Twelve of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Just twelve. Over the next year, that number is likely to go up considerably because of a confluence of economic and financial factors that…
We are still seeing overall weak trends in the retail sector. This is no shock based upon the overall drop in the economy and the growing army of unemployed workers out there. …
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this Friday morning: Banco Santander (STD) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Devon Energy (DVN) Raised…
The soft economy is actually driving some retail winners, and it isn’t really the old analogy of just the wealthy doing well. The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) is putting in new…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top pre-market analyst Downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning: Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley. AT&T (T) Cut…
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) did beat estimates this morning and showed that discounters and clearance merchandise retailers that get it can do well in a slowing economy. Unfortunately, its guidance…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on this Monday morning: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Overweight from Market Weight at Thomas Weisel. Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut To…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer noted that selling stocks today isn’t a good idea and that this will be good for retail stocks and others too. You have to…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said emphatically that the huge drop today followed by the monster rally in the same day is a classic bottoming pattern, although he thinks…
We are full fledged into earnings season now, so most news coverage will point to the current earnings environment and guidance. There are of course drug developments and other contracts awards. Below…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, this was actually a Ladies night where he was in front a live audience full of nothing but… ladies. He discussed the Fed coming in with…
Douglas A. McIntyre In a slowing retail environment, Macy’s (NYSE: M) has decided it’s time to close some stores. This may not sound like a great ‘growth strategy’ for a retailer, but some companies reach…
Just yesterday and the day before, the tone was looking to be that sub-prime fallout and the recent tightening on credit was helping to squash Joe Q. Consumer in the U.S. Yesterday,…
