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According to Piper Jaffray, Dollar Tree Stores (NASDAQ: DLTR) Overweight rating is reiterated. Piper Jaffray said that it is reiterating its Overweight rating and $87 price target in front of DLTR's Q2 F11 earnings release on Thursday, August 18. “We continue to view the company as one of our top...

Goldman Sachs has upgraded Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) from Neutral to buy and has raised th eprice target from $57 to $60.

TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) announces its next round of earnings this Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Tuesday's second quarter earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of 88 cents/share and revenues of $...

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research report discussing earnings from Macy's (NYSE: M) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), as well as the health of the retail sector. In the note, Sozzi says that the strong reports from Macy's and Kohl's have defied the conventional wisdom of consumer...

Jefferies & Company has downgraded the following companies: Costco (NASDAQ: COST) $74.66, from Buy to Hold PT from $93 to $71 Home Depot (NYSE: HD) $30.15, from Buy to Hold, PT from $44 to $33 Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) $46.56, from Buy to Hold, PT from $63 to $50 Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) $19.17, from...

Morgan Stanley added Target (NYSE: TGT) to Best Idea list. At the moment, the rating agency has an Overweight rating and a price target of $64 placed on the company's stock. On Tuesday, TGT added 5.4% to its value to finish the day at $48.95.

Shares of Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) are higher on the session by 0.75%, currently trading at $45.48. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while...

Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on Target (NYSE: TGT). At the moment, the rating agency has a price target of $64 placed on the company's stock. On Monday, TGT lost 4.54% of its value to finish the day at $46.44.

Some investors believe that low priced stocks are the best ones to invest in during a market crash because they can have the biggest percentage upside when the market recovers. Other investors think that sticking with the large caps is the way to go in case market bottom is missed by investing too...

US stock futures are lower this morning, after Standard & Poor's downgraded the US debt rating. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 175 points to 11,227.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 18.90 points to 1,178.90. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 37.25 points to 2,149.75. US...

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc (NYSE: DTG) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $1.37 on revenue of $408.57 million. MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is projected to report a FQ4 loss at $0.13 per share on revenue of $1.59 billion. 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) is expected to...

According to Piper Jaffray, Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) reported a Q2 comp of -1.5%, which was ahead of PJC of -2% and consensus of -1.8% and in the middle of guidance of flat to -3%. Piper Jaffray said that retail sales of $1,152.7M were slightly below the estimate of $1,158.9M. “We remain Neutral on...

Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) from $39 to $35 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Cusick's Corner I will not discount Chicken Little next time. Pure panic is in the market and preservation of capital is pinnacle. The reality is that the data is bad, and with the Claims Data coming in at 400K, the Non-Farm payrolls need to come in tomorrow at or above 150K. If we see 75K then...

Shares of Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) are lower on the session by 3.33%, currently trading at $49.61. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while...