Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Economic Update for the week of July 29th, 2014

WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE


WEEKLY QUOTE
              
“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.”
     
- Denis Diderot
      
   
WEEKLY TIP
             
Investing assets in largely unrelated sectors or industries is integral to portfolio diversification.
  
   
WEEKLY RIDDLE
            
A father tells his young son, “I will pay you $6.00 per hour for the 6 seconds you took to wash your hands before dinner.” So how much does the boy earn for these 6 seconds of effort?     
 
Last week’s riddle:
It flies, but has no wings. It slips away, but cannot be held in the hand. What is it?   
   
Last week’s answer:
Time.

July 29, 2014
    
YEARLY INFLATION AT 2.1%
In June, the headline Consumer Price Index recorded annualized inflation at that level for a second consecutive month. Back in February, yearly consumer inflation was down at 1.1%. June saw the CPI rise 0.3% and the core CPI (minus food and energy prices) advance 0.1%; core CPI was up 1.9% year-over-year.1
    
CONTRASTING HOME SALES NUMBERS IN JUNE
The Census Bureau announced an 8.1% June drop in new home buying, which left 5.8 months of inventory in the market (the most since October 2011). New home prices were up 5.3% year-over-year. Existing home sales picked up 2.6% in June; that was the second straight monthly gain, pushing the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate above the 5 million mark for the first time since October.2
       
MORE DEMAND FOR DURABLES
Hard goods orders improved 0.7% in June; analysts polled by Bloomberg projected a 0.5% advance. The Commerce Department also announced a 3.5% yearly gain.3
  
MIXED WEEK FOR MAJOR U.S. INDICES
Across five days filled with earnings news and geopolitical concerns, the Dow fell 0.83% to 16,960.57, the Nasdaq gained 0.40% to 4,449.56, and the S&P 500 went flat for the week, retreating just 0.03 points and settling Friday at 1,978.34.4,5
  
THIS WEEK: Monday, NAR announces June pending home sales and earnings roll in from Berkshire Hathaway, Hertz Global, Tyson Foods, Trulia, Whole Foods, Coach, HealthSouth, XL, Herbalife and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Tuesday brings the May Case-Shiller home price index, July’s Conference Board consumer confidence survey and earnings from Twitter, Aflac, Merck, Aetna, UPS, Big 5, Martin Marietta, McGraw Hill, Spirit Airlines, Panera, Genworth, Ameriprise Financial, American Express, Marriott, Anadarko, Amgen, Ruby Tuesday, Sirius XM, Pfizer and Newmont Mining. Wednesday offers earnings from Allstate, Cardtronics, Garmin, Humana, Hartford, Tesoro, WellPoint, Valero, Yelp!, SodaStream, Akamai, Revlon, Noble Corp., Kraft Foods and MetLife, along with a Fed policy statement, July’s ADP job change report and a first estimate of Q2 GDP from Washington. Thursday, July’s Challenger job cuts report and new initial claims figures arrive plus earnings from ADP, Tesla, T-Mobile, Hyatt, Public Storage, ExxonMobil, Fluor, Edison, PG&E, Marathon Petroleum, Occidental, Avon, Time Warner Cable, Coinstar, Mosaic, MasterCard, Live Nation, Kellogg, Western Union, Cigna, ConocoPhillips, Charter Communications and DirecTV. Friday, we get the July jobs report, the June personal spending report and earnings from Burger King, Hilton, Cummins and Clorox.    
  
% CHANGE
Y-T-D
1-YR CHG
5-YR AVG
10-YR AVG
DJIA
+2.32
+9.03
+17.30
+7.03
NASDAQ
+6.54
+23.42
+25.27
+14.20
S&P 500
+7.03
+17.04
+20.40
+8.25
REAL YIELD
7/25 RATE
1 YR AGO
5 YRS AGO
10 YRS AGO
10 YR TIPS
0.20%
0.44%
1.81%
2.05%
 

Sources: USATODAY.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 7/25/145,6,7,8
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Citations.
1 - investing.com/economic-calendar/ [7/25/14]
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8 - treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=realyieldAll [7/25/14]




Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Economic Update for the week of July 22nd, 2014

WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE


WEEKLY QUOTE
              
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
     
- Mahatma Gandhi
      
   
WEEKLY TIP
             
When you get a raise, consider it in terms of the extra money you could save, not in terms of the extra money you could spend.
  
   
WEEKLY RIDDLE
            
It flies, but has no wings. It slips away, but cannot be held in the hand. What is it? 
     
 
Last week’s riddle:
It can be told, played, and cracked and it can even be practical as well. What is it?   
   
Last week’s answer:
A joke.

July 22, 2014
    
STOCKS ADVANCE, EVEN WITH ANXIETIES
The crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, a ground offensive by Israel into Gaza: these headlines gave investors pause, but M&A action and earnings reports sent stocks higher for the week. Thursday, the CBOE VIX jumped 32% to settle at 14.54, yet the S&P 500 closed just 1.2% lower. The 5-day scorecard: DJIA, +0.92% to 17,100.18; S&P 500, +0.52% to 1,978.22; NASDAQ, +0.38% to 4,432.15.1,2,6
    
RETAIL SALES, WHOLESALE PRICES RISE IN JUNE
Overall U.S. retail sales were up 0.2% last month; the gain was 0.4% with car buying factored out. The Commerce Department revised the May gain 0.2% higher to 0.5%. After retreating 0.2% in May, the headline Producer Price Index advanced 0.4% in June; the core PPI rose 0.2%. Annually, producer prices were up 1.9%.3,4
       
FEWER HOUSING STARTS LAST MONTH
The Census Bureau noted 9.3% less groundbreaking in June, plus a 4.2% retreat in building permits. Single-family starts dipped 9.0% to the slowest annualized pace since November 2012.5
  
HOUSEHOLD SENTIMENT DIPS
July’s preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment index came in at 81.3, missing expectations (economists surveyed by Briefing.com forecast an 84.0 reading). The index was down 1.2 points from its final June mark.3
  
THIS WEEK: Earnings from Netflix, Skechers, Expedia, Texas Instruments, BB&T, Twitter, Royal Caribbean, CBRE, Halliburton, Hasbro, GNC, Electronic Arts, Mitek and Chipotle arrive Monday. Tuesday offers the June CPI, June existing home sales numbers and earnings from Apple, Altria, Broadcom, Kimberly-Clark, Gannett, Ingersoll-Rand, Comcast, Coca-Cola, TripAdvisor, Lockheed Martin, The Travelers, State Street, Verizon, Alleghany Technologies, Harley-Davidson, McDonalds and Microsoft. Wednesday sees earnings from AT&T, Macerich, Northrop Grumman, Varian, Whirlpool, O’Reilly Automotive, Boeing, Biogen, Citrix, Norfolk Southern, Delta Air Lines, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, Facebook, Dow Chemical, Costco, CoreLogic and General Dynamics. Thursday, June’s new home sales report and new initial claims figures accompany earnings from Ford Motor Co., General Motors, VeriSign, DR Horton, Pulte Group, Raytheon, Union Pacific, Nucor, Hershey, Ingram Micro, Dunkin Brands, Pandora, Starbucks, Dr. Pepper Snapple, Invacare, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, VISA, Jet Blue, Eli Lilly, Under Armour, Noble Energy, Amazon, Airgas, Baidu, 3M and Southwest Airlines. Friday, a report on June durables complements quarterly results from Colgate-Palmolive, Tyco, Xerox and Stanley Black & Decker.    
  
% CHANGE
Y-T-D
1-YR CHG
5-YR AVG
10-YR AVG
DJIA
+3.16
+9.98
+21.98
+6.94
NASDAQ
+6.12
+22.73
+30.48
+13.53
S&P 500
+7.03
+17.10
+25.00
+7.97
REAL YIELD
7/18 RATE
1 YR AGO
5 YRS AGO
10 YRS AGO
10 YR TIPS
0.26%
0.38%
1.81%
1.96%
 

Sources: USATODAY.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 7/18/146,7,8,9
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This material was prepared by MarketingPro, 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 - blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/07/18/about-that-big-vix-spike/ [7/18/14]
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Economic Update for the week of July 15th, 2014

WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE


WEEKLY QUOTE
              
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
     
- Oscar Wilde
      
   
WEEKLY TIP
             
If you make pre-tax contributions to a workplace retirement plan, check and see how they affect your personal cash flow. You may discover that you can put in more than you think.
  
   
WEEKLY RIDDLE
            
It can be told, played, and cracked and it can even be practical as well. What is it? 
     
 
Last week’s riddle:
What do the words civic and level have in common?   
   
Last week’s answer:
They are palindromes.

July 15, 2014
    
FED PLANS TO STOP EASING THIS FALL
June’s Federal Reserve policy meeting minutes outlined the central bank’s exit plan from QE3. The Fed will continue tapering its monthly asset purchases in a series of $10 billion cuts, then make a last $15 billion cut in late October. The June minutes offered no hint of change on interest rates; Fed officials are widely expected to adjust short-term rates in 2015. The Fed actually lessened its medium-term inflation forecast, and the minutes showed general agreement for reinvesting proceeds from maturing bonds until a rate hike occurs.1,2
    
U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT COULD BE SMALLEST IN 6 YEARS
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal deficit totaled $366 billion nine months into the current fiscal year – a 28% reduction from the previous year. (Chalk that up partly to federal tax receipts increasing 8% for FY 2014.) The CBO sees a $492 billion federal deficit for the full budget year ending Sept. 30.3
       
OIL DIPS BELOW $101 AS SUPPLY FEARS DIMINISH
Futures dropped 3.1% last week, closing at $100.83 Friday on the NYMEX. Risks to supplies in Iraq and Libya lessened, and American crude inventories expanded.4
       
BANK STRESS IN EUROPE HELPS SEND STOCKS SOUTH
When the parent company of Portuguese lender Banco Espirito Santo missed debt payments last week, a blip of anxiety about eurozone banks hit the market. That contributed to the following weekly performances: S&P 500, -0.90% to 1,967.57; DJIA, -0.73% to 16,943.81; NASDAQ, -1.57% to 4,415.49.4,5,6
  
THIS WEEK: Citigroup, M&T Bank, SuperValu, Charles Schwab, Piper Jaffray, Safeway and American Airlines announce earnings on Monday. On Tuesday, Janet Yellen begins two days of Senate testimony on Fed monetary policy; earnings from CSX, Cintas, Goldman Sachs, Comerica, JPMorgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, Yahoo! and Intel appear along with June retail sales numbers. Quarterly results from BlackRock, Bank of America, US Bancorp, PNC Financial, East West Bancorp, Kinder Morgan, SanDisk, Yum! Brands, Northern Trust and Abbott Labs arrive Wednesday, plus a new Fed Beige Book, June’s PPI and numbers on June industrial output. Thursday offers earnings from Google, Mattel, Morgan Stanley, AutoNation, Capital One, Sherwin-Williams, Philip Morris, Snap-On, Alliance Data Systems, Seagate, Fifth Third and IBM, in addition to data on initial claims and June housing starts and building permits. Friday, the preliminary July University of Michigan consumer sentiment index arrives, along with the Conference Board’s June leading indicator index and quarterly results from GE, Bank of NY Mellon and Honeywell.    
  
% CHANGE
Y-T-D
1-YR CHG
5-YR AVG
10-YR AVG
DJIA
+2.21
+9.59
+21.60
+6.55
NASDAQ
+5.72
+23.40
+30.29
+12.80
S&P 500
+6.45
+17.47
+24.76
+7.66
REAL YIELD
7/11 RATE
1 YR AGO
5 YRS AGO
10 YRS AGO
10 YR TIPS
0.25%
0.56%
1.80%
2.02%
 

Sources: USATODAY.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 7/11/146,7,8,9
Indices are unmanaged, do not incur fees or expenses, and cannot be invested into directly.
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This material was prepared by MarketingPro, 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.
 
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