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(LOW) Earnings Season Quieting Down – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview – Week of May 21st
It will be a relatively quiet week on the earnings front, as there are only a few reports left before we close the books on the first quarter earnings season. This...
(HD) Home Depot Analyst Stays Neutral on Shares
The Home Depot Inc. (HD) is the leading player in the highly fragmented home improvement industry. The company has reinvigorated itself with a shift in focus from new square footage growth to maximization of...
(WHR) Whirlpool Opens New Plant
Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) has opened a million-square-feet facility in East Tennessee that will manufacture premium cooking products. The new facility, replacing a 123-year-old plant at the same location,...
(XLF) Stock Market News for March 12, 2012 – Market News
Markets ended modestly higher on Friday buoyed by positive data on the jobs market. On the third anniversary of the stocks’ lowest point during the Great recession, investors drew optimism from reports of an improving economy. However, benchmarks came down from morning highs...
(AES) Company News for February 28, 2012 – Corporate Summary
• Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) posted fourth-quarter 2011 quarterly earnings of $0.29 a share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.23
6Mar2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued(CENT) Central Garden & Pet Company Stays Neutral
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) is a leading producer and marketer of premium and value-oriented products focused on the lawn and garden as well as pet supplies markets in the U.S. On the one hand,...
(DDR) DDR Corporation-Glimcher Realty Trust Completes Asset Swap
DDR Corp. (DDR), a real estate investment trust (REIT), has recently completed the asset swap transaction that was announced earlier in September 2011 with one of its peers Glimcher Realty Trust...
(CENT) Central Garden & Pet Company Analyst Holds at Neutral
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) is a leading producer and marketer of premium and value-oriented products focused on the lawn and garden as well as pet supplies markets in the U.S. On the one hand,...
(WHR) Whirlpool Slips on Earnings – Lowers Outlook
Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) reported net earnings of $177 million or $2.27 per share in the third quarter of 2011, compared with $79 million or $1.02 per share in the prior-year quarter.
However, the...
(SHLD) Sears Shares Reiterated at Underperform
We have maintained our long-term Underperform recommendation on Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD). The company is the fourth largest broadline retailer in the U.S. offering home appliances, tools, lawn and...
(TGT) Chase Track Records If You Want to Profit
by Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U Senior...
(LOW) Lowe’s Companies Earnings Preview
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (LOW), the world’s second largest home improvement retailer, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2011 financial results on Monday, August 15, 2011. The...
(MA) Be Calmer Than Mr. Market – AAII Investor Update
The market can be finicky over the short term.
This has particularly been the case over the past few days, with stock prices fluctuating widely. Some stocks have been excessively volatile. Take Mastercard (MA), for instance. Shares of MA fell 10.6% on Monday,...
(SHLD) Sears Holdings Spins Off Hardware Chain
Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) declared that it is spinning off its hardware chain, Orchard Supply Hardware Stores, after five continuous years of bad performance. Sears believes that Orchard Supply will...
(MAS) Masco Retains Underperform
We reiterate our Underperform recommendation on Masco Corporation (MAS), which manufactures, sells, and installs home improvement and building products.
The company earns 75-80% of revenues from the...
(SHLD) Sears Holdings Pleads To Move Out of Chicago
Going by the Washington Business Journal, the fourth largest broadline retailer in the United States, Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) has proposed the local jurisdiction of several areas in the U.S. for...
(SHLD) Sears Holdings Lays Off – Focuses on Sales
Reuters reports that Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) has slashed 700 jobs in the appliances section of its Kmart discount stores. The company seeks to re-engineer the process of selling its appliances to...
(SHLD) Sears Holdings Downgraded on Weak Results
We have downgraded our prior long-term ‘Neutral’ recommendation on Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) to ‘Underperform’ with a target price of $62.00 per share. Moreover, the company...
(LOW) Lowe’s Cuts Back on New Stores
As per The Street, Lowe’s Companies Inc. (LOW) has struck a policy of rewarding shareholder value via dividend payouts and share repurchases at the cost of curtailing new store openings and saving on...
(AKRX) Company News for June 07, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Share prices of home nursing provider Amedisys, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMED) fell 7.41% after CRT Capital reduced its earnings estimates for fiscal 2011
• According to Canaccord Genuity, data from a trial of...
(SLV) Silver’s Bubble and Volatility – AAII Investor Update
The recent plunge in silver prices provides lessons for all investors, regardless of whether you invest in commodities or not.
As I started writing this on Thursday morning, iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV) was down by 5.7%. Though significant by itself, the decline was...
(AMR) Company News for May 17, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• NYSE Euronext’s (NYSE:NYX) shares declined 12.6% after NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE:
18May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) Stock Market News for May 17, 2011 – Market News
The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index suffered a heavy fall on Monday, amidst disappointing economic data that subsequently led the markets lower. While investors are apprehensive as the economic stimulus plan nears its end, weakness in economic data furthered fueled investor...
(AMR) Company News for May 17, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• NYSE Euronext’s (NYSE:NYX) shares declined 12.6% after NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE:
17May2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AAPL) Stock Market News for May 17, 2011 – Market News
The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index suffered a heavy fall on Monday, amidst disappointing economic data that subsequently led the markets lower. While investors are apprehensive as the economic stimulus plan nears its end, weakness in economic data furthered fueled investor...
(ADP) Stock Market News for April 1, 2011 – Market News
Markets marked one of the strongest quarters of the decade with negligible movement in the indices as investors patiently await the job data from the Labor Department, scheduled for Friday. The indices faced a stiff challenge from global issues but survived the concerns to...
(NYX) Analyzing the Proposed Merger Between the NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Deutsche Boerse
Wall Street has been abuzz with the proposed merger between the NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Deutsche Boerse. The deal would create a new global exchange.
It’s big news for the investment industry. It has also sparked patriotic talk on both sides of the Atlantic about...
(HD$) Home Depot Quarterly Report Surprises
The Home Depot Inc. (HD), surprised with its fourth-quarter 2010 adjusted earnings of 36 cents a share. The adjusted earnings not only surpassed the prior-year quarters’ earnings of 24 cents (an increment...
(MAS) Masco Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings Report Posts Big Loss
Masco Corporation (MAS) reported a loss of 8 cents per share (excluding special items) in the fourth quarter of 2010 in sharp contrast to a profit of 5 cents per share (excluding special items) in the same...
(REG) Regency Centers Acquires Willow Festival Shopping Center
Regency Centers Corp. (REG), a leading operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers across the U.S., has recently acquired Willow Festival, a 405,227 square foot neighborhood shopping...