The consumer discretionary stocks have underperformed in relationship to consumer staples, and it could be time for the sectors to reverse.
Alcoa, Staples and other top analyst upgrades, mostly for blue-chip companies or industry leaders, from the week ending May 27.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include ADM, General Mills, Home Depot, Microsoft, 3D Systems and Western Digital.
When Home Depot and Lowe's reported first-quarter results last week, the strong showing was welcome because retail earnings in the first quarter have been disappointing, especially among department stores.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen this Wednesday morning include Apple, Brocade Communications, Clean Harbors, Eldorado Gold, Exxon Mobil, First Solar, Home Depot and Vipshop.
May 17, 2016: Markets opened lower Tuesday following a higher-than-expected consumer price index (CPI) reading. Housing starts came in a bit below expectations. European markets traded lower, offsetting earlier gains in Asia.…
There is a very good chance that given the expected strength in the home remodeling market in 2016 and 2017, Home Depot could be too timid in its latest forecast.
Running against the retail retreat tide, and signalling good news for housing consumer spending, Home Depot turned in extraordinary quarterly numbers.
Douglas A. McIntyre Home Depot is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter financial results before the markets open on Tuesday.
Chris Lange These four top companies that all stand out in their respective sectors. Not only do they pay dividends regularly, all four companies have increased their dividends on a regular basis over the…
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Cisco Systems, Wal-Mart and some of the other major companies reporting their quarterly results this week.
May 11, 2016: Markets opened lower on Wednesday as the dollar weakened further against the euro, dragging crude prices down along with it. This morning’s crop of earnings reports were mostly sour,…
ThinkstockMay 2, 2016: Markets opened higher Monday with markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai closed for a holiday and Japan’s Nikkei down about 3%. The failure of the Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger and…
April 28, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday after the Bank of Japan made no move to cut its interest rate and the dollar fell in response. The first estimate of U.S. first…
There are many reasons that Buffett and his team have sold stocks. Sometimes they just become too expensive to hold for value and quality managers. Sometimes portfolio managers or unit heads retire.
