Stock-Market Bulls Are Counting On The Consumer Staying Strong - Should They?

[The Option Specialist]( 10/19/2020   |   [View in browser]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Stock-Market Bulls Are Counting On The Consumer Staying Strong - Should They?]( Bulls are convinced the American consumer - and the stock market - are going to hold up fine, even if politicians fail to approve another round of fiscal stimulus before next month's elections. Some economists, however, have doubts about just how much buying power consumers have left after an admittedly robust third quarter. Worryingly, the latest round of weekly data on jobless claims showed that first-time applications for benefits unexpectedly rose, hitting a seven-week high and possibly signaling that resurgent COVID-19 outbreaks in several states are hurting the labor market again. [More...]( SPONSORED CONTENT [[Exposed] What Pro Option Traders Don't Want You To Know...]( The pros want you to believe that options trading has to be risky. But a careful and caution engineer figured out a way nearly anyone can trade options SAFELY. Free guide reveals the step by step system: [Click here to get this FREE guide before it's too late.]( [Older Americans Are Selling The Stock Market, Slowly But Ceaselessly, To Junior Generations]( Baby boomers own an outsize helping of the market and are constantly reducing it, a process with significant implications for the supply and demand for equities, the interpretation of fund-flow statistics and the kinds of stocks likely to perform better and worse in coming years. A breakdown of household-stock and stock-fund ownership by generation shows more than half is possessed by baby boomers, those born between World War II and the mid-1960s. [Read more...]( [The Next Economic Crisis: Empty Retail Space]( Commercial real estate is in trouble, and turbulence in the $15 trillion market is threatening to bleed over into the broader financial system just as the U.S. struggles to emerge from a recession. The longer the pandemic paralyzes hotels, retailers and office buildings, the more difficult it is for property owners to meet their mortgage payments - raising the specter of widespread downgrades, defaults and eventual foreclosures. [Article continues...]( [Walmart Reinvents Black Friday With 3 Huge Savings Events In November]( In a series of events they are calling "Black Friday Deals for Days," Walmart will have three separate savings events in November with the "the retailer's best prices of the season on the most sought-after items on 2020 holiday wish" as well as new items from top brands, like HP, Instant Pot, LEGO, L.O.L. Surprise!, Roku and Shark, and items that can only be found at Walmart. Each event will begin online at Walmart.com and continue in Walmart stores. [Click to continue reading this article...]( [7 Changes to Social Security in 2021]( There isn't a social program in this country that bears more importance to the financial well-being of seniors than Social Security. Each month, nearly 65 million people receive a Social Security benefit, and more than 46 million of them are retired workers. Of these retirees, more than 3 in 5 rely on their monthly payouts to account for at least half their income. It's also a dynamic program. Despite laying a financial foundation for those who can no longer provide for themselves, the Social Security program undergoes a number of changes every year. It just so happens that these updates were unveiled by the Social Security Administration (SSA) this past week. Here's a closer look at the seven biggest changes to Social Security in 2021. [More here...]( SPONSORED CONTENT [Look who's going bankrupt next in America]( Stocks are crashing - and now a Maryland multimillionaire is stepping forward to explain how a new money making era is erupting in America, making many rich - while leaving so many behind. [Here's his #1 step you must take today...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Option Specialist]( Send this to a Friend. [Click here.]( | Not a Subscriber Yet? [Click here.]( All content © 2020 The Option Specialist Neptune Ave, 300 Main Street #711, Madison, NJ 07940 USA Welcome to The Option Specialist, an e-mail service that replaces many of our previous alerts. We hope you enjoy it. If you do not wish to receive this email service, please [click here to unsubscribe](. [Privacy Policy]( ---------------------------------------------------------------