Jon OggPeople will spend endless dollars on their pets in good times and in bad times. PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) has been proof of that, and its rival PetCo was acquired by private equity firms…
CNBCThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today launched an investigation in what it believes to be an illegal pyramid scheme. The company involved is Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, a multi-level marketing company that has been in…
ThinkstockMany areas come into play when looking for stocks to add to a portfolio. Smart investors look for good earnings, dividends and solid growth prospects. In other words, strong fundamentals. One other area that…
Courtesy The Procter & Gamble Co.The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The consumer products maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaIf you have been a dividend investor for long, chances are high that you have had to do some serious homework on the tobacco sector. After all, this sector…
courtesy of ebayeBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has reported its fourth quarter earnings. The near-monopoly in online auctions in the U.S. reported earnings of $0.70 EPS and an 18% gain to $3.99 billion in revenue.…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is a company that can use any bit of good news that it can get. Is allowing merchants to track how well their “Groupon” daily deals are doing…
Investors saw a slew of economic data on Tuesday, and in that data was a reading that wholesale inflation was under control. That should have put fears aside that inflation might tick up for…
By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest growth story over the past decade, but the woes and losses coming into play now are…
ThinkstockWith ICR XChange, one of the world’s largest consumer symposiums, coming up this week in Miami, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at consumer stocks. There is a growing…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyIn the run-up to this year’s Super Bowl, soft drink maker Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) will run advertising highlighting the company’s low-calorie beverages and pointing out that consuming too many…
Jon OggHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is getting more aggressive against short seller Bill Ackman of Pershing Square. After seeing shares fall from over $42 to under $25 in December after Ackman disclosed his short…
ThinkstockWe’ve already noted the weak holiday sales report from Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) out this morning. Now two more specialty retailers, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) and Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO), have…
ThinkstockConstellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.63 on revenue of $767 million. In the same period a year ago, the premium wine company reported…
Bill Ackman may have seen Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) rise more than handily after the initial tank after his short sale position was disclosed, but his Pershing Square is not letting up on his short-selling…