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Rally Stuck at S&P 1300 Highs 02-02-2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 4:18pm | 978Cusick'sCorner Well, the weather in Chicago did turn into a snownami and the market is moving like a car on Lakeshore Drive here in Chicago -- nowhere! The S&P 500 trading range over the last 5 sessions has been 1265-1306, but this latest rally has just stuck to the highs, 1300 on the S&...
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Piper Jaffray Lowers PT on Family Dollar Stores to $38 (FDO)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 11:57am | 119Piper Jaffray is out with its report this morning on Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO), lowering its price target from $42 to $38. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We are reiterating our UW rating and lowering our PT from $42 to $38 based on our expectation for a deceleration of comps in...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (DG, OREX, DLTR, WWW)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 9:31am | 141Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) was downgraded by Deutsche Bank from "buy" to "hold." DG's shares closed at $28.85 yesterday. Dollar General's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 3.87%. Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: OREX) was downgraded by Jefferies from "buy" to "hold." OREX's stock...
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Piper Jaffray Downgrades Dollar Tree Stores To Neutral, PT To $51
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 8:21am | 29Piper Jaffray has downgraded Dollar Tree Stores (NASDAQ: DLTR) from Overweight to Neutral and has lowered the price target from $59 to $51.
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Piper Jaffray Lowers PT On Family Dollar Stores To $38
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 8:20am | 29Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) from $42 to $38 and maintains its Underweight rating.
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Piper Jaffray Downgrades DLTR To Neutral
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 7:15am | 51Analysts at Piper Jaffray downgrade Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR) from “overweight” to “neutral.” The target price for DLTR has been lowered from $59 to $51. DLTR shares gained 1.21% to close at $51.19 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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5 Ways You can Achieve High Returns with Low Risk
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 2:23am | 1045You are led to believe that you need to take risk to achieve high returns. But that couldn't be further from the truth.Here are a few low risk investment ideas worth considering. 1. Focus on an existing businessLook at businesses with long history of operations that you can analyze. This is much...
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Limited Brands Enhances Returns - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 5:31pm | 527After Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) recently raised its quarterly dividend by 16.1% to 18 cents from 15.5 cents, and Tiffany & Company (TIF) announced a new share repurchase program of $400 million, it is now Limited Brands Inc.'s (LTD) turn to employ its free cash to enhance shareholders'...
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Limited Brands Enhances Returns - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 5:16pm | 527After Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) recently raised its quarterly dividend by 16.1% to 18 cents from 15.5 cents, and Tiffany & Company (TIF) announced a new share repurchase program of $400 million, it is now Limited Brands Inc.'s (LTD) turn to employ its free cash to enhance shareholders'...
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Initial Jobless Claims Jump - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 12:01pm | 2350Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 51,000 last week to 454,000 (last week was revised down by 1,000, so one could see it as a 50,000 increase). This was much worse than the expected level of 410,000. This is an unwelcome turnaround, and more than negates last week's big drop. This is...
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Initial Jobless Claims Jump - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:50am | 2350Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 51,000 last week to 454,000 (last week was revised down by 1,000, so one could see it as a 50,000 increase). This was much worse than the expected level of 410,000. This is an unwelcome turnaround, and more than negates last week's big drop. This is...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (NFLX, AMED, FDO, ROK)
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 9:27am | 133Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) was upgraded by BofA/Merrill from "underperform" to "buy." NFLX's shares closed at $183.03 yesterday. Netflix's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 68.21%. Jefferies upgrade Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ: AMED) from "hold" to "buy." AMED's shares closed at $33.30 yesterday. Amedisys' PEG...
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RBC Capital Upgrades FDO To Outperform
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 7:36am | 51Analysts at RBC Capital upgrade Family Dollar Stores Inc (NYSE: FDO) from “sector perform” to “outperform.” The target price for FDO is set to $49. FDO shares gained 0.14% to close at $42.93 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Family Dollar Prices $300M of Senior Unsecured Notes
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 5:35pm | 70Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO), today announced the successful pricing of $300 million of senior unsecured notes due 2021 with a 5% coupon. This offering marks the first time the Company has accessed the public debt markets. The Company intends to apply the net proceeds of the offering...
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Can Dead Space 2 Boost EA's Bottom Line? (ERTS)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 4:11pm | 544Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) didn't have a great 2010. It didn't have a spectacular 2009 either. But with a number of product delays last fall, many of the company's biggest games were pushed into early 2011. One of those games, Dead Space 2, arrives today. While nowhere near the success of...