ThinkstockDollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The discount retailer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.71 on revenues of $4.23 billion. In…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a slightly upbeat report on eurozone manufacturing PMI. While not yet in positive territory, eurozone PMI rose as a whole and rose in most…
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The economy is still tough and jobs are not yet plentiful. That is likely one part of why the rise of the dollar store theme is now becoming a secular trend rather than a…
Jon C. Ogg Investors love dividends. This one investing component has comprised a major portion of total returns through time. The trend in recent years has been for companies to pay dividends and keep raising…
ThinkstockWhat is one trend you see whenever the stock market hits a new high or enjoys a long period of strength? Usually, companies and their insiders line up in droves to sell…
ThinkstockDollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) is a stock that we have said over and over is “money” for long-term investors. The one thing that has acted as a continued drag is that…
ThinkstockDiscount retailer Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) said this morning that it will sell 30 million shares in a secondary offering and that all the shares on offer are being sold by…
ThinkstockDollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is becoming less and less leveraged and is getting further and further away from its old private equity umbrella. Oh, and now it is considered “Investment Grade”…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an agreement between the government of Cyprus and the “troika” of the IMF, the EU, and the ECB (more coverage here). There was no…
ThinkstockDollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The discount retailer reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.97 on revenues of $4.21 billion…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trading stayed positive territory all day. No solution has yet been agreed to the Cyprus banking crisis (more coverage here), but the delay has…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there…
The death of the endless growth of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is finally upon us. That is at least what J.P. Morgan Chase would lead you to believe. The bulge-bracket investment banking…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Wednesday. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) started as Hold at Deutsche Bank. Bank of…
