US stocks rally for third session, plus holiday shopping and consumer AI trends

Hello and welcome to Ask Before a Trend. I'm Josh Lipton and for the next half hour, we are breaking down the trends of today. Consumers began to show signs of cautious spending in September as retail sales rose modestly, increasing 0.2% in September as after a 0.6% gain August.But retailers feeling optimistic amid their holiday quarter as companies such as Abberrombi and Fitch, Best Buy, and Kohl's raising their fullear outlooks after topping third quarter expectations. So, how are consumers thinking of th ...