Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management discusses the ups and downs of the market over that past week, the GDP revision, the importance of the market reaction to this morning’s jobs reports, high frequency trading and the mysterious bid in the market at various times, and if September, which is historically a negative month will follow suit this year.

Christine B. Whittemore, Chief Simplifier, Simple Marketing Now discusses the most recent update to the Social Flooring Index, a guide which analyzes, examines the tone and conductivity and ranks the social media marketing tools of the floor covering industry on blogs and platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

3of 3 - John McDevitt, former 3M Corporate Economist discusses what happened to the recovery, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments at Jackson Hole Friday, what happened to the manufacturing sector and his take on the unemployment rate and when it will drop. McDevitt discusses the consumer, the dynamics of consumer confidence, the housing sector and how long it will take to make a comeback, the commercial sector, GDP and his forecast.

2 of 3 - John McDevitt, former 3M Corporate Economist discusses what happened to the recovery, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments at Jackson Hole Friday, what happened to the manufacturing sector and his take on the unemployment rate and when it will drop. McDevitt discusses the consumer, the dynamics of consumer confidence, the housing sector and how long it will take to make a comeback, the commercial sector, GDP and his forecast.

1 of 3 - John McDevitt, former 3M Corporate Economist discusses what happened to the recovery, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments at Jackson Hole Friday, what happened to the manufacturing sector and his take on the unemployment rate and when it will drop. McDevitt discusses the consumer, the dynamics of consumer confidence, the housing sector and how long it will take to make a comeback, the commercial sector, GDP and his forecast.