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…
Nike and Under Armour have been put on sale, and aggressive accounts should consider adding shares now.
November 13, 2015: Markets opened lower across the board on Friday after having originally been indicated marginally lower, over the course of the day they managed to make Friday the biggest loss…
November 11, 2015: Markets opened up on Wednesday but over the course of the day the markets drifted lower to close the day marginally negative. The dollar gained only slightly while equities…
November 5, 2015: Markets opened nearly flat on Thursday following a higher-than-expected report on new claims for jobless benefits. With Friday’s report on non-farm payrolls expected to improve, the odds for a…
The following four S&P companies have a good shot at closing 2015 50% higher than their 52-week lows.
