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Argus Adds Costco and Coach to Model Portfolios

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 9:00 am

We have seen some key changes to the Argus Research Institutional Model Portfolio this morning. It is suggesting that investors add shares of Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) and Costco Wholesale ...
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Costco Dodges Economic Bullet

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 6:22 am

Costco Wholesale Corp.'s (NASDAQ: COST) annual sales run above $100 billion, more than twice J.C. Penney Co Inc.'s (NYSE: JCP) and Macy's Inc.'s (NYSE: M) combined, and nearly 40% of ...
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An Idiot’s Guide to Why Stocks Will Keep Rising Despite Budget Cuts

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 6:16 am

The stock market is supposed to fall after reaching nearly all-time highs, because $85 billion in budget cuts have begun. But these will not move the stock market down, at least ...
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Office Depot and OfficeMax Finally in Merger Talks

Posted: February 19, 2013 at 5:50 am

Rumors came out over the weekend that Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) finally are considering a long-awaited and long-speculated merger. This will not be an ...
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Tiffany Launches Legal Tiff with Costco

Posted: February 15, 2013 at 8:20 am

One of the world’s leading luxury brand has filed a suit against one of the world’s largest discount retailers over allegedly false claims on engagement rings. Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: ...
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Companies with the Best (and Worst) Reputations

Posted: February 15, 2013 at 6:40 am

No company has a better reputation among American consumers than Amazon.com. The online retailer pushed Apple out of the the top slot this year, according to a recent survey conducted ...
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Berkshire Hathaway and Buffett Make Many Portfolio Changes for 2013

Posted: February 14, 2013 at 5:22 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there is another look ...
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January Retail Sales: Some Winners, Some Stragglers (COST, WTSLA, LTD, TGT, BKE, SMRT, M, GPS)

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 9:00 am

Retailers are announcing January same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of 2.8% year-over-year, compared with a 4.8% gain in December and a 2.9% gain ...
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Has Walmart Really Peaked? Really? (WMT, DG, TGT, COST)

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 2:13 pm

The death of the endless growth of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is finally upon us. That is at least what J.P. Morgan Chase would lead you to believe. The bulge-bracket ...
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January Same-Store Retail Sales Coming This Week

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 10:05 am

Same-store sales for January are scheduled to be released this Thursday, and the consensus projection from research firm Retail Metrics calls for an increase of 2.8% compared with January of ...
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Amazon Marches Toward $100 Billion in Revenue

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 6:34 am

Based on a crude calculation of Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) holiday sales, its forecast revenue for the current quarter and its revenue growth rate, the e-commerce's firm will reach $100 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 23, 2013: Market Open Higher on Little News (COST, GE, VZ, F, INCY, AMD, CSX, GOOG, IBM, IGT, TXN, ABT, BHI, COH, GD, MCD, LCC, AAPL, AMGN, NFLX, SNDK, FFIV, NE, NVR, WDC, MMM, BMY, LMT, RYN, LUV, UNP, UAL, XRX, MAPP, AGN, NMRX, MCP)

Posted: January 23, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, BHI, COST, DOV, ELLI, F, GE, GOOG, HIG, INCY, IBM, NU, SPG, AMTD, VZ)

Posted: January 23, 2013 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A (NYSE: ALU) raised to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup. ...
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Another Disaster in Consumer Electronics Retail (HGG, BBY)

Posted: January 14, 2013 at 9:01 am

Consumer electronics retailer hhgregg inc. (NYSE: HGG) announced preliminary results for its fiscal third quarter this morning, and the results were not pretty. The company expects quarterly sales to be ...
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December Retail Sales: A Smaller Bag (COST, WTSLA, LTD, TGT, BKE, SMRT, M, GPS)

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 8:31 am

Retailers are announcing December same-store sales figures today and, to tell the truth, expectations are pretty low. Research firm Retail Metrics projects an overall gain of just 1.9% year-over-year, sharply ...
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