Tag: consumer spending

Although I follow digital channels closely, keeping our finger on the pulse of in-person commerce is just as valuable. Over the past year, COVID-19 has...

The Consumer Is Alright Everyone appears keenly aware that the global economy, while still expanding, has been slowing. This slowing trend has been evident since...

If consumption is approximately 70% of US GDP, then inputs to the consumer are critical to the stability and growth of the economy. So let's...

Consumption Exhaustion When people use the word catalyst to describe an event that may prick the stock market bubble, they usually discuss something singular, unexpected...

This article was written by Derek Benedet. One would think given low unemployment, rising wages, still low interest rates, high confidence and a rising wealth...

Black Friday has come and gone this November with consumers continuing to spend overall. The National Retail Federation claims that nearly 154 million consumers...

2015 didn't end quite the way the bulls wanted it to.  The month of December saw the S&P 500 decline nearly 1 percent as a...

Over the coming days, the business news headlines will not speak of the Federal Reserve, commodity prices or currencies. Instead they will likely focus...

The Wealth Effect – a term associated with bullish stock markets and/or real estate expansions driving asset gains, which in turn spurs on spending...

After a period of sideways price action, active investors are hoping that earnings season provides some clarity. Yesterday, I wrote a post about the importance...