8:21am ET
Retail
Sears, Walmart Turnarounds?
Neither Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) nor Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was expected to post big numbers for the quarter just ended. And they didn’t — but the numbers were better…
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3:36pm ET
Industrials
Wal-Mart Earnings Preview Against Sears, Target, Home Depot
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is set to report earnings early on Thursday morning. This earnings report is likely to be very different from any prior earnings report due to all of…
7:40am ET
Housing
Home Depot Disappoints as Home Sales Rise
The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported first quarter earnings this morning that were close to consensus estimates for both EPS and revenues, but just enough short to give investors pause. The…
12:17pm ET
Housing
Fears of a New Housing Peak? (LEN, KBH, DHI, PHM, TOL, HD, LOW)
The housing market is supposed to be doing better and the lack of a new recession is supposed to have helped to put in a floor under what had been consistently falling…
10:24am ET
Investing
The Strongest Charts In The S&P 500 (AZO, CMG, HD, INTC, ISRG, PM, RHT, SRE, UNH, WFM)
24/7 Wall St. has partnered with The Chart Lab to feature the standout names in the S&P 500 over the last week. This weekend’s chart represents the strongest names in the S&P…
10:27am ET
Housing
New Homes Sales Wreck Housing Players (HD, LOW, ITB, XHB)
The housing data keeps coming in with a mixed fan-fare. The new home sales in America for the month of February fell 1.6% to 313,000 versus a Dow Jones consensus target of…
4:07pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (HD, LNKD, MU, RGLD, BX, ORCL, GIS, KKD, SAI, DQ, FRED, BHI, LOOK, SEED, GMCR, YGE)
Markets opened slightly higher this morning, expecting good news from today’s report on existing home sales. Alas, the number came in lower than expectations and sent the DJIA to a daily low…
8:20am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, MDRX, BLK, FMCN, FRO, HD, NRGY, JAH, KMI, LNKD, L, MU, OPEN, ORCL, RGLD, USB)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Raised to Hold at Soc-Gen. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX)…
8:15am ET
Investing
Changes to the Argus Focus List (ALL, DKS, EPD, NBR, HD, MON, STX, V)
Argus has made some basic changes to its FOCUS LIST of its analysts’ best ideas. Those which were added were Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Enterprise Product…
6:34am ET
Special Report
America’s 10 Largest Websites
courtesy Facebook Inc.The 10 most-visited websites in America may share a few characteristics, but interestingly enough, none are in the same business, with the exception of two portals. Each has a different…
6:30am ET
Investing
Home Depot Sales Up–Light At End Of Housing Market
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) reported robust sales for its fiscal fourth quarter which ended January 29. Same-store sales in the US were up 6.1% As the housing market has faltered and the…
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Special Report
America’s Shrinking Corporate Giants
It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because of market…
4:11pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (NFLX, PAAS, HAL, HD, KORS, APD, BHI, CLWR, APD, BHI, CLWR, EMC, WDC, CSX, ZION, AAPL, BLRX, LEE, BONT, IDCC, ACHN)
All three major equity indexes opened lower this morning and while all have tracked back to last night’s close, only the Nasdaq Composite has managed to wobble to a small gain for…
8:14am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAL, HAL, HMY, HD, IBI, KLAC, KORS, NFLX, NIHD, NVLS, PAAS, TXN, UNP, ZUMZ)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Raised to Outperform as Bull…
11:45am ET
Investing
Home Depot To Hire 70,000 Seasonal Workers
As Spring approaches, the time for home repairs and cleaning are little more than 90 days away. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) will prepare as it hires 70,000. That is enough to affect…
Douglas A. McIntyre