MasterCard Spending Plus, which tracks retail sales, says that consumer electronics products are moving off the shelves of stores but women’s apparel is not. A Wall Street Journal analysis of the data…
We are right at a week away from the highly awaited Black Friday for 2009’s holiday and Christmas season. As you likely know, this is THE day that retailers look forward to…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls early this Monday: Cadence Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CADX) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Coach Inc.…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. More detailed analysis and data has been offered via a link to each story at VSInvestor.com: Abercrombie & Fitch Co.…
Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) is showing just how much of a conundrum there is between today’s retail stock valuations and the reality of what to expect from earnings ahead. Macy’s had a…
By Douglas A. McIntyre The S&P 500 index is so far having a fine year, up a bit more than 20%. But several big-company stocks in the index have doubled, or better,…
Earnings season has wound down now with over 85% of the S&P 500 Index having reported. Still, there are some key companies posting their quarterly results and some companies were screened out…
These are this Monday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) Started as…
There has been some hope that with a modest recovery from the recession that holiday retail sales would pick up this year. Those hopes appear to be premature. The high levels of…
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street this Monday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Franklin Resources (BEN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.…
These are Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Outperform at Cowen.…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: AutoDesk (ADSK) Started…
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the ratings on Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Neiman Marcus (private) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Diane Shand said,…
The person who first said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link has never lifted a V8 out of a Ford Mustang. But, the analogy works in most…
According to Reuters, JPMorgan (JPM) cuts its dividend. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) got bids from Met Life and Axa for its life unit. Reuters says that healthcare spending is taking a…
