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The moderate improvement in consumer confidence is likely to boost the consumer discretionary sector, which attracts a major portion of consumer spending.
The moderate improvement in the consumer confidence can help the consumer discretionary sector, which attracts a major portion of consumer spending.
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Dwindling consumer confidence can hurt the consumer discretionary sector, which attracts a major portion of consumer spending.
If you're adding consumer discretionary ETFs to your portfolio, you may not be buying exactly what you think you are.

Stimulus For Retail

11:38am, Friday, 04'th Sep 2020
US retail sales growth has been slowing on a sequential basis. Low inventory levels in autos have reduced consumer choice and caused deferrals.

Ecommerce Sales Blow Out, Spike 44% In Q2

07:23am, Wednesday, 19'th Aug 2020
In dollar terms, the jump of $62 billion compared to Q2 last year was the largest ever in the data going back to 2001.
The jobs market has come back somewhat, although gains until now are largely the low hanging fruit Thanks to the stimulus, consumer spending has returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Positive momentum has continued to shine as a forward indicator for technology and consumer discretionary stocks in recent months.
Millennials and Generation Z that have been hard hit economically from the pandemic crisis. The unique health risk to older consumers has forced Baby Boomers online.
Retail sales is the third report for June out of the four main coincident indicators that show whether the economy is in recession or expansion.

Retail Sales: Up 7.5% In June

07:59am, Friday, 17'th Jul 2020
Headline sales came in at 7.5% month-over-month to one decimal and was above the Investing.com forecast of 5.0%.

Retail Spending Returned To Trend In June

02:47am, Friday, 17'th Jul 2020
Retail sales and food services spending posted another strong gain in June, rising 7.5 percent from the prior month following an 18.2 percent record surge in May and two devastating declines in March

Ignominious Ends - Sears And Malls

04:30am, Thursday, 16'th Jul 2020
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