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not bust through 2.5. in fact the yields have settled back just a touch. our road map begins with markets continuing that rally as retain sales show a more confident consumer. does it change the calculus for a rate hike from the fed? lululemon stock sinks, but is it good news for the stock? they did it. nike to become the official on-court uniform provider for the nash. first, though as expected retail sales rose by 1.2. april and march sales figures were revised higher, and futures on the rise helped by the hopes that greece may be closer to reaching a deal with their creditors. it is about the retail sales today. 11 of 13 categories up march revised up. there s been some notes this morning that may q1 gdp is revised up. especially with the growth you saw in the core numbers. we knew autos were strong. we saw car sales last month, best in years. we knew gasoline was strong because oil prices were up. but you also saw strength in places like furniture stores and ....
take a look at the splash, there is positioning that is starting to take place in anticipation of what could be, maybe a fed interest rate increase. hedging their bets tachlt a look at this one. the two year note yield for u.s. treasuries, already over the korts of the past week, moving higher. it was near 80 basis points about a week ago. now it s up towards 90. again, look in the grand scheme of the year to date period, eliminatively on a low basis here. one place where that battle, that hedging is starting to take place. that positioning. also look at this. the dollar a big part of that story as well. gold also playing into that. again, $1275 a week ago her ounce. now we re around $1250. a 2% loss over the course of the past year. gold has been a hot trade. it s still up. up marketedly. so but some of the bets being paired back in anticipation of what could be a fed interest rate increase. then one more place we ll look, one manufacture places we ll look, again, regi ....
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