Yesterday’s retail sales reports lit a fire under some of the retail stocks and a few ETFs that focus on the consumer discretionary sector. We looked at three ETFs in the consumer…
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may become the largest lender in the U.S. soon (Reuters) Jobs numbers may show that the economy has finally turned the corner (Reuters) Fitch downgraded Minnesota from AAA…
The month of June looks to have been pretty good for some U.S. retailers. Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M), Limited Brands Inc. (NYSE: LTD), Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Buy at Deutsche…
Every state posted GDP growth between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest U.S Department of Commerce data, which was released earlier this week. The growth rates, however, were very wide. Michigan’s…
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) is seeing a boost this Tuesday morning after a long weekend thanks to a bullish report in Barron’s. The financial weekly calls for a gain of 14%…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre A number of retail store and restaurant stocks report earnings this week, including Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. (NYSE: WEN), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (29 APR – 5 MAY) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 5May11 Close Price 29Apr11 Market Cap ($Mil) Novellus Systems Inc. NVLS 10.3 35.42 32.10 3162.8…
Earnings season is slowing down as we have over 80% of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011. We do still have key companies reporting earnings…
Even though the month of April was one selling day shorter than March, the late Easter holiday more than made up for the shortfall at most retailers. The Thomson Reuters index of…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised…
Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. We have cotton issues, oil spikes, issues around rare earth elements, and precious metals on the docket. Even…
When the going gets tough, the tough raise their dividends. At least that’s the way it seems with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which is having trouble meeting its revenue goals in…
There’s a lot of action in the retail sector this morning, headed by a rejected buyout offer for Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) from hedge-fund manager Trian Group, which is headed…
