The VanEck Retail ETF (NASDAQ:RTH) and the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) both sit in the retail bucket, yet the year-to-date gap between them tells a different story. RTH is up 5.79%…
VanEck Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:RTH) gives investors a concentrated bet on the largest retail names in America, but that concentration is precisely what makes it worth understanding before putting money in. With the…
The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) tracks the S&P Retail Select Industry Index with equal-weighted exposure across 73 retail holdings spanning apparel, grocery, discount, and specialty retail. Unlike market-cap weighted funds, XRT’s…
Ready to Ride the Holiday Wave The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) has surged approximately 10% over the past three months, capitalizing on a historically bullish period for retail stocks following Labor…
The S&P 500 and Dow are turning it around after a two-day losing streak. This comes on the heels of news that the United States has removed some items from the list…
Michael Kors completed its acquisition of Versace this morning and will begin trading Wednesday under a new name, Capri Holdings.
24/7 Wall St. has come up with its own view on earnings season by sector, along with relative performance on the top exchange traded funds for those sectors.
The stock market just found a new foe for earnings season. That would be Wal-Mart.
ThinkstockWhile the Federal Reserve most likely will not taper its bond-buying program known as quantitative easing this fall, and perhaps not this year, the fact that interest rates are going higher at…
courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWWal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is the king of retailing, with the largest presence of all retailers with more than 2 million workers and with what…
US retailers will report April same-store sales results this week and the outlook calls for a substantial drop from March’s gain of 3.9% to an April rise of just 1.4%. The data…
U.S. retailers hired more than 627,000 seasonal workers during the October-December 2010 holiday season, a welcome boost from the mere 231,000 seasonal workers put on in 2008. Prospects for 2011 seasonal hiring…
Retail sales in August put up solid gains that were slowed somewhat by the effects of Hurricane Irene along the eastern seaboard. Among the stores reporting sales numbers today are Costco Wholesale…
Deep discount retailers could be preparing for a comeback after slowing down somewhat since the beginning of the year. This includes dollar stores, but also includes the clearance and deep discount stores. …
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported earnings this morning and the second quarter results were solid if not spectacular. Target posted EPS of $1.03 vs. expectations of $0.97. Net profit rose from $679…
