McDonald’s (MCD) and Wal-Mart (WMT) may be the only retailers in the country who are doing extraordinarily well. The reason may be simple. What they sell is cheap and, in the case…
US car sales have been awful, running off as much as 30% recently. But, there is always China. It is big for McDonald’s (WMT), Wal-Mart (WMT), GE (GE), and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Everyone…
According to Reuters, the Korean central bank made record rate cuts. Reuters reports that the G7 said the rising yen may be a threat to financial markets. Reuters writes that Hungary and…
How the little children love Ronald McDonald. Now investors love him, too. In the third quarter, global comparable store sales increased 7.1%, which is pretty hard to do when a company is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Even if people are feeling poor or are poor, they can still buy a soft drink. Coca-Cola (KO) proved that today with strong earnings. It is extremely good news for companies which…
The turnaround at Starbucks (SBUX) has been tough since Howard Schultz returned as CEO in January. The stock is down nearly 50% year-to-date as the company returns it focus to coffee, rearranges…
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
It appears that every stock in the market is being crushed, but that is not entirely so. Several companies in industries not likely to be badly by a deep recession are doing…
Ronald McDonald has just had a big meal and is picking his teeth.The stock market is telling him that McDonald’s (MCD) won’t be hurt by the recession. At $62, the shares of…
Updated: 31 October 2008 Not all companies and industries will be hit equally hard by the consumer credit crisis. Operations such as Procter & Gamble (PG), McDonald’s (MCD), and Wal-Mart (WMT) may…
Hope dies hard. A lot of Wall St. analysts still think that earnings from the S&P 500 companies will be up in aggregate in Q4 2008 compared with the same quarter last…
You know it’s a rough day in the market when even defensive stocks are weak or mixed. We are at least seeing a mixed bag from some of these. But the trend…
If McDonald’s (MCD) keeps growing as fast as it is there won’t be any room left in the market for Starbucks (SBUX), Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts, and all the little deli operators…
Dunkin’ Donuts plans to double its US stores to 15,000 by 2020. The management at the inexpensive coffee shop chain must have a crystal ball or a very good psychic. Not many…
Almost any time a company’s stock drops by half, management claims its goals are misunderstood and that the shares are cheap. This often leads boards to start buy-backs to drop the size…
