The Next Wave of Dead Retailers
Quarterly results for Abercrombie & Fitch, Bed Bath & Beyond, Family Dollar Stores and Staples suggest they face increasingly difficult business environments. Here is a look at these four retailers.
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Now that stocks have sold off from their all-time highs, investors have decided that they better be very careful. These were this past week's big Sell ratings issued by Wall Street analysts.
Federal Probes of Herbalife Started
Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.The Financial Times reported late Friday afternoon that Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is being investigated by both the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI. Neither federal agency would comment on the…
The 4 Stocks That Sank the Market
thinkstockApril 11, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite breaking into positive territory late in the morning. Unfortunately neither index could hold the gain as investors appear…
S&P Upgrades of GM in Danger
General Motors Co.Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said in a credit FAQ late Thursday that while the 6 million vehicles recalled this year by General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) will have no immediate impact…
IAC Takes Another 10% Stake in Dating App Tinder
ThinkstockIAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), which already owns dating website match.com, recently added another 10% to its majority stake in the mobile dating app Tinder. The purchase price was reportedly $500 million, valuing the start-up at…
BMW Recalls 500,000 Cars Worldwide
courtesy of The Car Spy, via Wikimedia CommonsGerman automaker BMW is recalling about 500,000 cars from model years 2010 to 2011 to fix a problem with the bolts that attach a car’s engine-control system…
J.C. Penney Shares Hammered
J.C. Penney shares tanked early Friday morning, down 10% on no apparent news. Investors must be grappling with whether the stock's upside is in the rear-view mirror.
Zoes Kitchen IPO Surges
ZoesKitchen.comFast-casual restaurant chain Zoës Kitchen Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) sold 5.83 million shares Friday morning at an initial public offering (IPO) price of $15 a share, the top of its expected range of $13 to…
Consumer Sentiment Rises to Nine-Month High
ThinkstockThe preliminary April read on the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose to a nine-month high of 82.6. A survey of economists by Bloomberg had a consensus estimate for a reading of…
Heartbleed Bug Infects Cisco, Juniper Gear
ThinkstockThe World Wide Web security flaw known as Heartbleed has been found in the hardware made by Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR). This discovery will be much harder…
Five Stocks That Have Fallen Most With the Lowest P/E Ratios
In a new report, RBC has a list of stocks with some of the largest percentage drops and the lowest forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios. This may serve as shopping list for the second half…
Inflation Finally Arrives — at Least at the Wholesale Level
ThinkstockIf the Federal Reserve ever wanted to see some inflation — as they keep claiming (careful what you wish for) — the Labor Department just gave a first piece of candy to a child.…
Wells Fargo Lending Grows, So Do Profits
Wells Fargo reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings before markets opened Friday morning. The said it will raise its dividend and repurchase 350 million of its shares.
Natural Food Retailers Are Cheap, Popular and Defensive
The natural foods retailers and wholesalers have underperformed the S&P by 10% year to date and are 25% below peak share price, creating an attractive entry point. Here are the four UBS picks.