This video is part of our "Talking Stocks" series, in which Motley Fool analyst Austin Smith discusses trends across the investing universe.
In today's edition, Austin talks about the impressive retail sales numbers from the Commerce Department. The growth is encouraging for the broad market, as February saw the largest sales jump in five months. Austin is still cautiously optimistic about this sector. While he sees true fundamental strengths in many companies, there is still a bit of volatility in the space, making it that much more difficult to identify the winners. In addition, one major reason for the strong retail numbers is that we're coming off a warm winter, which stokes the coals of consumer spending.
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