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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 15, 2012: Markets Slide After Higher Open (CVC, WLT, F, HAL, AAPL, DRYS, NTAP, PETM, SPB, GME, ROST, VIAB, TGT, WMT, AMAT, ADSK, DELL, GPS, MRVL, SHLD, FL, SJM, DMND, VELT, BXG)

Posted: November 15, 2012 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but quickly turned south and bounced around lower all day. In Europe, the eurozone notched its second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 14, 2012: Markets Can’t Hold Gains, Lose Again Today (ABX, JCP, POT, HD, SOHU, CSCO, IAG, RENN, ANF, SPLS, TYC, DMND, DRYS, NTAP, PETM, SPB, GME, ROST, VIAB, WMT, FB, ANF, IAG)

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 4:02 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, but the three major indexes fell below the neutral line after the first hour or so of trading. In Europe, Greece said its ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (NLY, AIV, AVT, BEAM, CMG, CS, FANG, ESRX, HUM, KRG, ERIC, RJET, MKTG, ROST, SMRT, TJX, UBS, USM)

Posted: November 6, 2012 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) maintained Neutral but cut target ...
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Tepid September Retail Sales Forecast

Posted: September 28, 2012 at 11:11 am

Retail sales made a strong comeback in July and August, rising 2.5% and 3.3%, respectively, year-over-year from a very low 0.3% increase in June. According to research firm Retail Metrics, ...
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August Retail Sales Set for Lowest Growth in Three Years (PSUN, ARO, BIG, ANF, TJX, ROST, WMT, AEO)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Retail sales have been soft since early summer, and August doesn’t appear to be a get-well month for retailers either. Research firm Retail Metrics projects that August sales will rise ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 20, 2012: Markets Uninspired Again (SCCO, BRCD, AZN, ROST, BEBE, LOW, COCO, URBN, BBY, TECD, BKS, ADI, DELL, MDT, VLO, CVH, AET, LDK)

Posted: August 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a negative reaction by a government official to a weekend report that Germany would support a sovereign bond-buying plan ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGU, AZN, BEBE, BRCD, CHUY, PB, QSII, ROST, SCCO, STO, STEM, TI, VNTV)

Posted: August 20, 2012 at 8:03 am

These are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) named as Bull of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 16, 2012: Markets Rise After Decent Data, Earnings Reports (KMI, SPLS, KYAK, ANF, AXP, A, AMAT, CSCO, LTD, NTAP, PETM, SINA, DLTR, DANG, GME, ROST, SHLD, WMT, ARO, CRMT, BRCD, GPS, MRVL, ANN, FL, SJM, PERY)

Posted: August 16, 2012 at 4:03 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat higher this morning following better-than-expected data on UK retail sales and an inline reading on Eurozone CPI (more coverage here). The news ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 15, 2012: Markets Don’t Impress Again (ETR, GBG, OCZ, RGR, JIVE, JDSU, PEIX, PAAS, ANF, A, CSIQ, DE, SPLS, TGT, A, AMAT, CSCO, LTD, NTAP, PETM, SINA, DLTR, DANG, GME, ROST, SHLD, WMT, S, SPLS, CSIQ)

Posted: August 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat lower this morning following an announcement from the Bank of England that it would not change interest rates nor asset purchases. In ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 10, 2012: Market Dithers Until Last Minute (NVO, YHOO, RL, CVC, BIG, DV, JWN, NVDA, CDXS, JCP, BYI, IAG, SYY, JDSU, KID, KORS, TJX, TGT, ARO, BRCD, GME, ROST, SHLD, WMT, FIO, ATP, UBNT)

Posted: August 10, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following more data from China. Both export and import data fell short, weighing on most Asian markets (more coverage here). ...
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July Retail Sales Rise More Than Expected

Posted: August 2, 2012 at 10:49 am

Many retailers are out today with July same-store sales results, and the month’s gains appear to be better than first expected. The Thomson Reuters consensus estimate for sales growth was ...
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Resetting Retail Same-Store Sales Expectations, Winners and Losers (WAG, FRED, COST, TGT, JWN, KSS, ROST, TJX, KORS, CONN, LULU, FRAN, JCP, WTSLA)

Posted: July 30, 2012 at 9:48 am

Retail sales might not exactly be setting any blistering pace of growth, but Retail Metrics has a report out that shows a traffic boost at the end of July should ...
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Retail Spending Meets Low Expectations

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 11:05 am

Retail sales growth in June were expected to be weak compared with sales a year ago, and the predictions came true. Sales growth last June was a tough comparison because ...
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June Retail Sales Headed for Modest Gain

Posted: July 2, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Retailers will be announcing June same-store sales this week, and industry research firm Retail Metrics is now predicting sales growth of just 1% for the month. The past weekend’s storms ...
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Retail, Restaurant Stocks Down on Obamacare Ruling (LULU, ROST, WMT, TGT, HD, CMG, MCD, YUM, SBUX)

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 2:55 pm

In what might seem to be an anomaly, retail stocks are getting dumped on today following the US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Obamacare. An retail group, the Retail Industry Leaders ...
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