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This weeks U.S. market data includes NFIB Small Business Optimism (Aug), JOLTS job openings (July), Consumer and producer price indexes (August), Empire manufacturing survey (Sept), Retail sales (August), Industrial production and capacity utilization (August) and U. of Michigan sentiment survey (Sept)
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Last Weeks recap
| Mortgage applications w/w purchase +1% YoY purchase +5% w/w refinance +5% M1 Initial jobless claims | Oil prices and usage Oil +$0.21 to $47.56 w/w Gas prices +$0.28 to $2.68 w/w Usage 4 wk avg -1.0% YoY M2 0.290 TED spread -0.05 w/w | Railroad transport Carloads -5.9% YoY loads ex-coal -10.6% YoY Intermodal units +4.2% YoY Total loads -0.9% YoY Shipping transport NYSE ^TRIN |
| Week Dow Jones -0.9% Nasdaq -1.2% S&P 500 -0.6% Russell 2000 -1% | YTD Dow Jones 10.3% Nasdaq 18.2% S&P 500 9.9% Russell 2000 3.1% |
Baltic Dry Index
P/Es & Yields on Major U.S. Indexes
Earnings report this week – here is a ticker list of notables
MegaCaps: ORCL
LargeCaps: BTI LFC BSBR LBRDK CEA ZNH
MidCaps: SHI CPL FIZZ GSH PTHN SID AKRX CIG CBRL MANU