Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
The headlines this morning are that short interest rose a tiny bit on the NYSE and fell on NASDAQ. However, after looking closer into the numbers a different story is being told…
Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…
There are bits of research that say holiday e-commerce sales rose in the double digits over the Thanksgiving weekend and did even better on Monday. E-commerce sales have risen as a total percentage…
Black Friday is under 48 hours away. We have seen much data and much analysis out there on the topic, but there are two fairly easy conclusions here…. well, make it three. …
MasterCard Spending Plus, which tracks retail sales, says that consumer electronics products are moving off the shelves of stores but women’s apparel is not. A Wall Street Journal analysis of the data…
We are right at a week away from the highly awaited Black Friday for 2009’s holiday and Christmas season. As you likely know, this is THE day that retailers look forward to…
Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) is showing just how much of a conundrum there is between today’s retail stock valuations and the reality of what to expect from earnings ahead. Macy’s had a…
Earnings season has wound down now with over 85% of the S&P 500 Index having reported. Still, there are some key companies posting their quarterly results and some companies were screened out…
Reuters:Â Â China is having trouble managing supply and demand. Reuters:Â Â Geithner said the core programs of the TARP are ending. Reuters:Â Â Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) tripled it profits. Reuters:Â Â Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will cut…
Reuters:Â Â Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters:Â Â The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters:Â Â The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters:Â Â More US companies are…
Costco (NASDAQ:COST) announced earnings that beat Wall St. expectations. Net sales for the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter  ended August 30, 2009 were $21.89 billion, a drop from $22.63 billion in the same period…
There has been some hope that with a modest recovery from the recession that holiday retail sales would pick up this year. Those hopes appear to be premature. The high levels of…
These are this Tuesday morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street: Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) started as Buy at BofA/Merrill. Covance (CVD) upgraded to Buy at…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has a new exclusive product lineup partner. We still want to know where Martha will end up after the K-Mart deal she has with Sears…
