The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 saw historic gains in the month of October. The Dow advanced 12.0%, it’s biggest gain since January 1987. The S&P 500 saw an increase of 13.5%, it’s largest gain since October 1974. Optimism surrounding Europe, positive economic data and better than expected earnings reports all helped these [...]
ShareAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, new home sales for September climbed to 313,000. This is up nearly 6% from the revised August rate of 296,000. As you can see from this chart, September comes in just below the 2011 high of 316,000 set in April. The [...]
ShareThe Case-Shiller 20-city index rose .2% in August marking the 5th consecutive month of gains. This map displays the city-by-city changes from the July levels. Though only 10 of the cities posted positive changes in August from July, 16 of the 20 cities saw their annual rates improve during the month. These improved annual rates [...]
ShareThe Philadelphia Fed Index rose to 8.7 for the month of October, the first positive reading since July. As you can see in this chart the readings have bounced around in recent months, with very low readings the two months prior. The Philly Fed Index has a high market impact, with a 78% positive correlation [...]
ShareThe Producer Price Index rose 0.8% in September, the largest increase since April. The PPI measures inflation on a wholesale level. Increases in wholesale costs generally increase the price of consumer goods as companies pass on increased costs to consumers. In this chart, you can see the change in finished goods over the last 12 [...]
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