Homefurnishing Retail

Shares of Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) are higher on the session by 1.79%, trading at $38.00. Overall call volume is now running at 3.36x the daily average, with 69% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,440 contracts have traded on the session so far. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a...

Deutsche Bank provided color on Williams Sonoma (NYSE: WSM). In a research report published today, Deutsche Bank stressed the company opened its first pop up store. In the report, Deutsche Bank states, “WSM has opened its first pop-up store, under the West Elm brand, in Georgetown, outside of...

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research report on the "13 Week All Stars," a list which has significantly outperformed the indexes. The list includes Quiksilver (NYSE: ZQK), Bebe (NASDAQ: BEBE), Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT), Steve Madden (NASDAQ: SHOO), Lululemon (...

While Associated Press Economics writers like Christopher Rugaber and Paul Wiseman, as seen in a post this morning (at NewBusters; at BizzyBlog), talk of “baffled economists” and a job market that is “defying history,” one AP writer, in discussing stocks which have done well in this economy, has...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Shares of Level 3 Communications hit...

The Board of Directors of Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) announced that Kenneth T. Stevens succeeded Joseph H. Coulombe as non-executive Chairman of Cost Plus, Inc. at the conclusion of Mr. Coulombe's term which coincided with the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders that was held on June 23,...

At 10:05 am, the Dow rose 0.58% to 12,699.25, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.80% to 1,349.96 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 0.76% to 2,855.46. The industries that are driving the market today are: Home Furnishing Stores: This industry jumped 2.48% by 10:05 am. The...

Havertys (NYSE: HVT) today reported sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. Havertys' sales for the second quarter 2011 decreased 1.4% to $143.1 million, compared with $145.1 million for the second quarter of 2010. On a comparable store basis, sales for the quarter decreased 1.4%. Comparable...

For a political party that lives in the Reagan Glory Days of the 1980s, it's surprising to see one of their potential presidential candidates looking to take the party back to the 60s. That is to say the 1860s. David Duke, the former KKK leader who is surprisingly comfortable in both Republican...

Coach (NYSE: COH) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) reached new 52-week highs of $66.14 and $59.52 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. Coach has been buying back shares and it posted strong quarterly results in April, due in part to strong direct-to-consumer sales, as well...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Thursday's trading session: 1) Walter Investment Company (NYSE: WAC): Shares of Walter Investment hit a 52-week...

Boo! Was that a ghost, or was that just some soft patch talk scaring you during a nightmare? The economic data hasn't been exactly rosy over the last month, and as a result, investors have gotten spooked and have chosen to chainsaw their equity positions. Since late April, nervous investors had...

Is it really summer earnings season already? It seems like just yesterday we were navigating all the numbers and steering our portfolios into profitable waters. Yet, here we are! Alcoa (NYSE: AA) has been batting lead-off in New York seemingly since Bernie Williams was in diapers, and that's not...

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) shares rose 0.89% to create a new 52-week high of $39.60. SBUX's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $11.19 million. Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS) shares gained 2.22% to create a new 52-week high of $17.92. SCSS' trailing-twelve-month ROE is 76.21%....

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Tuesday's trading session: 1) CIGNA (NYSE: CI): Shares of CIGNA hit a 52-week high of $51.16 in Tuesday's...