Investors Weighing Consumer Spending
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NEW YORK Sept. 12, 2004 - Investors will be looking to consumer spending in the coming week on Wall Street, as the government releases figures on consumer prices and retail sales and major retailers release earnings reports.
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Investors tried to determine whether a lackluster week presaged a departure from the marketâs months-long run-up or merely a temporary pause.
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Will this trend benefit investors?
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WITH economists holding mixed views on the future course of interest rates, homebuyers face difficult choices when trying to decide which type of mortgage to go for.
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NEW YORK - The first presidential debate this week and a load of data on consumer spending will settle some questions that have been hanging over US stocks, and equity strategists, and traders say the decreased uncertainty could draw buyers back to the
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Bargain hunters may want to keep an eye on this stock.
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WASHINGTON - After taking a rest in June, the nation's consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by a strong 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.    The over-the-month increase in consumer spending, reported by the Commerce Department on Monday, marked a turnaround from the 0.2 percent decline registered in June, when high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers...
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The first U.S. presidential debate this week and a load of data on consumer spending will settle some questions that have been hanging over U.S. stocks, and equity strategists, and traders say the decreased uncertainty could draw buyers back to the market.
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Investors may want to shop elsewhere for inexpensive retail stocks.
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An unprecedented number of investors soon will be grappling with the decision of whether to roll over money from their 401(k) plans into individual retirement accounts.
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Mutual fund investors are right to wonder and worry about the costs they are paying to own their shares -- $37 billion went into funds with loads in 2006.
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Concerns about a spending slowdown continue to make IT investors nervous.
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Savvy investors can find retail bargains -- but not everything's on sale.
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Probing the depths of spending psychology.
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Stock investors will look to earnings  reports from retailers Federated Department Stores Inc.   and Target Corp.  next week as well as new soundings on  consumer sentiment as they to try to get a handle on the state  of the U.S. economy.
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The Federal Reserve&#39;s new wave of interest-rate increases is spilling into consumers&#39; and investors&#39; lives in good and bad ways.
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The first US presidential debate this week and a load of data on consumer spending will settle some questions that have been hanging over US stocks, and equity strategists