Weekly Economic Update
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|WEEKLY UPDATE |
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| |February 16, 2015 |
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| |A MESSAGE FROM MARK… |
| |Many of us have heard the saying, “Most people learn from their own mistakes, but the wise person learns from the |
|WEEKLY QUOTE |mistakes of others.”, and learning what works is important too! I took all of that to heart when I started |
| |Giesting Financial almost 13 years ago, and am proud to be an independent business owner serving the families of |
|“The real problem is not |Batesville and our surrounding communities. That’s why I’m so excited to announce the upcoming, “Launching Your |
|whether machines think but |Own Business - Start Right, Plan Right” workshop this Thursday, February 19 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at the Big Four|
|whether men do.” |Café in Batesville - sponsored by The Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC). ”The ISBDC was created |
| |to have a positive and measurable impact on the formation, growth, and sustainability of small businesses in |
|- B.F. Skinner |Indiana, and to help Hoosier Entrepreneurs start stronger, grow faster, and work smarter.” |
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| |This 3 hour workshop sponsored will step you through the process of starting a business and provide you a guide |
| |through the Business Plan. The Business Plan is a necessary tool for all business start-ups and existing |
| |businesses— especially if the company is looking for a loan of any type. This workshop will include all materials,|
| |live instruction and a subscription to their online SmallBizNavigator business plan guide. You can register for |
| |this workshop online at or call Diane at (812)-952-9765. |
|WEEKLY TIP | |
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|One fundamental rule about |RETAIL SALES DECREASE AGAIN |
|consumer debt: never arrange a |Recently, economists have worried about a decline in household spending. The 0.8% fall for retail sales in January|
|loan that may outlast the life |affirmed their anxieties. Consumers have certainly been buying less fuel, but even with gas purchases removed, |
|of whatever you are buying. |there was still an 0.2% retreat. Headline retail sales have now sunk for consecutive months; earlier Commerce |
| |Department data showed an 0.9% falloff in December.1 |
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| |HOUSEHOLD SENTIMENT INDEX DECLINES |
| |Did the rough weather blasting much of the nation affect the reading of the latest University of Michigan consumer|
| |sentiment index? Quite possibly. The final January edition came in at an 11-year high of 98.1, but February’s |
| |initial edition fell to 93.6 – and per region, the major declines came in the Midwest and Northeast.1 |
|WEEKLY RIDDLE | |
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|I am astonishingly light, but |OIL ENDS THE WEEK WITH A RALLY |
|even the strongest person in |Rising 3.1% in a day, WTI crude settled at $52.78 a barrel on the NYMEX Friday. Over on the COMEX, silver rose |
|the world can only hold me for |3.6% on the week to $17.29 while gold slipped 0.6% across five days to $1.227.10.2 |
|a few minutes. What am I? | |
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| |S&P 500 CLOSES AT A NEW RECORD HIGH |
| |Thanks to a 2.02% weekly ascent, the index settled at 2,096.99 Friday. Rising crude prices and signs of economic |
| |improvement in the euro area helped. Those factors also assisted the Dow and Nasdaq: the former gained 1.09% on |
| |the week, the latter 3.15%. Friday brought a close of 4,893.84 for the Nasdaq, 18,019.35 for the Dow.3 |
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|Last week’s riddle: |THIS WEEK: U.S. stock and bond markets are closed Monday for Presidents’ Day, but eyes will be on Europe as Greece|
|What 8-letter name would be |formally asks to renegotiate its bailout. On Tuesday, earnings roll in from MGM Resorts, Goodyear, Medtronic, |
|cute and logical for a house |Waste Management, Norwegian Cruise Line, Agilent, Fossil, Jack in the Box, and Bridgestone. Wednesday, Wall Street|
|cat living below the |looks at the minutes from the January Federal Reserve policy meeting, the latest Producer Price Index, data on |
|Mason-Dixon line? |January industrial output, building permits and housing starts and earnings from Fluor, Duke Energy,, Hilton, Avis|
| |Budget Group, SolarCity, Virgin America, Hyatt Hotels, Marathon Oil, Healthstream, Denny’s, Barrick Gold, Marriott|
| |and Garmin. The Conference Board’s January index of leading indicators arrives Thursday, plus a new initial claims|
|Last week’s answer: |report, earnings from Nestle, Wal-Mart, Priceline, Hormel, DirecTV, Boise Cascade, Clear Channel, Novatel, Noble |
|Southpaw. |Energy, Six Flags Entertainment, Newmont Mining, Public Storage and Nordstrom … and for the first time ever, |
| |minutes from a European Central Bank meeting (January 22). Friday sees earnings from Choice Hotels and Deere. |
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| |% CHANGE |
| |Y-T-D |
| |1-YR CHG |
| |5-YR AVG |
| |10-YR AVG |
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| |DJIA |
| |+1.10 |
| |+12.43 |
| |+15.68 |
| |+6.70 |
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| |NASDAQ |
|[pic] |+3.33 |
| |+15.40 |
| |+24.83 |
| |+13.50 |
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| |S&P 500 |
| |+1.85 |
| |+14.60 |
| |+19.00 |
| |+7.39 |
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| |REAL YIELD |
| |2/13 RATE |
| |1 YR AGO |
| |5 YRS AGO |
| |10 YRS AGO |
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| |10 YR TIPS |
| |0.34% |
| |0.56% |
| |1.46% |
| |1.54% |
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| |Sources: online., , - 2/13/154,5,6,7 |
| |Indices are unmanaged, do not incur fees or expenses, and cannot be invested into directly. These returns do not |
| |include dividends. 10-year TIPS real yield = projected return at maturity given expected inflation. |
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