Unemployment is at a 16-year low, and the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index is near a 16-year high. It reached 121.1 in July, rising 3.8 points; analysts polled by MarketWatch expected a reading of 116.9. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index rose to 93.4.^1,2

1 – marketwatch.com/story/consumer-confidence-back-near-16-year-high-2017-07-25 [7/25/17]

2 – investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/indexes-mostly-down-gop-health-failure-hurts-this-stock/ [7/28/17]

HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC