McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) was considered in permanent decline two years ago, plagued by an outdated menu and a market share drop caused by smaller fast food chains, including Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.…
Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include AK Steel, CVS Health, Micron Technology, Nike, Oracle, Pandora Media, Sunrun and US Steel.
A new study from retail research operation Kurt Salmon reports that delivery time of online orders has gotten 20% worse than last year.
December 9, 2015: Markets opened lower for a third consecutive day on Wednesday but basic materials and energy led an upturn until about noon on the S&P 500and the DJIA, with the…
December 3, 2015: Markets opened slightly higher on Thursday but any inference that equities were in for a good day were soon crushed as stocks turned south and have traded lower for…
Until late October, Under Armour was handily outperforming Nike. That changed when Under Armour's very high valuation and expectations finally got ahead of themselves and investors dumped the stock.
When Susan Anderson at FBR downgraded Lululemon Athletica with a 12-month target of $42 from $55, she probably didn’t expect the market to meet her half way at $47.80 the same day.
November 30, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday but the upbeat start to the day didn’t last long. Industrials and consumer discretionary stocks weighed most heavily on equity indexes today, with energy…
ThinkstockNovember 25, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday on a trading day when light volume is expected ahead of tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Day holiday.  WTI crude for January delivery added about 0.4% today…
Chatter and speculation on the street has had Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) as a buyout target for some time now. Last Friday, an article at Bloomberg’s Gadfly blog suggested that Nike…
While earnings season has been very mixed for many aspects of the market, the reality is that some companies, and their stocks, are continuing to do extremely well.
As part of its position as the world's premier maker of athletic shoes, and the universal nature of its brand, Nike has a great deal of price leverage. A prime example of…
Douglas A. McIntyre November 20, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday with the consumer discretionary sector leading the charge on the strength of Thursday afternoon’s announcement from Nike. Overnight markets in Asia and Europe had…
Nike is delivering everything that shareholders love to hear: raising the dividend, buying back more stock and even splitting its shares.
Jon C. Ogg November 18, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday led by energy stocks that opened the day on a high note following a somewhat bullish report on Tuesday evening regarding the U.S. crude…
