Eastern time, italian unemployment 37year high and more signs of euro zone reflation. Shopper trak out with the first wide scale read on the Holiday Shopping season and its a mixed picture for november and december, instore foot traffic at the nations retailers fell 14. 6 compared to the year prior but instore sales grew at 2. 7 . Slightly hopper than what shoppertrak had forecast. The main reason for the traffic plunge they say is that. Shoers are making fewer store visits than in the past because most window shopping and browsing is done online ahead of time, so the shoppers that are making the Shopping Trips are going with intended purchases in mind. Black friday was indeed the strongest day for brick and mortar retailers both for sales and traffic. Then there was a large lull until the lastminute panic kicked in. The week ending december 28th accounted for four of the top ten sales and traffic days for the entire Holiday Season. When it comes to categories shoppertrak says electron
160 points at the low of the session, and that was within the last hour or so. The s p down 16 and the nasdaq down 46 there. A lot of people watching the tenyear treasury yield as well, looking to that as they have for weeks now. Right. Kind of a broader reflected gauge of where we stand in the economy, where is this all headed and to what extent, if you look at the performance of these markets since the Federal Reserve meeting over the last eight sessions or so, thats really where youve seen the rotation from growth into value. How much does it have to do with the tapering and tightening if you want to call it that. A day that when they sell the stocks they buy the bonds because the yields on the long end of the curve have been come down today. Let talk about it and get to our closing bell exchange. Quincy crosby and anthony chan from chase, Michael Guyette from Pension Partners and winner, by the way, of the 2014 dell aware and samir samano and jim lacamp from ubs and Gordon Charlott
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VIENNA The coldest days of winter are here just in time for the annual Fridays at the Library gardening webinar series sponsored by the Wood County Master Gardeners.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused an explosion of renewed interest in gardening! Veteran gardeners with young people and beginners are all growing vegetables in traditional gardens, raised beds and containers across America. No matter if you are in small towns, big cities, the suburbs or out in the country, people want to garden.
The gardening educational webinar series “Fridays at the Library,” is celebrating its seventh year and will be held every Friday in February at 11 a.m. Due to COVID-19, this program will be a webinar format on zoom. All gardening enthusiasts, experts and beginners are welcome.