Trades with cats wrote:What I learned from my week on the westside of Los Angeles.........
thanks boss
hey WHAT MOVIE did you see ?
also, from schwab last week:
“According to the Mastercard Spending Pulse report, holiday retail sales this year were up +4.9%. That's the biggest year-over-year increase since 2011. The report covers sales activity from Nov. 1 through December 24.
Another firm, Customer Growth Partners, says holiday shoppers spent $598 billion, handily beating last year's $565 billion. Online retail sales surged +18.1% year-over-year with Cyber Monday breaking a spending record with sales jumping +16.8%.
Spending was spread out with electronics and home appliances rising +7.5%, home furniture and furnishings up +5.1% and jewelry sales beating last year's numbers by +5.9%.
… Indications are that spending should continue into 2018….”