WEEKLY TIP
             
Think about putting one-third or one-half of the pay raises you get in future years into your workplace retirement plan.
  
   
WEEKLY RIDDLE
           
Each morning, I show up at your feet, yet at midday I nearly retreat. No matter how fast you move, I follow. What am I? 
     
 
Last week’s riddle:
It sits when it stands. It walks in jumps. It can grow up to 8' tall. What is it?
   
Last week’s answer:
A kangaroo.

February 18, 2014
    
FREEZING TEMPERATURES COOL RETAIL SALES  
While the fourth quarter saw the strongest consumer spending in 3 years, the pace of retail purchases slowed last month. The Commerce Department reported a 0.4% drop in retail sales in January, and it revised December’s gain of 0.2% to a loss of 0.1%. Severe cold, reduced hiring and the end of long-term unemployment benefits were likely influences. There was one bit of reassurance in the Commerce Department’s report: minus auto buying, retail sales were actually flat last month.1
   
CONSUMER SENTIMENT IS UNCHANGED
The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index for February came in at 81.2, precisely where it had finished January. Analysts polled by Briefing.com had expected it to decline a full point.2
   
GOLD FUTURES HIT A 3-MONTH HIGH
Bearish sentiment (and dissatisfying economic indicators) encouraged a rally in precious metals last week. Gold gained 4.4% on the COMEX in five days to settle at $1,318.60 Friday – a level unseen since Halloween. Silver futures climbed 7.5% on the week to $21.42, the best price since early November. Copper futures gained 0.6% last week, platinum futures 3.7% and palladium futures 4.1%.3
 
WALL STREET PULLS OUT OF ITS SLUMP
Stocks really turned around last week, as these five-day index performances attest: DJIA, +2.45% to 16,154.39; NASDAQ, +2.83% to 4,244.02; S&P 500, +2.46% to 1,838.63.4
  
THIS WEEK: Monday is Presidents’ Day, so the NYSE and NASDAQ are closed as well as the U.S. bond market; Revlon and OfficeMax will announce Q4 results. Tuesday, earnings roll in from Blackrock, Medtronic, Panera, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Waste Management and Herbalife, and the February NAHB housing market index arrives. On Wednesday, the minutes of the January Fed policy meeting will be released, along with the January PPI and data on January housing starts and building permits; HealthSouth, MGM, Safeway, Tesla Motors, Spirit Airlines, Marriott, Denny’s and Jack in the Box all issue earnings reports. Thursday brings the Conference Board’s January leading indicators index, the January CPI and earnings from BBVA, DirecTV, Hormel, Newmont Mining, Leap Wireless, Wal-Mart, Priceline, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit and Groupon. Existing home sales numbers for January are released Friday, along with earnings from Charter Communications and DISH Network.    
  
% CHANGE
Y-T-D
1-YR CHG
5-YR AVG
10-YR AVG
DJIA
-2.55
+15.61
+21.16
+5.20
NASDAQ
+1.61
+32.68
+35.32
+10.67
S&P 500
-0.53
+20.85
+24.47
+6.05
REAL YIELD
2/14 RATE
1 YR AGO
5 YRS AGO
10 YRS AGO
10 YR TIPS
0.59%
-0.56%
1.68%
1.74%
 

Sources: USATODAY.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 2/14/145,6,7,8
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This material was prepared by MarketingLibrary.Net Inc., and does not necessarily represent the views of the presenting party, nor their affiliates. This information has been derived from sources believed to be accurate. Please note - investing involves risk, and past performance is no guarantee of future results. The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional services. If assistance is needed, the reader is advised to engage the services of a competent professional. This information should not be construed as investment, tax or legal advice and may not be relied on for the purpose of avoiding any Federal tax penalty. This is neither a solicitation nor recommendation to purchase or sell any investment or insurance product or service, and should not be relied upon as such. All indices are unmanaged and are not illustrative of any particular investment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted index of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks. The NASDAQ Composite Index is an unmanaged, market-weighted index of all over-the-counter common stocks traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) is an unmanaged group of securities considered to be representative of the stock market in general. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:NYX) operates two securities exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and NYSE Arca (formerly known as the Archipelago Exchange, or ArcaEx®, and the Pacific Exchange). NYSE Group is a leading provider of securities listing, trading and market data products and services. The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange and the preeminent trading forum for energy and precious metals, with trading conducted through two divisions – the NYMEX Division, home to the energy, platinum, and palladium markets, and the COMEX Division, on which all other metals trade. Additional risks are associated with international investing, such as currency fluctuations, political and economic instability and differences in accounting standards. This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific point in time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, or a guarantee of future results. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investments will fluctuate and when redeemed may be worth more or less than when originally invested. All economic and performance data is historical and not indicative of future results. Market indices discussed are unmanaged. Investors cannot invest in unmanaged indices. The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional services. If assistance is needed, the reader is advised to engage the services of a competent professional.
 
Citations.
1 - bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/retail-sales-in-u-s-decreased-0-4-in-january-commerce-says.html [2/13/14]
2 - briefing.com/investor/calendars/economic/ [2/14/14]
3 - marketwatch.com/column/metals%20stocks [2/14/14]
4 - google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX%3A.DJI%2CINDEXSP%3A.INX%2CINDEXNASDAQ%3A.IXIC&ei=h4n-UsD_FIe1iwLUMA [2/14/14]
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6 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=COMP&closeDate=2%2F14%2F12&x=0&y=0 [2/14/14]
6 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=SPX&closeDate=2%2F14%2F13&x=0&y=0 [2/14/14]
6 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=DJIA&closeDate=2%2F13%2F09&x=0&y=0 [2/14/14]
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6 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=SPX&closeDate=2%2F13%2F09&x=0&y=0 [2/14/14]
6 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=DJIA&closeDate=2%2F13%2F04&x=0&y=0 [2/14/14]
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6 - bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=SPX&closeDate=2%2F13%2F04&x=0&y=0 [2/14/14]         
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8 - treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=realyieldAll [2/14/14] 


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Economic Update for the week of February 11th, 2014

WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE


WEEKLY QUOTE
              
“Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.”
     
- Thomas Fuller
     
   
WEEKLY TIP
             
Double-check your eligibility for major federal tax credits (AOTC, EITC, child or dependent care credit, adoption expenses credit, Saver’s Credit and others). Dollar-for-dollar tax credits are more valuable than tax deductions.
  
   
WEEKLY RIDDLE
           
It sits when it stands. It walks in jumps. It can grow up to 8' tall. What is it? 
     
 
Last week’s riddle:
Joe showed up at a business meeting fresh and alert, even though he had not slept a wink during any of the past four days. Why wasn’t he tired?
   
Last week’s answer:
He had slept during the past four nights.

February 11, 2014
    
WAS IT THE WEATHER, OR THE ECONOMY?  
For a second straight month, hiring was weak. Employers added 113,000 jobs in January, and while the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.6%, the Labor Department’s latest report came with some caution flags. Private-sector payrolls expanded by 142,000 new positions, but 29,000 federal workers were let go and there were actually job cuts in the booming health care sector. In 2013, the U.S. workforce expanded by an average of 194,000 jobs a month. The February jobs report will either reject or confirm suspicions of a weakening labor market.1
   
ISM INDICES FLASH DIFFERENT SIGNALS
Wall Street did not expect the Institute for Supply Management’s January manufacturing PMI to drop to 51.3 from the (revised) December reading of 56.5. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com forecast a January reading of 56.0. ISM’s service sector PMI improved a full point to 54.0 in January.2
   
FACTORY ORDERS SLIP; SO DO AUTO SALES
The Census Bureau recorded a 1.5% December retreat in factory orders, offsetting an equal December gain. Although Chrysler and Nissan reported January sales gains, other major automakers did not as fewer Americans purchased cars last month due to the miserable weather across much of the nation. In January, auto sales were down 3.0% year-over-year.2,3
 
STOCKS REBOUND, ADVANCE FOR THE WEEK
Investors bought back into stocks Thursday and Friday, offsetting last Monday’s major plunge. That resulted in the following weekly performances: DJIA, +0.61% to 15,794.08; NASDAQ, +0.54% to 4,125.86; S&P 500, +0.81% to 1,797.02.4
  
THIS WEEK: Nothing major is scheduled for Monday. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen delivers the central bank’s semi-annual report on monetary policy to Congress, and the market considers earnings from TripAdvisor, CVS/Caremark, Sprint, PG& E, Western Union, Mosaic, and Dean Foods plus data on December wholesale inventories. Wednesday offers earnings from Cisco, CBS, Applied Materials, Whole Foods, NVIDIA, Deere, NetApp, MetLife and Fidelity. More earnings arrive Thursday – Avon, PepsiCo, Agilent, Nielsen, Kraft and Goodyear – plus reports on January retail sales and December business inventories. This month’s preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment index comes out Friday, as does the Fed’s report on January industrial output.    
  
% CHANGE
Y-T-D
1-YR CHG
5-YR AVG
10-YR AVG
DJIA
-4.72
+13.27
+18.15
+4.91
NASDAQ
-1.21
+30.35
+31.84
+9.99
S&P 500
-2.78
+19.06
+21.38
+5.73
REAL YIELD
2/7 RATE
1 YR AGO
5 YRS AGO
10 YRS AGO
10 YR TIPS
0.53%
-0.58%
1.82%
1.79%
 

Sources: USATODAY.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 2/7/145,6,7,8
Indices are unmanaged, do not incur fees or expenses, and cannot be invested into directly.
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This material was prepared by MarketingLibrary.Net Inc., and does not necessarily represent the views of the presenting party, nor their affiliates. This information has been derived from sources believed to be accurate. Please note - investing involves risk, and past performance is no guarantee of future results. The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional services. If assistance is needed, the reader is advised to engage the services of a competent professional. This information should not be construed as investment, tax or legal advice and may not be relied on for the purpose of avoiding any Federal tax penalty. This is neither a solicitation nor recommendation to purchase or sell any investment or insurance product or service, and should not be relied upon as such. All indices are unmanaged and are not illustrative of any particular investment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted index of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks. The NASDAQ Composite Index is an unmanaged, market-weighted index of all over-the-counter common stocks traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) is an unmanaged group of securities considered to be representative of the stock market in general. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:NYX) operates two securities exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and NYSE Arca (formerly known as the Archipelago Exchange, or ArcaEx®, and the Pacific Exchange). NYSE Group is a leading provider of securities listing, trading and market data products and services. The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange and the preeminent trading forum for energy and precious metals, with trading conducted through two divisions – the NYMEX Division, home to the energy, platinum, and palladium markets, and the COMEX Division, on which all other metals trade. Additional risks are associated with international investing, such as currency fluctuations, political and economic instability and differences in accounting standards. This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific point in time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, or a guarantee of future results. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.  Investments will fluctuate and when redeemed may be worth more or less than when originally invested. All information is believed to be from reliable sources; however we make no representation as to its completeness or accuracy. All economic and performance data is historical and not indicative of future results. Market indices discussed are unmanaged. Investors cannot invest in unmanaged indices. The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional services. If assistance is needed, the reader is advised to engage the services of a competent professional.
 
Citations.
1 - marketwatch.com/story/us-economy-adds-113000-jobs-in-january-2014-02-07 [2/7/14]
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