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2/26/2015 Natural gas in storage fell 219 billion cubic feet (bcf) in the February 20 week to 1,938 bcf.
2/26/2015 The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell to 42.7 in the period ended February 22 from 44.6 a week earlier. The 1.9-point decline was the biggest since May 2014.
2/26/2015 Home prices continue to rise: FHFA home prices gained 0.8% in December, following a 0.7% boost in December. Market expectations were for a 0.5% gain in November. The year-ago rate posted at 5.4% from 5.2% in November.
2/26/2015 Data on continuing claims, which are reported with a 1-week lag, are mixed. Continuing claims for the February 14 week fell 21,000 to 2.401 million but the 4-week average rose 2,000 to 2.399 million.
2/26/2015 Initial jobless claims surged unexpectedly in the February 21 week, up 31,000 to a 313,000 level that is far outside the consensus range of 279,000 to 300,000.
2/26/2015 Durables orders rebounded 2.8% in January after dropping 3.7% in December. Market expectations were for a 2.0% rebound. Excluding transportation, the core edged up 0.3% after slipping 0.9% in December. The median market forecast called for a 0.7% gain in January.
2/26/2015 Consumer prices in the US dropped 0.1% year- on-year in January, the lowest rate since late 2009. On a monthly basis, prices went down 0.7% due to falling gasoline cost.
2/26/2015 The British economy grew 0.5% in the last three months of 2014, slowing from a 0.7% rise in the previous period, in second estimates released by the Office for National Statistics.

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Wal-mart is seemingly losing its "bad guy" façade by announcing the increase of wages and benefits for over half a million employees. However, such changes come at a high cost, even for a company of 1.3 million employees. Do you believe that these changes will actually help or hurt Wal-mart's business and image in the long run? Let us know what you think!
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What's Eating Main Street?
2/26/2015 - I want to revisit the news and a few things that were lost in all the Fed hoopla earlier this week. Consumer Confidence measured by the conference board missed consensus estimates, but the devilish details are even more worrisome. It is getting harder to find jobs and those who seek jobs will find the difficulty increased significantly in the future.... MORE

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Wage Wars

Of all the news out in recent weeks on of the biggest stories came from Wal-Mart when they lifted the wages for starting employees and other management levels. Entry-level employees will start out at $9.00 an hour. Next year, employees with six months of skill-based training will see their wages Read more.

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Economy

Econ Wrap-Up: CPI, Durable Goods, and FHFA House Price Index

2/26/2015 By Jennifer Coombs
The negative trend in the consumer price index (CPI) continues to be prominent at the headline level thanks the decline in energy prices. The overall CPI fell by a sharp 0.7% in January after declining by 0.3% in December, but was only slightly below the consensus estimate of a 0.6% decline. This

Making Money

All Eyes on Us: Top Cybersecurity Stocks to Invest in 2015

2/26/2015 By Charles Payne
Cyber security stocks will be one of the hottest investment opportunities in technology for 2015. With each attack, the potential for these stocks skyrockets. Get your free report!

Financials

Staying Course Typically Reaps In Rewards

2/25/2015 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal Analyst
This amazing underperformance puts in one’s head the notion that it is the little guy who is dumb and should be the contrarian, indicted for getting in and out of the stock market. Moreover, the fact

Economy

Econ Wrap-Up: Case-Shiller and Consumer Confidence

2/24/2015 By Jennifer Coombs
While Yellen’s comments gradually lifted the market higher in the earlier half of Tuesday's trading session, there were several domestic economic releases that also had a mixed impact on equities. On Monday, we noted that the sales of existing homes was slowing, but according to the December reading

Economy

Econ Wrap-Up: Exisiting Home Sales, Chicago Fed Index, Dallas Manufacturing

2/23/2015 By Jennifer Coombs
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) showed that January was a good month for the economy as the index jumped back into positive territory at 0.13 from December’s revised reading of -0.07 (from -0.05). The three-month average for the index is quite strong, little changed at a positive 0.3

Economy

Econ Wrap-Up: Markit Manufacturing PMI

2/20/2015 By Jennifer Coombs
Although we prefer the data collected from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), its peer economic firm, Markit, noted that growth is actually quite steady in the US manufacturing sector. The flash reading (preliminary reading) for the February manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) came

MAIN STREET WISDOM
Observations of a concerned public
Pete writes:
Thank you for all that you do in trying to help others--not just in finances but also in life.

May you have a great 2015. (I like the "God Bless" at the end of your message.)

Peace.

Pete
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