courtesy of TargetMany retail stocks are higher over the past month. Investors have either received hard news, or have seen forecasts, that the largest companies in the sector, which include Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:…
Courtesy Volkswagen AGU.S. car and light vehicle sales grew 8.9% to 1,245,325 in November. Most of the largest companies reported record sales. Two large global manufacturers were left well behind — Volkswagen and Hyundai. Each…
ThinkstockCyber Monday online holiday sales reached $1.735 billion, which is an increase of 18% from 2012 and a record. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) said its same-store sales rose 10% in November, which…
ThinkstockThe American Petroleum Institute (API), a trade association for the oil & gas industry, said in its weekly inventory report after markets closed on Tuesday that the U.S. crude oil inventory has fallen by…
ThinkstockE-commerce has come of age, and is no longer the little brother of bricks and mortar retail. What proponents of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have known all along, research released today supported–online holiday sales are…
Apple had spent most of the last year getting no respect. Despite Tim Cook feeling like Rodney Dangerfield, the consumer electronics giant saw an upgrade from the team at UBS to Buy from Neutral.
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertJ. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is acting like a company which might not be doomed after all. The troubled department store retail giant offered…
December 3, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower Tuesday morning and for the most part the day got worse from there. There was no new economic data in the U.S. today, and it could…
ThinkstockMondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is still relatively lesser known than it when it was all a part of Kraft, but investors have racked up gains if they remained. The shares hit a post-breakup high…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been keeping track of all the 2014 outlook pieces and year-end pieces for 2013. Now it looks as though there is a selective positive outlook from Bank of America Merrill…
Thinkstock3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) has enjoyed a wonderful 2013, as has General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). GE’s stock is up almost 29% so far in 2013 versus a gain of 38% for 3M. We…
The dramatic production increase from U.S. shale plays in North Dakota, Montana and Texas have had little impact on the amount of oil produced by members of OPEC. However, the cartel does face a…
ThinkstockShort interest in stocks of 3D printer makers has been just as volatile as the stock price at the newly discovered next big thing. The stocks bounce higher, the shorts sell; the stocks dip…
thinkstock3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) has seen close to a four dollar swing so far on Tuesday. The stock received a very positive research report calling for upside of up to $85 earlier and…
ThinkstockAutomakers reported November U.S. sales throughout Tuesday, and we will follow the reports and post results as they come in. Carmakers had another good month both in sales and in average sales prices. Two…