Calculated Risk

JANUARY 16, 2025

On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.4% retail and food services sales for December 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $729.2 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was up 0.4% percent from December 2023.

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Retail Sales Food 147

Calculated Risk

MARCH 16, 2025

Weekend: Schedule for Week of March 16, 2025 FOMC Preview Monday: At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for February is scheduled to be released. increase in retail sales. The consensus is for a 0.7% Also at 8:30 AM, The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for March. The consensus is for a reading of -2.0, down from 5.7.

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Retail Sales Manufacturing Numbers 147

Calculated Risk

JANUARY 17, 2024

On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.6% retail and food services sales for December 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $709.9 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was up 0.7% percent from December 2022.

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Retail Sales Food 307

Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.7% retail and food services sales for September 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $704.9 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline were up 0.7% percent from September 2022.

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Calculated Risk

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On a monthly basis, retail sales were down 0.1% retail and food services sales for November 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $705.7 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was down 0.1% percent from November 2022.

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Retail Sales Food 278

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It’s Black Friday and you know what that means: Lots of promotional sales and lots of holiday retail spending forecasts. Holiday retail sales have averaged an increase of 4.9% The post Grinch: Ignore Black Friday Retail Forecasts appeared first on The Big Picture. billion and $960.4 Last year’s holiday sales grew 13.5%

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Retail Sales Accounting 299

Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

Retail options traders are gambling, driven by sentiment and narratives. That often leads to future price declines on the overbought stocks, research shows.

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Retail 304

Wealth Management

JANUARY 27, 2025

The volume of fundraising for alternative investment vehicles through the retail channel reached $122 billion, reports Robert A. Stanger & Co.

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Retail Investing Investments 263

Wealth Management

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Net lease retail REITs, aggregators and cash buyers are anticipating an extremely active acquisitions environment for the remainder of the year as terms become more attractive.

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Retail 316

Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

One obstacle retail investors face is a lack of appropriate recommendations from their financial advisors, according to the FTSE Russell Wealth Survey.

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Retail Financial Advisor 275

Wealth Management

JUNE 17, 2024

After suffering outflows in January, these long-only systematic funds popular with the retail crowd have now enjoyed five consecutive months of inflows and are on track to beat 2023’s haul.

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Retail 264

Wealth Management

MARCH 28, 2023

While the new generation of retail investors are tech-savvy, they are, nonetheless, uninformed amateurs who act more like gamblers in casinos than investors in capital markets.

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Retail Marketing Marketing 274

Calculated Risk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.1% retail and food services sales for August 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $710.8 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was up 0.1% percent from August 2023.

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Retail Sales Food 208

Wealth Management

JANUARY 25, 2023

Securian’s retail wealth business, including some $72.2 billion is assets across more than 30 independent firms and 1,000 financial professionals, will become a “distinct community” within Cetera Advisor Networks

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Retail Assets 278

Calculated Risk

MAY 15, 2024

On a monthly basis, retail sales were "virtually unchanged" from March to April (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 3.0 retail and food services sales for April 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $705.2 This graph shows retail sales since 1992.

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Retail Sales Food 195

Calculated Risk

AUGUST 15, 2024

On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 1.0% retail and food services sales for July 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $709.7 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline were up 1.0% percent from July 2023.

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Retail Sales Food 195

Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.4% retail and food services sales for September 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $714.4 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline was up 0.6% percent from September 2023.

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Retail Sales Food 189

Calculated Risk

MARCH 15, 2025

The key reports this week are February Retail sales, Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales. increase in retail sales. This graph shows retail sales since 1992. This is monthly retail sales and food service, seasonally adjusted (total and ex-gasoline). The FOMC meets this week, and no change to policy is expected.

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Retail Manufacturing Sales Food 191

Calculated Risk

JANUARY 6, 2025

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Moody's: Apartment Vacancy Rate Increased in Q4; Office Vacancy Rate at Record High A brief excerpt: From Moodys Analytics Economists: Multifamily Continued to Defy the Supply Shock, Offices Vacancy Rate Broke Another Record, Retail Rents Drift Higher with Tight Supply, And Industrial Maintains (..)

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Retail 267

Calculated Risk

JUNE 18, 2024

On a monthly basis, retail sales were "virtually unchanged" from March to April (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 3.0 retail and food services sales for May 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $703.1 This graph shows retail sales since 1992.

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Retail Sales Food 182

Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

From BofA: Next week, we will initiate our 4Q GDP tracker with the October retail sales print and Oct industrial production and Sep business inventories. We're performing better than all of our global peers. Ultimately, if you look at the U.S. economy, its performance has been very good." percent on November 7, up from 2.4

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Retail Economy Sales 260

Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Schwabs retail clients will be able to trade a wider range of securities 24 hours, five days a week.

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Retail Clients 213

Calculated Risk

JULY 7, 2024

decline in April, retail sales in May were only up by 0.1%, not meeting the anticipated 0.3% This approach involves large retail chains offering a limited selection of their products in more compact locations. Both asking and effective rents experienced a marginal increase of 0.2% and $19.07 per square foot respectively. and $19.07

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Retail Sales Planning Investing 182

Wealth Management

AUGUST 8, 2024

In recent earnings calls, both alternative asset managers provided updates on their respective products as they plan to enter an increasingly crowded playing field.

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Retail Assets Planning Management 312

Calculated Risk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

30 year fixed 6.12% ] emphasis added Tuesday: • At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for August will be released. increase in retail sales. • Any time an outcome is guaranteed to surprise about half the market, it's pretty much impossible to avoid volatility. [ The consensus is for a 0.2% The consensus is for a 0.1%

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Retail Sales Numbers Economics 182

Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The key reports this week are January CPI and Retail sales. 11:00 AM: NY Fed: Q4 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit -- Friday, February 14th -- 8:30 AM: Retail sales for January is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a no change in retail sales. This graph shows retail sales since 1992.

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Retail Sales Financial Services Food 162

Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Gamified trading apps and niche ETFs have a cost that’s harder to spot but is little different from the damage inflicted on portfolios by high fees.

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Retail Portfolio 317

Wealth Management

AUGUST 22, 2024

The segment is just ahead of interval funds among limited liquidity vehicles, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co.

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Retail 287

Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The alternative asset manager is launching its first interval fund and serving as a core independent manager on another as it looks to develop new products.

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Retail Marketing Marketing Assets 299

Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Friday: At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for January is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a no change in retail sales. Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. At 9:15 AM, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for January. The consensus is for a 0.3%

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Retail Sales 147

Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Fidelity's Mike Scarsciotti discusses the growing popularity of ETFs, the resurgence of active management and the evolving approaches to asset allocation.

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Wealth Management Asset Allocation Management Retail 289

Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Revolut Invest will offer nearly 5,000 assets on debut, including US and European stocks, exchange-traded funds, commodities and bonds, as well as new products such as contracts for difference.

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Retail Assets Investing Investments 291

Wealth Management

JULY 24, 2024

Stanger & Co. raised its forecast for the year after strong inflows during the first half of 2024.

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Retail 305

Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Fidelity's Mike Scarsciotti discusses the growing popularity of ETFs, the resurgence of active management and the evolving approaches to asset allocation.

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Wealth Management Asset Allocation Management Retail 264

Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The popularity of BDC products was among the main reasons for the change in estimate from $115 billion in July.

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Retail 264

Calculated Risk

DECEMBER 16, 2024

30 year fixed 6.72% ] emphasis added Tuesday: At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for November will be released. increase in retail sales. Traders are already assuming the Fed will pencil in a slower pace of rate cuts than they did in the September meeting. Some of the recent rise in rates reflects those trades. [ The consensus is for a 0.5%

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Retail Sales Numbers Economics 147

Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2024

Apollo’s products for individual investors are distributed through intermediaries such as bank wealth channels and registered investment advisers, and the firm doesn’t expect that to change.

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Retail Assets Distribution Planning 279