New findings from a National Association of Realtors® survey show that consumer opinions about home buying bounced back in the first quarter of 2019, with 37% stating that they strongly believe now is a good time to buy, up from 34% in the last quarter of 2018 but down from 38% one year ago. Only 35% of respondents said that now is not a good time to buy a home, compared to 37% in 2018’s fourth quarter.
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index vaulted 5.4 points to 55.7 in early March, the biggest one-month jump since 2012. As the Dow Jones and broader stock market rally extended their recovery and the government shutdown receded further into memory, Americans' confidence in the economy jolted out of a four-month tailspin to solidly optimistic territory. Readings above the neutral 50 level reflect optimism.
LOS ANGELES -- March 5, 2019 -- The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, a leading national poll on consumer confidence, rose 10.7 percent in March, ending a four-month slide. Its reading of 55.7 ensures that the index continues its record run in positive territory. The Economic Optimism Index has now spent 30 consecutive months above 50. An index reading below 50 for the IBD/TIPP indexes indicates pessimism while above 50 signals optimism.
With the government shutdown over and the prospect of a wide-ranging China trade deal, the nation's mood has brightened considerably. Reflecting this, President Donald Trump approval ratings snapped back smartly in March after dropping sharply the month before, a new IBD/TIPP Poll shows.
RAMSEY, N.J., February 28, 2019 (Newswire.com) - Consumer demand for new vehicles has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a year, as inclement weather, high vehicle costs, and growing uncertainty about the economy compel some Americans to delay their auto purchasing plans. TechnoMetrica’s Auto Demand Index declined by 12 points, or 11 percent, in February to a score of 94, its lowest reading since March 2018. The Index has dropped below 100 in two out of the last three months, indicating a possible downtrend in vehicle purchase intent. Thus, as continuously rising transaction prices and borrowing costs price more consumers out of the auto market, we anticipate that new vehicle sales will decelerate in the months ahead.
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USA Today ran a surprising story on Tuesday headlined "Can the middle-class revival under Trump last?" It's surprising — shocking really — because it might just be the first time a major news outlet has admitted that there has been a middle-class revival under Trump.
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While journalists are getting pink slips across the country, the Washington Post decided to dump a boatload of cash for a Super Bowl image ad that tried to portray the news media as national heroes. Here's a better, and much cheaper, idea to restore the industry's shattered reputation: Be less blatantly partisan.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, today announced the results of its seventh annual investor survey of the Best Online Brokers. Notably, Charles Schwab and Fidelity maintained top ratings for the sixth consecutive year, with Charles Schwab edging just ahead of Fidelity in Overall Customer Experience after Fidelity’s four-year reign at the top. Interactive Brokers also ranked as one of the Best Online Brokers overall.
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Investors looking for a great online broker have plenty of choices to wade through, thanks to fierce competition and innovation in the industry. But results from IBD's annual Best Online Brokers survey can speed the process of finding the broker that best fits your needs.
The Newsweek Automotive Consumer Awards recognizes America’s favorite vehicle brands. The study, a collaboration between Newsweek and TechnoMetrica, aimed to uncover the automotive brands that consumers most desire to acquire (aspiration), as well as those they are currently driving most often (use).
Investor’s Business Daily with a poll — and, by the way, I need to repeatedly remind you that the IBD poll remains one of the most accurate polls in recent years in predicting the outcome of various elections, including presidential. What they have determined in this latest poll is: “Public Turned Off by Media’s Relentlessly Negative Coverage of Trump — 55% of the public says they’ve grown ‘weary from the media’s persistently negative coverage of President Trump.’
In the cornucopia of pro-Clinton polling that preceded the 2016 presidential election, two polls stood out as outliers: the USC/LA Times tracking poll and the Investor's Business Daily/TIPP tracking poll.
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All night long, we heard the news networks talk about how "all" the polls and pundits were wrong. They were saying that Clinton is underperforming expectations, and voters were coming out for Trump in numbers no one had expected.
With the 2016 election nearly upon us, the political world is once again awash with presidential polls. Many of them show very different things, with some showing Hillary Clinton ahead and others Donald Trump. They can't all be right. How can you tell which polls to trust?
The venerated Gallup Poll took a beating this year for being such an outlier in its predictions of who would win the presidency, and the New York Times's Nate Silver has now served up further evidence that the firm has lost its mojo. Silver analyzed the results obtained by about two dozen top polling firms that ran multiple surveys in the last three weeks of the campaign and then ranked the pollsters based on their accuracy: Gallup came in dead last, with an average error of 7.2 points compared to the actual results.
