This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher. There were many key movers though, and we have a very active panel of…
A new survey from ChangeWave shows that holiday spending has improved in 2009 compared with 2008 and purchasing activity at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is soaring. The study of 2,954 consumers was completed on November…
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. …
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…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has shown its Q3-2009 holdings as of September 30, 2009. We had already seen how his securities holdings were up on the books in the holdings with…
Reuters:Â Â House Democrats unveiled their healthcare bill. Reuters:Â Â Senators may extend home purchase credits until April. Reuters:Â Â China will launch a case against The Big Three auto companies. Reuters:Â Â Galleon paid Wall…
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…
The Motley Fool is one of the twenty most visited financial sites in the US according to comScore with monthly unique visitors of 1.536 million last month, making it slightly bigger than…
These are the early morning analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Tuesday morning: Coinstar (CSTR) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel. Costco (COST) raised…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has shown its Q2-2009 holdings as of June 30, 2009. There are some portfolio changes that have been seen here from the end of Q1 and we…
Investors looking for a retail recovery won’t find it at Costco (COST). The big box discount store operator said that sales in June fell 6% in stores that had been open at…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is supposed to be the retail winner in a depression or recession as more and more consumers are forced to shop at the world’s largest retailer whether…
Many big-box retailers including Best Buy (BBY), Target (TGT), and Costco (COST) are struggling as the recession beats down their same-store sales. General retailers such as Sears (SHLD) are not faring any…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Analog Devices (ADI) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank;…
We have just gotten the Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings for the end of Q1-2009. The cut off date here was March 31, 2009 and there are some…
