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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GS, APOL, KSS, SNDK, FDX, CMC, IPSU, PSMT, GBX, TXI, ACHC, KKD, RFMD, SABA, HOV)

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Markets opened lower today and of the three major indexes, only the S&P 500 was able to break through to positive territory and stay there for most of the day. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGCO, APOL, BSX, CECO, DNDN, FDX, GS, HUN, ITW, INTC, KSS, SNDK, AMTD, TRV, UPS, URBN, VOD, HOGS)

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 8:19 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO) Maintained Outperform as Bull ...
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Retail Sales Roundup (COST, TGT, JCP, KSS, DDS, JWN, SKS, SSI, M, GPS, TJX, LTD, ROST, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, WAG)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 12:24 pm

US retailers are reporting December same-store sales today, and here’s a wrap-up of the results as of about 10 a.m. this morning. Reports were in from Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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Why The J.C. Penney Flop Is Good For Investors (JCP, M, SKS, KSS, AAPL, MSO)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 10:32 am

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is getting hit pretty hard this morning.  While current investors will not appreciate the drop, this is actually great news for those investors ...
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Fashion and Financial Failures at Chico’s

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 6:50 am

Chico’s FAS (NYSE: CHS) said its growth story remains intact, even though consumer spending is expected to remain soft. Additionally, despite falling margins at its flagship stores and rising inventories, ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/2/2011) Chrysler Victory, Google Chrome Surge

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:41 am

The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. ...
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November Same-Store Sales Mixed, Winners and Losers (LTD, TLB, COST, TGT, M, DDS, JWN, KSS, GPS, ROST, JCP, TJX, LULU, SSI, PIR)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 10:17 am

Retailers are reporting November sales this morning and the results are decidely mixed. The best report we’ve seen so far this morning is from Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) and ...
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Expected Sales Growth Drives Upside in Retail Stocks (COST, WMT, TGT, M, JWN, KSS, BBY)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 2:27 pm

An unexpected gain in October retail sales has boosted prospects for a better-than-forecast holiday retail sales season. Some of the sales gains will come from lower pricing, which can’t always ...
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Black Friday Creeping into Thursday at Walmart (WMT, TGT, BBY, M, KSS, AMZN)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 10:14 am

The retail jamboree known as Black Friday seems to start earlier every year. The door-buster sales used to begin in the wee hours of Friday morning, but several retailers have ...
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A Retail Bankruptcy and October Same-Store Sales (SYMS, COST, TGT, M, JWN, JCP, KSS, LTD, AEO, ZUMZ, BKE, WTSLA)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 9:22 am

October is not usually a strong month for retailers because shoppers take a break between the back-to-school buying and the coming holiday season. In October 2010, same-store retail sales rose ...
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Expected Price Gains at Mall Department Stores (M, JWN, KSS, JCP, SKS, DDS, SHLD)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 1:28 pm

A couple of weeks ago we looked at implied share price gains at several retailers, and today we’ll take a more focused look at mall anchor stores. Three retailers ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Leading Retailers (COST, WMT, TGT, M, JWN, KSS, BBY)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 3:01 pm

The retail sales growth outlook for the coming holiday season has been cut to around 3%, only half the growth retailers saw in the 2010 holiday season. Of course, last ...
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The Retailers Hiring the Most Workers This Holiday Season

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 3:34 am

Each year, hundreds of thousands of temporary workers are hired by retailers to handle the demands of the holiday season. The number of seasonal workers added is considered a bellwether ...
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Seasonal Retail Jobs Likely Softer (TGT, M, KSS, JCP, BBY, SHLD, TJX, XRT)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 10:05 am

U.S. retailers hired more than 627,000 seasonal workers during the October-December 2010 holiday season, a welcome boost from the mere 231,000 seasonal workers put on in 2008. Prospects for 2011 ...
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Retail Round-Up: Back-to-School Creates Winners & Losers (COST, TGT, M,SKS, JWN, JCP, KSS, GPS, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, XRT, RTH)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 10:51 am

Retail sales in August put up solid gains that were slowed somewhat by the effects of Hurricane Irene along the eastern seaboard. Among the stores reporting sales numbers today are ...
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