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Market Commentary: Dow Hits 40,000 As Inflation Numbers Improve

Carson Wealth

April inflation data confirmed there is no need to panic about the first-quarter numbers. Core CPI inflation, which excludes food and energy, was up 3.6% The NASDAQ 100 Index includes publicly-traded companies from most sectors in the global economy, the major exception being financial services. year over year in April.

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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

Retail and food service sales have increased at an 8.6% The September retail and food services sales data underlined the economy’s momentum. Overall retail sales and food services rose at an annualized pace of 8.6% After adjusting for inflation, retail and food service sales were up 5.7%.

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15 Recession-Proof Businesses That Thrive in Any Economy

Clever Girl Finance

Food and beverage 3. Courier and delivery services 5. Health and senior services 7. Repair services 9. Cleaning services 10. While some industries struggle, recession-proof businesses (those offering essential goods and services), tend to stay strong and even grow. What is a recession-proof business?

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What is Nifty and Sensex? Basics of Stock Market Index!

Trade Brains

14 Bharti Airtel Telecom Services 2.62%. 26 Nestle Packaged Foods 1.07%. The NSE remained the world’s largest derivatives exchange for the second consecutive year in 2020 in terms of the number of contracts traded. FINANCIAL SERVICES 8.55%. FINANCIAL SERVICES 7.11%. FINANCIAL SERVICES 5.68%.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Hit New Highs Amid a Year of Milestones

Carson Wealth

The economy created 227,000 jobs in November, close to expectations, which somewhat made up for the low 36,000 number in October (revised up from 12,000). Another reason for optimism is that we expect headline inflation to remain muted (close to the Feds target of 2%), in no small part due to easing energy and food prices.

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Market Commentary: Bull Market Turns Two

Carson Wealth

month over month while core CPI (excluding food and energy) rose 0.3%. The elevated core numbers are due to lagging shelter inflation within official data (shelter makes up 44% of core CPI). I don’t know how you can look at these numbers and still say inflation is a problem. Headline CPI rose 0.2% Headline readings above 0.2%

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Market Commentary: Stocks Stall but More Signs Inflation Has Normalized

Carson Wealth

Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, also rose 0.3%, and is up 3.3% These numbers are clearly over the Feds 2% target. As you saw from the numbers above, inflation really isnt a problem anymore. Headline CPI rose 0.3% and is up 2.7% from last year. year over year. We clearly disagree with all of this.