These are this morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive broker research calls we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street firms: Barclays (BCS) Raised...
We have already noted on numerous occasions how the floodgates for re-sales or re-IPO’s of old private equity acquisitions have to come back on the market.  And now we have the first of many large...
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) soared last night after announcing that it has received an unsolicited conditional buyout proposal from Nelson Peltz’ Trian Group to acquire Family Dollar in...
Earnings season isn’t quite over yet.  We still have some rather large, some giant, earnings on deck next week.  We have an earnings duel between The Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) and The Home...
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is packing a punch after earnings this morning after beating earnings and raising guidance.  The dollar store, or actually ‘under $10 and under $5 store’...
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported results for its third fiscal quarter this morning that were pretty much in line with expectations. EPS came in at $1.06 compared with...
Today may seem like a poor example of growth and sector dominance when you consider that the news catalyst has a shadow over its peers.  Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) beat earnings, but its...
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is getting clipped after its earnings report and guidance is not as rewarding to some of the highest bulls out there.  An obvious secondary offering which...
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...
These are some of the top analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Complete Production...
Back in the day, a layaway plan made sense for many consumers who did not have the full purchase price of an item but could pay regular small installments until the item was fully paid for. The store...
These are the early bird analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this morning with about two and a half hours until the market opens: Cadbury (CBY) Raised to Buy at Jefferies....
There are actually some stocks which are hitting 52-week highs despite the fact that January was the worst annual start on record and despite the fact that the markets are barely off of fresh lows. ...
Akamai (AKAM) started as Neutral at B of A.Corning (GLW) started as Sector Perform at RBC.Dollar Tree (DLTR) raised to Overweight at Lehman.Exxon Mobil (XOM) raised to Buy at UBS.McAfee (MFE) raised...