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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSource: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis2<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get These 7 Secrets to Building the Ultimate Retirement Portfolio<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> Download Your Copy of\u00a0<\/a>7 Secrets to Building the Ultimate DIY Retirement Portfolio.<\/a>2<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S. Q2 GDP: Modest\nbut Steady — <\/strong>The U.S.\nBureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) generally releases U.S. GDP growth data in\nthree iterations, with the first iteration usually being the least reliable. As\nthe Bureau has more time and more information to make GDP calculations, the GDP\ngrowth figure gets revised to more accurately reflect the complete data set. As\napplied to Q2 2019, the BEA has revised their initial estimate down by just\n0.1%, which offers a safe assumption that U.S. GDP grew 2.0% in Q2. In the\nfirst quarter, real GDP rose 3.1%. Profits from current production (corporate\nprofits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) increased\n$105.8 billion in the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of $78.7\nbillion in the first quarter. 4<\/sup> On balance, we view this as modest \u2013\nbut quite steady \u2013 economic growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New NAFTA Remains\nStuck in Congress<\/strong> \u2013 Remember the new trade deal between the U.S., Canada,\nand Mexico known as the USMCA? Many believe that the trade deal is over and\ndone with, and on the books, but in fact it hasn\u2019t even been brought up for a\nvote in Congress. Given that Mexico is Texas\u2019 biggest trading partner, and\nCanada is its second (as measured by Texas\u2019s exports), a Congressman from Texas\nis leading a renewed push to bring the trade agreement up for a vote in the\nHouse. As it were, the United States is mired in two trade dilemmas with no\nclear path forward, the resolution of which could arguably bring back enough\neconomic certainty to give the expansion more room to run.5<\/sup> <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the meantime, as we wait to see how this story\nand others pan out, I recommend focusing on your long-term financial goals. To\nhelp you do this I am offering our just-released free guide, 7 Secrets\nto Building the Ultimate DIY Retirement Portfolio<\/em>.6<\/sup> It\nprovides a step-by-step blueprint of our customized investing process to\npotentially help you build a sound retirement portfolio of your own and pursue\nlong-term investing success. GDP in Q2 up 2%, Brexit opposition blocked, new U.S.\/Mexican\/Canadian trade deal still stuck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10718,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions\/10718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zacksim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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