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Valuation Reality Check In Whole Foods (WFM, KR, SWY)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) may have posted a 33% gain to earnings and it may still have a lot of growth ahead of it.  The reality is that ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CHK, GOOG, KR, LNG, CCL, CREE, SCHW, FAST, GS, STT, CLWT, UEPS, COOL, KUTV, AAPL, MCD, NKE)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Markets opened slightly lower in the US this morning, but picked up steam in the morning and continued to rise, if slowly, for the rest of the day. The tech ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CCL, CHK, LNG, CQP, CREE, EXPE, FTE, GOOG, JNS, KR, MGM, ODP, OMX, PVH, RL, TEF, TXT)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Maintained Hold but cut ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GOOG, IAG, ERTS, STX, ONXX, CRZO, GIL, BKS, LULU, ISLE, KR, TLB, PEIX, LAVA, CLWR, STNG, HOVNP)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Equity markets opened slightly lower this morning, following yesterday’s big share price increases. For most of the day stocks traded slightly lower, although they have moved to a very slight ...
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Expected Price Gains for Grocery Store Stocks (SWY, KR, WINN, WFM, SVU, TFM, RDK, WMK, WMT)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 2:05 pm

Grocery stores and supermarkets get whipsawed by rising prices on food commodities, rising prices from food processing companies, and rising fuel prices on one hand and higher unemployment and stagnant ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, AGP, E, JBHT, JNPR, KR, NWSA, RES SWY, CRM, SNDK, SKT, TMS, VOD, WPI, WY, WFM)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 8:29 am

These are some of Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. AMERIGROUP ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, BK, BRCM, CTIC, CLWR, COP, DG, GFI, HTS, KR, NTES, NVAX, RAX)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:26 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Neutral at Baird. Bank ...
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Earnings Season Arrives, Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (NVLS, AA, ADTN, HST, PEP, GOOG, JBHT, JPM, SWY, MAT)

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 1:15 pm

They're Here!  Next week will launch the corporate earnings season for the third quarter.  The media is going to tell you that this is the most important earnings season in ...
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Whole Foods M&A Rumors: Reality Check, Weekend Food For Thought (WFM, KKR, KR, SWY, TFM)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 11:07 am

If you have ever seen a private equity wish list if companies, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) would be on it.  The stores are sleek, the products are at ...
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Reality Check: Walgreen’s Nice! Challenges Grocery & Convenience Stores (WAG, CVS, RAD, KR, SWY, WMT, TGT)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 4:33 pm

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) is just a drugstore... Right?  Maybe not any longer in entirety.  As of last year, the company operated 7,650 drugstores and it owned 37 strip shopping ...
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10 Unexpected Winners From Oil Release (FDX, UAL, AMR, JBHT, WMT, HD, GPS, AAPL, RIMM, KR)

Posted: June 23, 2011 at 11:55 am

West Texas Intermediate Crude is bleeding today now that the IEA has made a coordinated release of 60 million barrels of oil.  Half of that will come from the United ...
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Key Earnings To Watch This Coming Week (COOL, BBY, CPST, FNSR, JRJC, KR, PIR, RIMM, SFD)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 3:42 pm

While earnings season is over, we are still getting earnings reports from many of the off-cycle and off-quarter companies.  Some of the companies on deck to report earnings next week ...
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Retail May Be The Next Major Dividend Growth Sector (LTD, WFM, KR, GPS, TIF, KSS, WMT, TGT, ANF)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 11:46 am

The retail sector has historically not the place for income and dividend investors seeking high payouts.  The reason is simple: razor-thin margins.  Add in the notion that many new retailers ...
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Ratings Agency Thought: Should Whole Foods Still Be Junk-Rated? (WFM, KR, SWY, WMT)

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 3:47 pm

It seems that being a junk bond credit investor still allows you to pick from a whole slew of companies that should not be junk bonds.  Unfortunately, you as an ...
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America’s Ten Largest Employers

Posted: April 24, 2011 at 9:23 pm

The largest companies in the US based on the number of workers worldwide are not necessarily the biggest in terms of revenue, profits or business locations. Some are much more ...
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