Black Friday puts consumer spending in markets glare with stocks near records

HSUCX Fund  USD 32.93  0.12  0.37%   
Slightly above 53% of Rational Defensive's investor base is interested to short. The analysis of overall sentiment of trading Rational Defensive Growth mutual fund suggests that many investors are impartial at this time. Rational Defensive's investing sentiment can be driven by a variety of factors including economic data, Rational Defensive's earnings reports, geopolitical events, and overall market trends.
  
The health of the U.S. consumer and the retail sector will be in focus in the coming week, as Black Friday kicks off a holiday shopping season that could shed light on how buyers are grappling with higher prices. The benchmark SP 500 rose 1.7 percent in the past week and approached all-time highs as investors digested the end of a solid third-quarter corporate reporting season. But recent earnings from two high-profile retailers yielded sharply different prospects Walmart on Tuesday raised its annual sales and profit forecast for the third consecutive time, while Target shares tumbled after it forecast holiday-quarter comparable sales and profit below estimates on Wednesday.

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