Foot Locker reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Friday morning. Shares were up about 5% in premarket trading, which would be a new 52-week high if it holds.
Paul Ausick Sterne Agee's Sam Poser has released his top picks for 2014 in the footwear and apparel sector. His call is based on compelling new products, improving growth strategies and efficient operations at…
ThinkstockUntil yesterday, ING was the title sponsor of the New York City Marathon. The deal made sense as ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING) sells products to consumers and has hundreds of thousands…
Often the leading Wall Street firms put out their lists of top stocks to buy or highest conviction lists near the end of the year or right at the beginning of the…
Dwight Burdette, via Wikimedia CommonsAre you panicking about a government shutdown or about no debt ceiling deal yet? Apparently that is all the market can think of as Washington, D.C., is yet…
Dwight Burdette, via Wikimedia CommonsWhile optimism about the economy fell slightly in August, consumer sentiment remained close to its six-year high. During the recession, Americans were reluctant to spend more than they…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO)Â and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP)Â are the most respected brands in the United States. While Coke has enjoyed this status for six years straight, Pepsi moved…
Jon OggStocks have shown that they no longer can go only up, and now investors are looking for solid research ideas that can bring their next wave of profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews…
U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower again this morning, but this time reacting to yesterday’s comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Fed could slow its bond purchases in the next…
U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower this morning, taking a lead from Japan’s Nikkei, which fell more than 7% for the day. Japan’s government bond yields spiked until the Bank of Japan…
Dwight Burdette, via Wikimedia CommonsThe American consumer has remained pretty consistent in 2013, helping to push along a still very slow economic recovery. One place they have spent money is the department…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning mostly on the strength of a far-better-than-expected report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and a lower-than-expected unemployment rate of 7.7% (more coverage here). In Europe, German…
Dwight Burdette, via Wikimedia CommonsFoot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL) reported fourth-quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.73 ($0.64 excluding the extra week this year) and $1.71 billion in revenues before…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trickled lower most of the day as there was little news to follow generally good data from around the globe. In Japan, the central…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Amarin Corp. (NASDAQ: AMRN) started as Buy with $20 target at Citigroup.…
