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7.  Total black Friday sales: 59 Billion  American Eagle, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret and J.C. Penney saw the largest increase of in- store visits on Black Friday compared to their November average.  In-store foot traffic increased by a factor greater than 4X to these four retailers.

8.  This year on Black Friday the FBI fielded 154,873 calls for guns, a roughly 20% increase from last year's previous one-day record of 129,166, according to bureau records.  What does this indicate about the fiscal uncertainty?  Or is this with the uncertainty that Obama will regulate gun control more? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/26/black- friday-gun-sales/1727409/

9. Cyber Monday Scorecard Wed 28 Nov 12 | 06:08 AM ET

10.  Online sales rose 17% on Cyber Monday compared with 2011, overall spending up 16% at $16.4 million  Average order dropped 6.6% to $185.12 compared with 2011, but average items per order increased 14% to 8.34  “Retailers discounted more. They knew there were savvy shoppers online looking for deals… But even with that additional merchandise, the average order volume fell.” – Jay Henderson, Strategic Director for the Smart Commerce, IBM

11.  Department stores sales were up 43.1%  Apparel sales were up 25.3%  Home goods sales were up 26.8%

12.  Mobile spending is estimated to have contributed 13%+ of sales this season  Mobile is obvious leader over Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, which generated virtually 0% of sales on Cyber Monday

13.  Composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S Census divisions, updated quarterly  National Composite up 3.6% in third quarter  Cities with positive monthly returns; Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland and New York  Atlanta, Detroit and Las Vegas remain below their January 2000 levels

14.  393,000 filed for initial jobless claims during the week  Down from 416,0o0 the previous weeks  First decline since Hurricane Sandy  Pre-storm average was about 370,000

16.  Personal Income increased $.4 billion or less that.1%  Economists forecasted a.2% increase  Personal consumption expenditures decreased $20.2 billion, or.2%  With inflation, consumer spending fell.3% in October after the.4% rise in September

18.  Confidence steady  Job market flat  Housing expectations up PriorPrior RevisedConsensusConsensus Range Actual Consumer Confidence - Level 72.273.172.865.0 to 77.073.7

19. PriorPrior RevisedConsensus Consensus Range Actual New Home Sales - Level - SAAR 389 K369 K0.387 K 0.360 K to 0.401 K368 K  Had been bright spot  Not anymore  Prices down 4.2%

20. Prior Month Change (September) Estimated ChangeActual Change New Orders (month/month change) 9.9%-0.8%0.0% New Orders (year/year change) 2.5%2.3% Excluding Transportation (m/m) 2.0%-0.4%1.5% Excluding Transportation (yr/yr) -1.6%-2.3% Beat expectations, but numbers are not great Transportation negatively influenced October data Transportation component fell 3.1% after a 29.7% increase in September

21. Strength in all major industries, except transportation Suggest manufacturing is not strongly improving

22.  Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) measures financial activity based off of managers’ purchases of goods and services  Above breakeven of 50, indicating growth  Backlog orders down for 4 th month in a row October IndexEstimated ChangeNovember Index Business Barometer Index 49.9+.450.4

23.  Led by employment and production growth  New orders down (Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy)

26. Round 36

29. Fiscal Cliff Rewind Fri 30 Nov 2012 10:02 AM

30.  Democrats want 1.6T in new taxes on income over $250,000 right now and spending cuts later.  Republicans will do tax raises but only if accompanied by entitlement reform now. (Social Security, Medicare)

32.  S.S., Medicare, and Medicaid accounted for 43% of the Budget

33. Top 5 best portfolio balances

34.  Last place: Free entry to Spring Competition.

35.  5th place: $25 Gift Card- Joe Hudson  12% return

36.  4th place: 75 dollar Gift card  Charlie Haggett- 33% Return

37.  3 rd Place: Apple TV- Leo Franz  61% return

38.  2nd Place: Beats Headphones  Eric Woodraska - 90% return

39.  1 st place: IPAD Mini- Tingting Gao  103% return

40.  Good luck on Finals!  Keep an eye out for emails!  Admin rolls next semester