Reuters: The value of the yuan could cause a trade war between the US and China. Reuters: Executive pensions rose despite drops in stock prices. Reuters: Lloyds will make a large stock…
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) becomes more aggressive in soliciting new customers and undercutting rivals as each week passes. It has the balance sheet and retail locations to do those things. The world’s largest retailer…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has just released a headline titled “Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Issues Statement.” Unfortunately, this ‘statement’ is that the relationship between Martha and Sears Holdings Corporation…
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…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has a new exclusive product lineup partner. We still want to know where Martha will end up after the K-Mart deal she has with Sears…
Reuters: Markets in Asia and Europe were mostly higher with many up over 1%. Cadbury rose on an offer from Kraft (KFT). Rio Tinto (RTP) rose. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) bid $16.7 billion…
We are seeing several key stocks trading very activiely and at key levels this morning. These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts, and more detailed price and volume…
It’s the weekend, and that brings about the review of “the unusual suspects” for strange activity or for being key stocks under review for the week ahead. There are some old hat…
These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active stock alerts. We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: PetSmart Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Two pieces of information came into the market today, both about the trouble housing situation. The foreclosure filings and the interest rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgages affect the housing market in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Several car companies have offered to make monthly payments for new auto buyers who lose jobs. Hyundai even has a program to take some vehicles back if their owners can’t find work.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: California declared a financial emergency. Reuters: An SEC attorney raised concern about a Madoff report in 2004. Reuters: Auto parts supplier Lear filed for bankruptcy. Reuters: NYC apartment sales are down…
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ann Taylor (ANN) locations to gauge business trends at the ten retailers. We asked the following questions: 1. On a scale of…
Many big-box retailers including Best Buy (BBY), Target (TGT), and Costco (COST) are struggling as the recession beats down their same-store sales. General retailers such as Sears (SHLD) are not faring any…
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is trading up sharply this morning after the retailer and part-time hedge fund managed to post positive earnings after the close on Thursday. This is a stock…
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