Retailing Stocks and Stats Suggest the U.S. Stock Market Rally is For Real

Thanks to Rich from Virginia for this link…

By Jon D. Markman
Contributing Writer
Money Morning

We haven’t looked at the new high list for some time, so I took a quick look to see what’s cooking.

There were quite a few American Depository Receipts (ADRs) for Israel-based companies on the list last week, as well as a lot of U.S. retailers and apparel wholesalers. J Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) surged to a big new one-year high on Thursday, up 15%, as did shoemaker Skechers USA Inc. (NYSE: SKX), up 14%; and Brown Shoe Co.  Inc. (NYSE: BWS), up 3% to a new high. Another new high, with an 18% gain, was recorded by HNI Corp. (NYSE: HNI), which makes office furniture. And of course you know about Amazon.com Inc. (NYSE: AMZN).

What happened to the missing-in-action consumer that the bears have complained about? Makes you wonder.

 

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