What a week, and its only Friday morning. The market still has some data to chew on before one can sit back and figure what all this really means. The Central Bank thoughts and threats, swing’s in equities, and maybe the loss of a reserve currency. These and more has investors even more worried as the rumor mill intensifies. This morning the focus will be on US July retail sales and August’s University of Michigan consumer sentiment. Some analysts expects that the headline retail sales rose +0.5%, m/m, making it the best reading in four months, with the increase mostly driven by a rebound in autos, after Japan’s ... (full story)