Consumer confidence hints at major sales upturn
Industry forecaster J A Livingston argues consumer confidence signals a broad expansion in production and employment not a stock market boom. He notes high unemployment did not derail most families, with 1959 to 1962 income gains, rising auto sales, and a possible surge in appliance purchases, while warning inflation risks from wage talks could derail recovery.
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Women and finance take the helm after husbands' deaths
Sam Shulsky notes widows often lack access to family investments and warns of risk from secrecy. He calls for open discussion of portfolios and money matters. Julian G. Hupp, president of Hupp Electric Motors Co., was elected president of the West Side Civic Club at its annual meeting.
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New York City Remains America’s Leading Manufacturing Hub
New York City continues to lead U S manufacturing with about 150000 more industrial workers than Chicago, the next closest metropolis.
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Investment picks upbeat as Goodbody flags capital equipment
Goodbody & Co says time is right for new investments in selected capital equipment issues citing signs of business recovery. Favored buys include AMF, Babcock & Wilcox, Caterpillar, Chain Belt, Chicago Pneumatic, Cincinnati Milling, Combustion Engineering, Ex-Cell-O, Food Machinery, Gardner Denver, Harris-Intertype, Ingersoll-Rand, Joy, Mergenthaler and Worthington. Martin Gilbert of Van Alstyne Noel & Co expects AT&T probe fallout to fade quickly. Affiliated Fund, Inc. adds new positions in Amer ada and reduces holdings in American Cement, Atlantic Refining, Kimberly-Clark, RCA, Sinclair Oil. If banks in the Federal Reserve report higher investments, Dow could move higher.
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Union Pacific Shares Seen Promising By Analysts
The Auchincloss Parker and Redpath analysts note that major highs in the average since 1919 were preceded by a peak in the investment account of member banks. Paine Webber Jackson Curtis say the 1961 outlook for Union Pacific is promising with shares appealing for income and appreciation.
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