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Week in Preview: Macy's, Priceline, Others Kick Off Retail Earnings
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 9:00am | 566This week, JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Macy's (NYSE: M) are the first of the major retailers to report results for the most recent quarter. Macy's launched an American Express credit card and increased its mobile presence during the fiscal fourth quarter. The analysts surveyed by...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: eBay, Range Resources, Wal-Mart, Big Lots and Kroger - Press Releases
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 12:24pm | 1830For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 5, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights eBay (EBAY) as the Bull of the Day and Range Resources (RRC) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Wal-Mart (WMT), Big Lots (BIG) and Kroger(KR). Full analysis of all...
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4 Hot Retail Stocks for the Holidays - Investment Ideas
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 7:33pm | 960Don't look now, but just as summer fades away, the prime-time holiday shopping season is about to take flight. It kicks off with Halloween, gains momentum over Thanksgiving and then closes with a big bang on Christmas and New Years. The importance of holiday spending for the retailers cannot be...
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Target Reports October Sales Results
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 8:18am | 169Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended October 30, 2010 were $4,641 million, an increase of 2.2 percent from $4,541 million for the four weeks ended October 31, 2009. On this same basis, October comparable-store sales increased 1.7 percent...
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Two Stocks That Could Profit From Buybacks
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 8:01am | 409Our recommendations at The Buyback Letter currently focus on a collection of five stocks that we believe, as a group, will outperform the market this month. So far, we have done well. Our Buyback Premium Portfolio is beating the S&P 500 by more than 68% since its inception (August 2, 2000). The...
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99¢ Only Stores Reports Diluted EPS of $0.18 for Q2
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 4:10pm | 8599¢ Only Stores® (NYSE: NDN) announces its financial results for the second quarter ended September 25, 2010. Consolidated Diluted Earnings Per Share Increased 28% to $0.18 Consolidated Net Income Increased 34% to $12.9 Million Management raises guidance for Income Before Taxes as a...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Westport Innovations, Advises Investors To Sell Eastman Kodak (WPRT, CLF, VALE, JCP, M, KSS, ROST, TJX, FDO, SLE, PVA, SHAW, GT, PWER, EK)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 4:32am | 370On CNBC's Mad Money Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that he likes Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT). He added, “If we get a change in Washington on natural gas, I'd like it even more." For Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF), he said that he likes iron, but prefers Vale (NYSE: VALE) to CLF....
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Balancing Election Results with Trading Ideas 11-01-2010
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 7:09pm | 1106Cusick' Corner The highly anticipated mid-term elections are tomorrow, so how can a trader or investor strategize the potential outcomes? If the election plays out as pundits anticipate, GOP takes the House and the Democrats maintain the Senate, we could see a short-term gridlock bounce and then...
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Target Very Strong Today (TGT)
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 3:33pm | 56Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) is up sharply, despite the broader markets now trading deeply negative. Volume is exceptionally strong today, having traded more than 9 million shares, when the usual volume is just over 5.4 million shares. Target Corporation operates general merchandise and food...
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Retail Stocks Weak In A Flat Market (JCP, TGT, SHLD)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 1:23pm | 171There are a few retail stocks that are materially weaker in a flat market today, despite a strong consumer component coming out of the GDP report this morning. Shares of Target (NYSE: TGT) are down 28 cents this afternoon for a loss of 0.5%. Sears Holding (NASDAQ: SHLD), which is run by hedge fund...
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Out-of-the-Money Puts Active in the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index (NYSE:UUP)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 9:17am | 1739The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index (NYSE:UUP) was unusually active in Thursday's trading as investors took a position in the greenback-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) ahead of next week's Fed meeting. Following heavy volume in the March 23 and 24 calls on Wednesday, about 14,000 contracts traded...
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Mad Money Lightning Round OT: Cramer Likes Retailers (LPHI, PBI, TGT, COST, RTH)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 7:55pm | 250On CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT, Jim Cramer said that he doesn't believe in the secondary market for insurance. He thinks that investors should not buy Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPHI), but he invited the management of this company on the show to explain him why should he buy this...
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Brian Sozzi Notes Underperformance In Major Retailers (TGT, COST, WMT, BJ)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 3:35pm | 90Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies noted the relative under-performance of the major retailers over the past month. Companies like Target (NYSE: TGT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Costco (NASDAQ: COST), and BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) have lost 0.2% over the past month, compared to a 2.6% gain in the S...
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Family Dollar Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 9:23am | 51Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common stock of $0.155 per share, payable Friday, January 14, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Wednesday, December 15,...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (ZION, DLTR, CALL, EQIX)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 11:22am | 168Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) shares jumped 5.34% to $22.49 at 11:14 am. The volume of ZION shares traded was 118% higher than normal. ZION has narrowed its Q3 loss on year-over-year basis. Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR) shares rose 1.49% to $50.97. The volume of DLTR shares traded was 65%...