Chad Hudson

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• Is the Retail Rebound Over?

  Published 26 August 2004 | viewed 2,856 times

  UNEDITED With substantially all of the S&P 500 reporting second quarter earnings, earnings growth will be up over 25% for the third consecutive quarter. It…

• Looking Behind CPI

  Published 19 August 2004 | viewed 3,172 times

  On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index fell 0.1% in July from the prior month and is 3.0% higher…

• Looking Behind Earnings Growth

  Published 12 August 2004 | viewed 3,441 times

  Several market pundits have dismissed the notion that the market has sold off during earnings season because companies have lowered their expectations for the second…

• Will Consumers Bounce Back?

  Published 05 August 2004 | viewed 4,001 times

  UNEDITED! The government's tally of personal spending for June confirmed that spending contracted. In fact, the report published by the Commerce Department showed that spending…

• From the Horse's Mouth

  Published 22 July 2004 | viewed 3,567 times

  Earlier this month, retailers and automakers reported that June sales slowed significantly from the previous pace. There has also been a recent spate of conflicting…

• Retailers Weaken

  Published 15 July 2004 | viewed 2,808 times

  UNEDITED Retail sales have been in the spotlight over the past week. Last week, retailers reported June same store sales that were weaker than forecasted.…

• Mixed Signals

  Published 08 July 2004 | viewed 2,776 times

  UNEDITED After last week's spree of economic data, this is a relatively quiet week as investors await the start of second quarter earnings announcements. Besides…

• 25 Basis Points Down, How Many More?

  Published 01 July 2004 | viewed 3,700 times

  UNEDITED Just as about everyone expected, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 25 basis points. Of the 143 forecasts that comprised Bloomberg's estimate, only…

• Does Leverage Matter?

  Published 24 June 2004 | viewed 3,080 times

  This has been a quiet week, especially compared to last week's deluge of economic data. Earnings preannouncements and a few earnings reports attempted to keep…

• Manufacturing Taking the Lead?

  Published 17 June 2004 | viewed 3,517 times

  There were several economic reports released this week that showed the economy remained buoyant in May. In a departure from the recent past, there are…

• Cracks Starting to Form?

  Published 10 June 2004 | viewed 2,904 times

  UNEDITED Two economic reports released last week showed that economic activity continued to expand in May. The employment report from the Bureau of Labor showed…

• Incentives Boosts Auto Sales

  Published 03 June 2004 | viewed 2,988 times

  Two surveys recently released showed that the manufacturing sector continued to expand in May and will likely remain robust in the coming months. Last week,…

• Will History Rhyme?

  Published 27 May 2004 | viewed 3,037 times

  UNEDITED Earnings announcements for the first quarter are mostly complete. As of last Friday, 97% of S&P 500 companies had reported first quarter earnings. Seventy-four…

• Cracks Appearing In The Consumer

  Published 20 May 2004 | viewed 2,801 times

  UNEDITED Over the past several months economic data and corporate earnings have shown that the economy was expanding rapidly. The last area to recover was…

• Economy Rolls, Auto Sales Stall

  Published 06 May 2004 | viewed 2,614 times

  Early indications show that the economy continued to fire on all cylinders in April. While the ISM manufacturing survey fell 0.1 points to 62.4 from…

• Strong Earnings, Stagnant Stocks

  Published 29 April 2004 | viewed 3,077 times

  UNEDITED This week concludes the peak of first quarter earnings season. After this week, investors will have digested earnings announcements for all but 20% of…

• Rising Earnings, Rising Costs

  Published 22 April 2004 | viewed 3,037 times

  UNEDITED Companies have been reporting first quarter earnings that have generally been above analysts' estimates. So far of the 190 S&P 500 companies that have…

• The Risk of ARMs

  Published 08 April 2004 | viewed 3,132 times

  UNEDITED Economic data released over the past week showed that the economy has continued to expand. The non-manufacturing ISM survey reached a record high in…

• Will Rising Prices Retard Growth?

  Published 01 April 2004 | viewed 2,868 times

  March auto sales will be released Thursday and according to analysts it will jump to 16.7 million units from 16.4 last month and 16.2 last…

• Will Inflation Ever Be Acknowledged?

  Published 25 March 2004 | viewed 4,021 times

  UNEDITED Over the past two years commodity prices have steadily increased, some rather dramatically. Even as the Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) Index has soared almost…