Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of February 15, 2013

Doug Short had a blog post of February 15 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment Again Beats Expectations“) in which he presents the latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts.  They are presented below: (click on charts to enlarge images) – – There are a few aspects of the above charts that …

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Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of December 28, 2012

Doug Short had a blog post of December 27 (“Consumer Confidence Takes a Plunge“) in which he presents the latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts.  They are presented below: (click on charts to enlarge images) – – There are a few aspects of the above charts that I …

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Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of November 11, 2012

Doug Short had a blog post of November 9 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment:  Highest Level Since July 2007“) in which he presents the Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts.  They are presented below: (click on charts to enlarge images) – – There are a few aspects of the above charts …

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Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of September 26, 2012

Doug Short had a blog post of September 25 (“September Consumer Confidence Surprises to the Upside“) in which he presents the Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts.  They are presented below: (click on charts to enlarge images) – – There are a few aspects of the above charts that …

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Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of May 31, 2012

Doug Short had a blog post of May 29 (“May Consumer Confidence:  The Third Month of Shrinkage“) in which he presents the Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts.  They are presented below: (click on charts to enlarge images) – – There are a few aspects of the above charts that …

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Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of April 2, 2012

In the last post (“4 Confidence Charts – April 2, 2012 Update“) I displayed four charts indicating various long-term consumer and small business confidence readings as compared to the S&P500. Doug Short had a blog post of March 30 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment:  Highest Since February 2011“) in which he presents the Conference Board and University …

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4 Confidence Charts – April 2, 2012 Update

Here are four charts reflecting confidence survey readings.  The first three are from the SentimenTrader.com site. I find these charts valuable as they provide a long-term history of each survey, which is somewhat rare. Each survey chart is plotted in blue, below the S&P500: (click on each chart to enlarge image) Conference Board Consumer Confidence, last …

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Consumer Confidence Surveys – As Of 2-13-12

In the last post (“4 Confidence Charts – February 13, 2012 Update“) I displayed four charts indicating various long-term consumer and small business confidence readings as compared to the S&P500. Doug Short had a blog post of February 10 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment Declines in Preliminary Survey“) in which he presents the Conference Board and University …

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