Holiday Outlooks Due From Major Retailers in Test of US Consumer
(Bloomberg) — Last week’s selloff, which comes on the heels of what has been a generally successful earnings season for Corporate America, has investors bracing
(Bloomberg) — Last week’s selloff, which comes on the heels of what has been a generally successful earnings season for Corporate America, has investors bracing
The market’s reaction to the election has been overwhelmingly positive. This is not surprising. The market normally rises following a presidential election due to the
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I can think of few topics more over-discussed in the financial media than what the Federal Reserve is doing and what it is saying about
A few things. First, the momentum trade in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks has reversed, at least temporarily. This could be a simple technical pull-back but it may
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Markets are navigating in the slack water between economic narratives. In 2021 stocks rose on the post-Covid reopening and stimulus. In 2022, stocks dove on
John Zolidis, founder of consumer-focused investment adviser Quo Vadis Capital, also removed his long recommendation on Lululemon shares this week. He noted that Choe’s departure follows concerning commentary from the company on its March earnings call, where it blamed both squeezed shoppers and the wrong product assortment for a softer start to its fiscal year.
“It’s very troubling,” he said. “It sounds like something is very wrong with the merchandising or the execution.”
John Zolidis, founder of consumer-focused investment adviser Quo Vadis Capital, expects to see weakness in discretionary spending as retailers report first-quarter results. One headwind, he said, is that there’s no major occasion straight ahead, like back-to-school, to bring shoppers out.
April was a more difficult month for the markets. What happened? The inflation data wasn’t as wonderful as some people were hoping, which pushed out