The “Sell” Signs On Wal-Mart (WMT)(BBY)
Wal-Mart’s sales may not rebound at all. At least not in the US during 2007. The chain is blaming store remodelling and a large new line of women’s cloths for much of its troubles.It…
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Stocks: (WMT)(TGT)(RAD)(WAG)(COST) Walgreeen and Rite Aid both turned in excellent results for the last quarter. Part fo the message sent by both companies is that Wal-Mart’s $4 generic drug program is not hurting them.…
Minimum Wage Hike Talk Helps Dollar Stores
Before reading this "economic-political" piece, understand that this is not trying to take a side on a policy here. I don’t have to take a side in this, I just have to get it…
Someone Finally Slaps Home Depot (HD)
A proxy fight at Home Depot? Could be. Rational Investors wants an independent committee of the household retailer’s board to do a strategic review and look at management performance. After buy-out rumors and complaints…
Poor Holiday Spending Trends Could Hurt E-commerce And Retail Alike
Stocks: (WMT)(TGT)(FD) MasterCard Advisors says that holiday spending is growing at about half of last year’s 8% increase. The news is not exactly a bright spot for companies like Wal-Mart, Target, or Federated. They…
Wal-Mart: Are You A Member Of The Communist Party? (WMT)
It is not enough that Chinese unions set up shop at Wal-Mart stores in the Asian country. Now the Communist Party has set up a branch for Wal-Mart employess. It is hard to say…
Will Lowe’s Come Back? Bear Stearns’ Nutty Theory
Stocks: (LOW)(HD) According to Barron’s, the analysts at Bear Stearns think that things are about to get much better at household goods retailer Lowe’s. Bear Stearns has put a new target on the stock…
Home Depot Ain’t Being Bought
The wild speculation about a Home Depot (HD) private equity buy-out has been bounding around for weeks. Well, an SEC filing may finally put a dagger in the heart of the rumors. Home Depot…
Consumed Consumers: Does Best Buy Signal an End to the Consumption Boom?
By Willaim Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Stocks: (BBY) Given the pile of carcasses left behind by other pundits who have attempted to call an end to the consumer’s willingness to keep spending,…
Starbuck’s Gets Off Track (SBUX)
Starbuck’s stock is trading at about $36, which is almost exactly where it was six months ago. The stock traded under $10 five years ago, so it really acted like a growth stock until…
Best Buy: Wal-Mart Collateral Damage
Stocks: (BBY)(WMT)(TGT)(COST) Best Buy reported earnings and Wall St. was disappointed. Revenue came in fine, up over 15% to almost $8.5 billion. But, EPS was $.31 and investors wanted $.35. The shares were knocked…
Big Caps That Went NoWhere In 2006: Wal-Mart (WMT)
There is no way to summarize Wal-Mart’s year in a few sentences but it did come into 2006 at about $46 and trades for just over $46 now. For a company that trades 16…
CDW Sales A Bad Read for Corporate Spending
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have written before that bullish investors are hoping that spending by businesses will pick up any slack from a slowing consumer. Well, we’re still waiting.CDW…
Long Straddle Options Strategy- Playing Best Buy (BBY) Earnings
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Idea Today I want to talk about a strategy that can help you play earnings and short term moves in stocks (maybe even long- though I never…
Wal-Mart: Do A Good Job And Get Fired (WMT)(IPG)
Julie Roehm, the recently sacked head of advertising at Wal-Mart, may actually have been doing a good job. She did a good job and DaimlerChrysler, which landed her the Wal-Mart job. She then broke…