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BEBE In Early Stages Of A Turnaround
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:17pm | 152Analysts at FBR Capital Markets maintain their "outperform" rating on bebe stores inc (NASDAQ: BEBE). The target price for BEBE has been raised from $7 to $9. bebe stores is in the early stages of a turnaround. “We believe the hype and buzz surrounding the bebe Kardashian line are certainly...
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TJX Maintains Outperform Rating By RBC Capital Markets
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:09pm | 121TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) maintains “Outperform” rating from RBC Capital Markets on an earnings preview. TJX Companies is expected to report 4Q earnings on February 24th. The analyst at RBC expects TJX to earn $0.90 for the quarter. They feel the customer continues to find value important and they...
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LTD Initiated With Buy
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 10:35am | 50Analysts at UBS initiate coverage of Limited Brands, Inc (NYSE: LTD) with a "buy" rating. The target price for LTD is set to $25. LTD’s shares closed at $21.40 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here
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J. Crew Group Upgraded (JCG)
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 10:01am | 108Brean Murray upgraded J. Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG) this morning to Buy from Hold and set a price target of $50. The firm believes J. Crew will benefit from its strong fashion sense, compelling price/value relationship, strong inventory discipline and very easy comparisons going forward. While...
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FBR Capital Markets Maintains The Gap (GPS) Outperform Rating
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 9:37am | 161FBR Capital Markets analysts Adrienne Tennant and Simeon Siegel maintained their Outperform rating for shares of The Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS), with a price target of $24. The analysts believe that when The Gap releases its earnings report on 25 February, that earnings will be 51 cents per share, on...
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Weekly Wrap-Up
Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 3:13pm | 168Not the greatest week for the bears by any stretch of the imagination. I am however, thankful that the week was only four days long. Transaction-wise it was my busiest week of the year. I was stopped out of two positions, while initiating four others. The positions I was stopped out of were Hilltop...
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Oppenheimer Recommends FL And FINL
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 7:31pm | 129Robert Samuels, an analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., said on CNBC that if you are looking for a buy in sporting goods sector, you should take a look at Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) and The Finish Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL). Mr. Samuels added that sales of these companies are showing a positive trend...
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Major Move In Finish Line (FINL)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 2:30pm | 121Shares of Finish Line (NASDAQ: FINL) moved higher throughout morning trading. The stock opened flat and then surged upward, before pulling back at around noon. FINL has gained 5.29% today on heavier than average volume. The stock hit an intraday high of $11.87 which is only 2 cents away from a 52...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (GUID, CRM, EEFT, TLB, BEAT)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:48pm | 200Guidance Software Inc (NASDAQ: GUID) was upgraded by Benchmark from “hold” to “buy.” GUID’s shares gained 6.72% to $5.40 at 1:03 a.m. GUID has a 52-week trading range of $2.57-$6.11. GUID’s shares have lost 3.44% year to date. Caris & Company upgraded Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) from “above...
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5 Retailers That Have Better Prospects Than WMT (GES, TRLG, URBN, JWN, SKS)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 2:30pm | 242Following disappointing results posted by Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and weaker-than-estimated guidance for the current quarter, Eric Beder, associate director of equity research at Brean Murray Carret, told CNBC that the company’s performance was much better last year. Beder added that WMT was among the...
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Straddle Sold in Abercrombie
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 12:00pm | 162Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) reported earnings yesterday that missed Street estimates quite a bit, but the stock is not reacting to the downside today because of their improved same store sales. Volatility was carrying a premium prior to the earnings report, as one would expect, but one...
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Wells Fargo Upgrades AEO To Outperform
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 10:46am | 40Analysts at Wells Fargo upgrade American Eagle (NYSE: AEO) from "market perform" to "outperform." AEO’s shares closed at $16.20 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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U.S. Equity Movers & Shakers: (C, CSTR,OMX, TLB)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 8:47pm | 469Bloomberg reported unusual share price movement for the following companies in early trading today. Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) rose 3% to $3.41. Paulson & Co. increased its stake in Citigroup, and sold shares in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in Q4. Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), owner of...
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Stocks With Excellent Charts
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 3:45pm | 1534As we await the breakout over S&P 1100 (if not today, then surely in premarket tomorrow or Friday, when all the important work is done) some chart review. A lot of stocks have made a quite substantial turn for the better with yesterday's low volume surge. I am seeing countless charts that look...
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Guess?, Inc. (GES) Maintains A strong Buy Rating
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 1:55pm | 106Analysts at Needham have maintained a Strong Buy rating for Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES). According to analysts, the company is in a much better position than many of its competitors due to well-controlled and lean inventory levels. The company’s promotional activity has been minimal but effective as...