
Quote from shortie:
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumers spent $10.3 billion on holiday purchases yesterday, an 8.3 percent increase from last year, after retailers promoted electronics and toys to woo shoppers.
This gotta be a nice positive surprise. Could this be comparable to a surprise rate cut as far as the market's reaction? I have read somewhere that a surprise rate cut gives Dow a lift of 100 points.

Quote from shortie:
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumers spent $10.3 billion on holiday purchases yesterday, an 8.3 percent increase from last year, after retailers promoted electronics and toys to woo shoppers.
This gotta be a nice positive surprise. Could this be comparable to a surprise rate cut as far as the market's reaction? I have read somewhere that a surprise rate cut gives Dow a lift of 100 points.
Quote from Schaefer:
Big deal, I work in the retail business, and I have never seen this many people using their credit cards, and some people actually had to go through a couple of credit cards, until they find one that would work.
The sales may have increased, but so did the debt. Most of the customers that actually came into our stores and used cash were the immigrants.
The credit card debt melt down is next :eek:
Schaefer
Quote from Anekdoten:
I'm very much an amateur when it comes to fundamentals but the overall atmosphere is that everyone is in fear that the financial/credit market bleeding is far from over and that you never know when you wake up with more of the same, bad news.
Anek
Quote from Anekdoten:
I'm very much an amateur when it comes to fundamentals but the overall atmosphere is that everyone is in fear that the financial/credit market bleeding is far from over and that you never know when you wake up with more of the same, bad news.
Anek