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Week In Review 7.26.2019
July 29, 2019
Week in Review
Week Ending: Friday, July 26, 2019
Recap & Commentary
Through Friday, 44% of S&P 500 companies had reported second quarter earnings. Thus far, 77% have beaten their consensus earnings estimate, while 61% have beaten their consensus revenue estimate. Both figures are above the 5-year average. Currently, full quarter earnings growth is forecasted to be -2.6% which if met would be the first time the index has experienced two consecutive quarters of negative earnings growth since the start of 2016.
Economic Bullet Points
Durable Goods Orders — For the first time in three months, durable goods orders rose in June, helped along by an unexpected bump from aircraft orders. Overall, this report was viewed as a welcome reprieve, but the year-to-date downtrend in capital expenditures spending remains firmly negative.
International Trade in Goods — A -$136.3B decline in US exports led to a deeper-than-expected -$74.2 billion trade gap in June. Total exports on the year are down -3.7 percent, while imports are up only a marginal 0.2 percent, which in some respects supports the Fed’s case for a July 31 interest rate cut.
Of Note
Market Indices Week of 6/29
S&P 500 | 0.9% |
Small Caps | 0.9% |
Intl. Developed | 0.0% |
Intl. Emerging | -0.3% |
Commodities | -0.5% |
U.S. Bond Market | 0.0% |
10-Year Treas. Yield | 2.07% |
US Dollar | 0.7% |
WTI Oil ($/bl) | $56 |
Gold ($/oz) | $1,415 |
The Week Ahead
- Personal Income & Outlays
- Case-Shiller HPI
- Pending Home Sales
- Consumer Confidence
- ISM Manufacturing
- July Employment Report
- International Trade
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