Regarding Consumer Sentiment it Depends on Who You Ask

Consumer Confidence and Consumer Sentiment were both reported this week. One figure showed a severe drop-off in sentiment and the other indicated things were just a little less good. So which measure is correct? Well, it may be that both are true, because with regard to American consumers today, it depends on who you ask. If you’re talking to someone in Silicon Valley, well then you’re going to hear about how great the world is. If you’re talking to someone in Texas today though, you might get a different story. See my full story on consumer sentiment here.

Stock Name and Symbol	Today’s % Change
Alcoa (NYSE: AA)	+1.9%
American Express (NYSE: AXP)	-1.0%
Boeing (NYSE: BA)	-0.5%
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)	-0.1%
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT)	+0.1%
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO)	-0.5%
Chevron (NYSE: CVX)	+0.8%
Dupont (NYSE: DD)	-0.5%
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)	-4.6%
General Electric (NYSE: GE)	-0.3%
Home Depot (NYSE: HD)	-0.9%
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)	-0.4%
IBM (NYSE: IBM)	-0.7%
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)	-0.6%
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)	-0.9%
J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)	-0.3%
Kraft Heinz (NYSE: KHC)	-0.9%
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO)	-0.4%
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD)	-0.0%
3M Company (NYSE: MMM)	-0.9%
Merck (NYSE: MRK)	-0.7%
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)	-1.8%
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)	-1.5%
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)	+0.2%
AT&T (NYSE: T)	-1.3%
Travelers (NYSE: TRV)	-0.7%
United Technologies (NYSE: UTX)	-0.2%
Verizon (NYSE: VZ)	-0.4%
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT)	-0.9%
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM)	+1.1%

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