The Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) is being added to Goldman Sachs CONVICTION BUY LIST.  This call is reflecting a view of early cycle casual diners and a fundamental view on recent strategic...
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE-NASDAQ) is trading down more than 7% to $24.80 on almost triple its normal volume after multiple analyst downgrades based upon comments from a growth conference. ...
Consumers who might remain unconvinced about an economic recovery still have to eat. And not all of them are eating at fast food restaurants.Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) reported a...
Things are looking bad for Apple, with shipments in decline, the EU and the US filing major antitrust cases, and the company abandoning it’s electric car ambitions Apple needs something big to...
These are some of the top upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning on Wall Street: AuthenTec (AUTH) Started At Buy at Stanford Group. CBRL Group (CBRL) Raised to Outperform at...
The research team at Argus Research is making some changes to its theoretical model portfolios. It is making buy and sell recommendations in the Equity Income, Growth & Income and Mid-Cap Growth...
Landry’s, Lone Star, Capital Grille, Outback, Smith & Wollensky, and on and on… How many public restaurant and dining chains can be taken private?  Apparently many more.  McCormick &...
We’ve started seeing some of the recent emptier pockets of Joe Q. Consumer, and after a warning yesterday out of McCormick & Schmicks’s we wanted to see how some of the NASDAQ growth...
The economy is getting better.  People are spending more money.  Retail saw a giant March and is expected to have another great same-store sales figure on an individual basis for April.  Right? ...
Source: Jon OggThe markets are currently closed for trading due to storm concerns in the areas all around the surrounding New York City. Still, investors may want to review and consider some of the...
If you like to invest in food chain restaurants, Thursday was a bad day as a group of bipartisan senators are trying to require chains to list calories on their menus.  This is aimed at the big...
Contrary to modern popular belief, the accumulation of wealth isn’t a sign of increased intelligence, wisdom, or moral superiority. That being said, people with huge amounts of money will always be...
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Apollo Group...
In case you missed it, the American Southwest has been going through a drought for the past 24 years. Tree ring and geologic data show it is the worst drought in the region for 1200 years! Lake Mead...
The viral video linked above features Dominator, the biggest living crocodile in the world and the second largest in existence. Weighing over 1 ton and reaching 6.1 meters in length, this saltwater...