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....war wohl nix mit Ankurbelung der Wirtschaft...
Die pers. Einkommen stiegen um 1,4 % wegen der Stimulus-Schecks (über je 250 Dollar). Der Konsum stieg jedoch nur um 0,3 %. Dafür erreichte die pers. Sparquote neue Höchststände.
Fazit: Die Stimulanzgelder wanderten überwiegen auf die Sparkonten.
Ob das die US-Konjunktur wirklich voranbringt, wenn die Amis angstsparen? Dann verhalten sie sich ja ähnlich wie die Banken, die bei der Kreditvergabe wegen des erhöhten Risikos ebenfalls angstsparen...
Economic Report
Jun 26, 2009, 8:53 a.m. EST
Incomes surge on one-time stimulus checks
Real spending up 0.2% in May, the best since January
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By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. personal incomes jumped 1.4% in May due to one-time stimulus checks, sending the savings rate to a 15-year high, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Incomes were boosted by one-time $250 checks sent to about 50 million Social Security beneficiaries as part of the Obama stimulus program. Excluding the one-time payments, disposable incomes rose 0.2%, the government said.
Wages and salaries fell 0.1%.
Consumer spending rose 0.3% in nominal terms, and 0.2% after adjusting for inflation, the largest gain since January.
www.marketwatch.com/story/...me-stimulus-checks?dist=bigcharts
The Mighty Machines
By Rev Shark
Street.com Contributor
6/26/2009 9:00 AM EDT
With some big gains in the second quarter of the year, money managers are under a lot of pressure to show good relative returns as things wind down. No one likes to be accused of missing out, so we usually see a strong propensity to try to add some performance before the quarter ends. Typically this is done by chasing some of the big, fast-moving stocks, but it also helps to create a generally buoyant atmosphere like we saw on Thursday.
After some unenthusiastic action following the Fed on Wednesday, the buyers were off and running on Thursday. Breadth was extremely strong all day and buyers even jumped in on a minor late-day bounce. There were some very big moves back up in momentum stocks that had broken down recently as the bears just stood aside and let things run.
Today we add another factor that should have a major impact on trading -- today's the day the Russell indices are rebalanced. This rebalancing has caused some very unusual action in the past. It isn't just a matter of buying and selling the affected stocks at the close. We will see a bunch of big blocks cross the tape at the close, but the shares that are being added to and subtracted from the Russell indices will have already been bought and sold to a great degree using various hedging and other strategies. The machines will be at work, and we'll be at their mercy to a great degree.
In the past I recall seeing some huge program trades kick in intraday that suddenly jerked around many of the small-cap stocks being added to the Russell 2000. You will see some unusual volume patterns in these stocks throughout the day, and they can be quite misleading as you review charts and look for trades.
A lot of folks try to game the rebalancing, so add to the volatility as well. For the Russell 2000, about 500 stocks will have lots of shares bought or sold; for the Russell 1000, about 100 stocks will be very active. You are going to see a lot of these names pop up on your screens due to the unusual action.
Keep in mind that when you combine the Russell rebalancing with the end-of-quarter window dressing, you end up with some very crazy action. Don't try to read anything significant into it -- it has nothing to do with big-picture fundamentals. There will be a lot of computer-driven action, and a lot of it will be very random. I would be surprised if we didn't have a major swing in the indices late in the day today.
We have a quiet start setting up, but it shouldn't stay that way. Be ready for some volatility, especially in the smaller-caps, and just remember it is the machines that are in control.
Government data today showed that the household savings rate rose to 6.9 percent in May, a 15-year high, as personal spending increased less than incomes. The rate in April 2008 was zero.
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Banks are benefiting. Deposits grew 1.7 percent in May, the ninth-biggest monthly rise since 1973.
Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York University and chairman of RGE Monitor, forecasts that the savings rate will ultimately reach 10 percent to 11 percent. What’s critical, he said in a Bloomberg Television interview on June 24, is how quickly it increases.
A rapid rise in the next year because of a collapse in consumption would push the economy, already in its deepest contraction in 50 years, further into recession, he said. If it occurs over a few years, the economy may grow.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aome1_t5Z5y8
You know it’s serious when the millionaires start to panic.
It used to be that when a millionaire walked into his financial advisor’s office to talk about retirement, all he wanted to know was: Will I have enough money to maintain the yacht-and-caviar lifestyle to which I’ve grown accustomed?
Now, they’re worried about running out of money, according to a new survey by Phoenix High-Net-Worth Market Insights.
“The whole projection of what retirement means to them has changed,” said Walt Zultowski, senior vice president for research and concept development at Phoenix Companies.
Nearly half of the respondents — 49 percent — said they were either planning to retire at a later date than originally planned or they were thinking about it.
It’s largely due to two things: “Their retirement nest eggs have taken a hit,” and they are increasingly aware that “they might be one of the people who lives to — not just 80, but — 90, 95 or 100,” Zultowski explained.
As a result, most of them are going to wind up working in some capacity past the standard retirement age of 65, Zultowski said.
“Now, they may not fully retire until they’re 80,” he added.
Working past retirement isn’t a new concept, but what’s new is the reason: They used to continue working to stay sharp or keep busy. Now, it’s a necessity.
“They would rather continue working than adjust their lifestyle expectation,” Zultowski said.
Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re going to stay in their full-time executive positions until they’re 80. What’s more likely, Zultowski said, is that they’ll teach or do consulting work.
Millionaires of the late 1990s and early 2000s talked about making enough to retire early — now, that’s not even a question. Now, it’s about working after retirement.
A whopping 43 percent of millionaires said longevity planning — planning to live longer — was "very" or "extremely" important to them, according to the Phoenix survey, and another 33 percent said it was important.
But even millionaires procrastinate: Just 29 percent said they’d spoken to an advisor about longevity planning, while 34 percent said they planned to.
Zultowski said he thinks this shift is going to result in a cottage industry springing up: longevity products. Such investment products would include an insurance component. Something like a deferred-payout annuity, where payments don’t start until age 80 or 85.
So, don't worry your pretty little heads, millionaires. There are people who are on it to make sure that you will always be able to have your caviar — and eat it, too!
Now, if you'll just call your financial adviser, we'll be all set.
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