ThinkstockRetailers are announcing March U.S. same-store sales figures Thursday. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 2.5% year-over-year. Retail sales gained just 1.4% in March of 2013, excluding drug store…
ThinkstockInvestors who own consumer discretionary stocks have been battered this year. The sector is down 4.53% and is the worst overall performer in the S&P. After being a market leader the past…
thinkstockMarch 24, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday but soon took a turn south and spent most of the day solidly down. Biotechs, healthcare, discretionary, and tech stocks were all weaker…
ThinkstockIt’s not really Black Friday, but Black Friday Lite. Some of the country’s biggest retailers have chosen this weekend, just a day after the first day of Spring, to promote “Black Friday-like”…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is defending Home Depot. What stands out here is not just that the firm is reiterating its Buy rating, but that it is calling for Home Depot…
Jon C. Ogg LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your…
For some time we have kept a close eye on the UBS Quality Growth at a Reasonable Price list (Q-GARP) of stocks to buy. 24/7 Wall St. screened the list for the…
thinkstockMarch 12, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following a so-so trading day in Europe. Crude oil pulled back 2% after the EIA’s inventory report indicated a larger inventory gain than expected.…
SolarCity and Best Buy have teamed up to help customers go solar. The aim for the solar panel installer is to get face time with shoppers to explain how much money they…
Five years ago, many investors had thrown in the towel. The S&P 500 hit an ominous intraday low of 666 and closed at 676.53. The world was coming to an end, and…
thinkstockFebruary 25, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Tuesday then bounced around the break-even line right up until the closing bell. Consumer goods, materials, and services tried to keep momentum up, but…
Home Depot reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 earnings before markets opened Tuesday morning. The home improvement retailer also raised its quarterly dividend.
Home Depot said Wednesday it expects to hire about 80,000 part-time workers for the spring season, the biggest selling season of the year. Rival Lowe's Companies has not announced its plans yet.
thinkstockJanuary 29, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following Tuesday’s late policy rate hike by the Turkish government. The announcement that the Fed will again reduce its asset purchases added more volatility…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsMost of the firms that we cover on Wall Street have presented their high conviction stock picks for 2014. The analysts at Credit Suisse have taken a little…
