“There was quite a bit of economic data released today, and most of it relayed the message of modest growth,” observed Schaeffer’s Senior Equity Analyst Joe Bell, CMT. “Retail sales were slightly worse than expected, and the producer price
Benchmarks ended lower on Thursday after investors were hesitant to take any positions ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week. This marked the end of the seven consecutive days of gains for the S&P 500