Market Moment

Glen Eagle®: America’s Women-Owned Trading Desk®  

8/14/2023

  • A recent Reuters survey shows that 73% of Americans believe the economy is worse than it was five years ago. Additionally, about 2 in 5 people feel personally worse off than they did five years ago. 1
  • The average American credit card balance is at a new record of $7,300, while the median household savings are at just $5,300. Delinquency rates have risen for 6 consecutive quarters, the longest streak since 2008. 2
  • Since 1928, the S&P 500 has seen 55 years with annual gains of over 10%. Of those, 23 years experienced corrections of 10% or worse within the same year, showing that almost half of the years with 20%+ stock market gains include significant corrections.* 3
  • 71.9% of all US consumers reported visiting Walmart in the last month (compared to 50% five years ago). The growing trend transcends income levels with 74% of consumers earning under $50k and 56% of those earning over $200k visiting Walmart. 4


  1. Reuters - "Reuters/Ipsos Survey: Perceptions of the economy impact Biden's approval and chances in 2024"
  2. The Irrelevant Investor - "Animal Spirits: Do Valuations Matter?"
  3. A Wealth of Common Sense- "Even When the Stock Market Goes Up it Still Goes Down"
  4. MFS - "Beyond the News"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance


Economic Calendar


Monday:

None scheduled


Tuesday:

U.S. retail sales (Jul), Retail sales minus autos (Jul), Import price index (Jul), Import price index minus fuel (Jul), Empire State manufacturing survey (Aug), Business inventories (Jun), Minneapolis Fed President Kashkari speaks


Wednesday:

Housing starts (Jul), Building permits (Jul), Industrial production (Jul), Capacity utilization (Jul), FOMC minutes of July meeting


Thursday:

Initial jobless claims (Aug), Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey (Aug), U.S. leading economic indicators (Jul)


Friday:

None scheduled

 

US Futures*

S&P 4,473.50 -0.16%

DOW 35,325.00

-0.07%

NASDAQ 15,069.50

-0.17%


World Markets*

FTSE 7,492.34

-0.42%

NIKKEI 32,059.91

-1.27%

HANG SENG 18,773.55 -1.58%


*values as of 9:30 AM EST 8/14/2023

 

Treasuries*

2 YR 4.946%

10YR 4.187%

30 YR 4.280%



Cryptocurrencies*

BTC-USD

29,314.25 -0.18%

ETH.CM

1,843.24 -0.71%

^CMC200

633.85 -0.21%




Currencies*

Euro $1.0887

Pound $1.2637

Yen $145.4110



Commodities*

Gold 1,939.70

-0.35%

WTI Crude 82.67

-0.63%

Silver 22.66

-0.34%



Upcoming Earnings Calls


Monday - SU, ELP, XP, ROIV, RUM

Tuesday - HD, BHP, ALC, A, SE

Wednesday - CSCO, TJX, SNPS, TGT, JD

Thursday- WMT, AMAT, ROST, KEYS, NICE

Friday - DE, PANW, EL, TLK, VIPS



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This desk commentary is for informational purposes only




Carol Ann Fernandez

Rob Michel

Grier Vacek


Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC

4422C Route 27

PO Box 399

Kingston, NJ 08528

(609) 631-8231


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