Quoting faureDislikedThe old saying, buy the rumor sell the news (or fact), comes to mind.Ignored
If it turns out that the rumor doesn't get bought into...it'll be that much better a trade if the numbers are $-....
This article shows that the thinking really varies on how the retial sales number will look tomorrow:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...EeE&refer=home
As noted in the article-the market will likely be looking at the retail sales number with gasoline sales factored out. Since gas prices are down that sector should show a decrease. If you want to trade retail sales, you must be aware of how the number looks with gasoline sales factored out. No prediction on how the number is gonna look, but if you want to trade this report-that's the number to be looking for...