Good News/Bad News

by David Hachmeister

Despite the fact that more than half of our participants were up, the Industry Indicator for stamps was down. Way down. When big companies don't buy, our big players get hurt in a big way. In adding and subtracting companies, there are a few small statistical anomalies that are dragging the Indicator down a little, but certainly not to this degree.

Other products continued their rebound with a strong 13 percent gain. This is the eighth straight month on the upside!

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