Consumer Confidence

On Friday, The University of Michigan's report on consumer confidence was released. According to the report, inflation expectations rose to 3.0% from 2.9%, the second highest figure in 2011. Silver jumped nearly $0.30 in seconds to approach $36, while gold rose roughly $10. Historically,...

Stock market futures are soaring on news of a potential second Greek bailout program, as well as better than expected economic news out of Japan. There are two important economic reports coming out in a little bit that will greatly impact the trading day. The most important number is the Chicago...

March Consumer Confidence just crossed and it came in at 63.4, versus expectations of 65.0.

February consumer confidence data was just released, and it came in much better than expected. It came in at 70.4 versus estimates of 67.0. January's consumer confidence was revised up to 64.8. The February Richmond Fed index came in at 25 versus expectations of 18. The Dow is off 57 points, the...

Consumer confidence was just released, and results came in better than expected. Economists had expected a reading of 53.5 for the month of January, and instead the reading was 60.6. Stocks are modestly lower on the back of the results. The Dow is off 9 points, the S&P 500 is lower by 1 point...

Consumer confidence was just released for November, and it was much better than expected, and stocks are peeling back losses as a result. November consumer confidence came in at came in at 54.1, much better than the 52.0 economists were expecting. October was revised to 49.9. At last check, the...