Not as much is going to change as people might think. |
Not only are avian flu fears and fuel costs driving prices higher, but gold prices are also on the rise. Meanwhile, wages for skilled laborers are struggling to keep up with rising expenses. |
Oil prices are slipping, and that's generally good news for the market. |
Once again, we're seeing a reaction to soft economic data. |
Once again, we're seeing a reaction to soft economic data. It seems to be the key to reducing worries about how aggressive the Fed is going to be going forward, which seems to be the catalyst for stocks here. |
Solid earnings reports are helping to put in a bit of a floor in the market. But the sensitivity here to the economic data given the question about the outlook for Fed tightening, that seems to be the overriding influence. |
Stocks are pretty flat, which I think is positive considering the litany of potential inflation risks mentioned in his (Greenspan's) testimony, |
Stocks are pretty flat, which I think is positive considering the litany of potential inflation risks mentioned in his (Greenspan's) testimony. |
Stocks have been flat, in line with the high levels. |
Technically, the market still looks pretty good despite the light volume we've seen this week. But we're probably not ready to break out above this level until we get a better read on when the Fed is going to be finished up raising rates. |
The abundance of cheap labor in countries such as China has contributed toward increased pressure on U.S. manufacturers to outsource their unskilled labor overseas, and evolve toward higher skilled areas, to maintain profitability, ... Unfortunately, the unskilled maids haven't managed an increase in price for their services in many years. |
The abundance of cheaper labor in countries such as India and China has resulted in pressure on U.S. manufacturers to outsource unskilled labor, ... As a result, the cost of skilled dancers has steadily increased while the unskilled milk maids haven't managed an increase in pay for their services in many years. |
The Christmas Price Index reflects the changing economic mix in the U.S. away from manufacturing to a more service based economy. |
The Christmas Price Index reflects the economic trends that we have witnessed during the past year, |
The fact that inflation picked up and caused the Fed to keep raising rates was (partly caused by) a hurricane-related surge in energy prices. There was a lot of worry created around mother nature. It threw everybody for a curve. |