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Data released by Macau Statistics and Census Bureau shows that Macau's retail sales reached MOP22.11 billion in 2009, an increase of 16% over those of 2008. The data shows that Macau's retail sale saw a dramatic increase in the fourth quarter of 2009, reaching MOP6.48 billion, which was an increase of 28% over those of the [...]

The Census Bureau reported today that New Orders for Manufacturers rose by 1.1% in November. This was up from a 0.8% increase in October (which was revised up from 0.6%) and comes on top of a 1.6% increase in September. The increase was much better than the 0.5% expected by the consensus of economists.

Still, even though new orders have been up in five of the last six weeks, including very solid gains in each of the last three, we had dug ourselves a heck of a hole earlier in the year. On a year-to-date basis, new orders are off 19.2% for the first 11 months of 2009 relative to the first 11 months of 2008.

Excluding the volatile transportation industry, orders were up 1.9% in November on top of increases of 1.0% in October and 1.5% in September, but are off 17.9% year to date. The story is similar if one

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My latest column is up at RealMoney.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in May increased slightly to $213.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced last week. This was the first increase in three months, and it followed a 1.0% April decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 0.9%. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 0.6%.

Behind that bland summary, though, is usually a wealth of information that I believe could be useful for picking the best industries in which to invest. This month, the signal was clear. Get defensive. Among a sea of industries seeing declining sales and orders, one stood out for its strength: defense aircraft and parts.

Disclosure: At time of publication, William Trent has no financial position in the companies mentioned in this article.

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