<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Stock Blog Hub &#187; Family Dollar Stores Inc.</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.stockbloghub.com/tag/family-dollar-stores-inc/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com</link>
	<description>Start Your Investing Research Here!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:22:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>(COST) Retail Industry Stock Outlook &#8211; April 2012 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/cost-retail-industry-stock-outlook-april-2012-industry-outlook-2/98465</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/cost-retail-industry-stock-outlook-april-2012-industry-outlook-2/98465#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Buy Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabela's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gap Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Brands Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=98465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right-sizing inventories and enhancing efficiencies through greater use of technology were the key agenda items on retailers’ to-do lists most of last year. Progress on those fronts has paved the way for the retailers to enter fiscal 2012 with a more optimistic outlook. So far this year, the broader markets have showcased signs of a better pace of recovery and have thus infused hopes of a better economic scenario going forward. One might debate or disagree with this statement, but markets’ significant recovery is reflected through the benchmarks’ record-setting gains in the first quarter. The Dow and S&#38;P 500 scored gains of 8.1% and 12.0%, respectively, in the first quarter, their biggest first-quarter gains since 1998. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq increased 18.7% in the same period, enjoying its best-first-quarterly performance since ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/cost-retail-industry-stock-outlook-april-2012-industry-outlook-2/98465/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(COST) Retail Industry Stock Outlook &#8211; April 2012 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/12/cost-retail-industry-stock-outlook-april-2012-industry-outlook/98387</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/12/cost-retail-industry-stock-outlook-april-2012-industry-outlook/98387#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Buy Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabela's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gap Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Brands Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=98387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right-sizing inventories and enhancing efficiencies through greater use of technology were the key agenda items on retailers’ to-do lists most of last year. Progress on those fronts has paved the way for the retailers to enter fiscal 2012 with a more optimistic outlook. So far this year, the broader markets have showcased signs of a better pace of recovery and have thus infused hopes of a better economic scenario going forward. One might debate or disagree with this statement, but markets’ significant recovery is reflected through the benchmarks’ record-setting gains in the first quarter. The Dow and S&#38;P 500 scored gains of 8.1% and 12.0%, respectively, in the first quarter, their biggest first-quarter gains since 1998. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq increased 18.7% in the same period, enjoying its best-first-quarterly performance since ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/12/cost-retail-industry-stock-outlook-april-2012-industry-outlook/98387/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(LTD) Dividend Hike: The In Thing</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/03/ltd-dividend-hike-the-in-thing/91184</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/03/ltd-dividend-hike-the-in-thing/91184#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apparel Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Brands Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Post Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WPO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=91184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Increasing dividends is becoming a common trend these days, mostly followed by companies that boast a stable cash position and healthy cash flows. These strategies not only enhance shareholders’ return but also raise the market value of the stock. The companies through this strategy bolsters investors’ confidence on the stock, thereby persuading them to either buy or hold the scrip instead of selling them. Recently, Limited Brands Inc. (LTD), a specialty retailer of women’s intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products, raised its annual dividend by 25% to $1.00 from 80 cents a share. The company announced that the dividend will be paid on March 9, 2012, to stockholders of record as of February 24, 2012. The dividend yield based on the new payout and the last closing ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/03/ltd-dividend-hike-the-in-thing/91184/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(XRT) Stock Market News for January 13, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/xrt-stock-market-news-for-january-13-2012-market-news/90156</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/xrt-stock-market-news-for-january-13-2012-market-news/90156#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Traded Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infosys Technologies Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INFY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PriceSmart Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PSMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPDR S&P Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XRT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Markets looked beyond the disappointing economic data, as a strong bond auction in Europe and a drop in oil prices reversed the benchmarks’ movement and guided them higher on Thursday. Investors were also discouraged by a lower income forecast from Chevron. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) gained 0.2% to settle at 12,471.02. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) posted gains of 0.2% and closed yesterday’s trading session at 1,295.50. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up to 2,724.70, adding 0.5%. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) shed 2.8% to settle at 20.47. Total volumes on the New York Stock Exchange were 4.03 billion shares. On the NYSE, for 60% of the stocks that advanced, around 37% stocks moved down. The remaining 3% of the stocks were left unchanged. The ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/xrt-stock-market-news-for-january-13-2012-market-news/90156/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(RFMD) Will Market Start Getting Enthusiastic?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/rfmd-will-market-start-getting-enthusiastic/89812</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/rfmd-will-market-start-getting-enthusiastic/89812#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RF Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RFMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby Tuesday Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The market’s focus today clearly will be on the strong December non-farm payroll report, but Europe likely will not be far from investors’ minds, either. The market has found it hard to make meaningful gains this week despite very good readings on the domestic economy, held back by continued Europe-related jitters. I would expect that same trend to remain in place today, as well. With respect to Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) had one of its half-hearted interventions in the Euro-zone government bond market trying to reverse a renewed uptrend in Italian and Spanish government bond markets. The yield on the 10-year Italian government bond moved up to 7.1% today, pushing their yield spread to the comparable German bonds above 520 basis points. This is likely to prompt clearing ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/rfmd-will-market-start-getting-enthusiastic/89812/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(RFMD) Ahead of Wall Street &#8211; January 6, 2012 &#8211; Ahead of Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/rfmd-ahead-of-wall-street-january-6-2012-ahead-of-wall-street/89810</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/rfmd-ahead-of-wall-street-january-6-2012-ahead-of-wall-street/89810#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RF Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RFMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby Tuesday Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, January 6, 2012 The market’s focus today clearly will be on the strong December non-farm payroll report, but Europe likely will not be far from investors’ minds either. The market has found it hard to make meaningful gains this week despite very good readings on the domestic economy, held back by continued Europe related jitters. I would expect that same trend to remain in place today as well. With respect to Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) had one of its half-hearted interventions in the Euro-zone government bond market trying to reverse a renewed uptrend in Italian and Spanish government bond markets. The yield on the 10-year Italian government bond moved up to 7.1% today, pushing their yield spread to the comparable German bonds above 520 basis points. This ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/rfmd-ahead-of-wall-street-january-6-2012-ahead-of-wall-street/89810/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(RFMD) Jan 06: All Eyes on Strong Non-Farm Payroll Report &#8211; Economic Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/rfmd-jan-06-all-eyes-on-strong-non-farm-payroll-report-economic-highlights/89811</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/rfmd-jan-06-all-eyes-on-strong-non-farm-payroll-report-economic-highlights/89811#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RF Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RFMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby Tuesday Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The market’s focus today clearly will be on the strong December non-farm payroll report, but Europe likely will not be far from investors’ minds either. The market has found it hard to make meaningful gains this week despite very good readings on the domestic economy, held back by continued Europe related jitters. I would expect that same trend to remain in place today as well. With respect to Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) had one of its half-hearted interventions in the Euro-zone government bond market trying to reverse a renewed uptrend in Italian and Spanish government bond markets. The yield on the 10-year Italian government bond moved up to 7.1% today, pushing their yield spread to the comparable German bonds above 520 basis points. This is likely to prompt ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/rfmd-jan-06-all-eyes-on-strong-non-farm-payroll-report-economic-highlights/89811/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(JCP) U.S. Holiday Preview &#8211; National Retail Federation</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/jcp-u-s-holiday-preview-national-retail-federation/87634</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/jcp-u-s-holiday-preview-national-retail-federation/87634#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Department Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMZN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBBY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Lots Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coach Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Brands Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sears Holdings Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SHLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=87634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Retail Federation (“NRF”), an industry trade group, projects a 2.8% growth in sales, amounting to $465.6 billion, during the current November to December holiday season, lower than the 5.2% rise in the corresponding period of the previous year. Online retail may increase 15% to touch $37.6 billion. These estimates reveal a rebound in consumer expenditure, which amounts to about 70% of the U.S. economy. Brick-and-mortar retailers ran extended hours post Thanksgiving in order to snatch some business from Internet retailers who continue to grow at a brisk pace. The growth trajectory of online sellers remains intact despite huge destruction of consumer wealth during the financial crisis in 2008 and tepid recovery since then. On the other hand, retail icons for middle-class shoppers, J. C. Penney Company (JCP) and ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/jcp-u-s-holiday-preview-national-retail-federation/87634/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(SKS) U.S. Retail Still Rolling &#8211; Zacks Industry Rank Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/18/sks-u-s-retail-still-rolling-zacks-industry-rank-analysis/87188</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/18/sks-u-s-retail-still-rolling-zacks-industry-rank-analysis/87188#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Department Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advance Auto Parts Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBBY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Lots Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVS Caremark Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DLTR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O'Reilly Automotive Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORLY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saks Incorporated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SKS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=87188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Industry Rank Analysis 11-15-11 Before you know it, Christmas will be here. That is something that tends to bring retail front and center to the minds of investors. Rumors of the death of the U.S. consumer appear to be premature. Despite extremely low levels in the surveys of consumer confidence, people are still going out to shop. Personally I don’t like to rely on those surveys, because what people say to the poll takers is often very different from what they actually do. A wide variety of Retail industries are doing very well based on the Zacks Rank. In light of the second month in a row of surprisingly strong Retail Sales numbers, it looks like the retailers might continue to stay on top for a while. Also in the ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/18/sks-u-s-retail-still-rolling-zacks-industry-rank-analysis/87188/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(TIF) Dollar Stores Win on Double-Dip Fears</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/18/tif-dollar-stores-win-on-double-dip-fears-2/85219</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/18/tif-dollar-stores-win-on-double-dip-fears-2/85219#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewelry Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coach Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DLTR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kohl's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PriceSmart Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PSMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The TJX Companies Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiffany & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TJX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=85219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most amazing aspects of this economic recovery has been the resiliency of the American consumer. Given a banking/housing/credit crisis that nearly melted down the economy, you would have thought that high-end luxury retailers like Tiffany &#38; Co. (TIF) and Coach (COH) and upper-tier department stores like Nordstrom (JWN) and Macy&#8217;s (M) would have suffered the most. To the contrary, these were terrific investments as their earnings continued to surprise quarter after quarter. The consumer was not hunkering down in Wal-Mart (WMT) or Kohl&#8217;s (KSS). She was out shopping like nobody&#8217;s business. More on that surprising trend of the past two years in a moment. Now Comes the Recession? Well, the high-end may still do well, but it finally happened. Fears of a double-dip drove both shoppers and ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/18/tif-dollar-stores-win-on-double-dip-fears-2/85219/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AMD) Company News for September 30, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/02/amd-company-news-for-september-30-2011-corporate-summary/84397</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/02/amd-company-news-for-september-30-2011-corporate-summary/84397#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor - Broad Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harleysville Group Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HGIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netease.com Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect World Company Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PWRD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rite Aid Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blackstone Group]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=84397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[•    Share prices of commercial insurer Harleysville Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HGIC) rocketed up 87.06% to $58.96 after Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced its decision to buy Harleysville for $1.63 billion •    Analysts at Citi (NYSE:C) downgraded shares of dialysis-center operator DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA) from &#8220;Buy&#8221; rating to &#8220;Hold&#8221; rating •    Shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) dropped 4.35% after shareholder Nelson Peltz officially cancelled his $7.7 billion offer to buy the retailer •    Semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices&#8217; (NYSE:AMD) shares plunged 13.66% to close at $5.31 after the company lowered its guidance for the third quarter •    Shares of retail drugstore chain Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) gained 2% after the company said same-store sales have increased by 1.3% year-over-year for September. However, sales from front-end same stores dropped 0.5% •    Analysts ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/02/amd-company-news-for-september-30-2011-corporate-summary/84397/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(VZ) Ugly U.S. Jobs Report in Depth Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/vz-ugly-u-s-jobs-report-in-depth-part-1/82567</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/vz-ugly-u-s-jobs-report-in-depth-part-1/82567#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom Services - Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=82567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The total number of people employed was unchanged in August, not a single job gained or lost. That is much worse than consensus expectations for a gain of 75,000. This report was also worse than the ADP report on Wednesday. That report showed 91,000 private sector jobs created, and the expectations were for the BLS to show 111,000 new private sector jobs. The “actual” BLS number of private sector jobs was just 17,000. Government payrolls declined by 17,000. The Federal Government employment fell by 2,000 jobs. The State level added 5,000 but the Local levels laid off 20,000. The pace of government layoffs slowed sharply from last month when a total of 71,000 were laid off (revised from a loss of 37,000). The unemployment rate, which is derived from a ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/vz-ugly-u-s-jobs-report-in-depth-part-1/82567/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ADP) Stock Market News for September 2, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/02/adp-stock-market-news-for-september-2-2011-market-news/82530</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/02/adp-stock-market-news-for-september-2-2011-market-news/82530#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Software & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3M Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automatic Data Processing Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DLTR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PriceSmart Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PSMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Technologies Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walt Disney Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=82530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors remained cautious ahead of crucial employment data and chose not to bet big bucks, while mixed economic reports and a plunge in banking stocks pushed the markets into the red for the first time in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) inched down by a percent to settle at 11,493.57. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) dropped 1.2% to finish the day at 1,204.42. The Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 1.3% and ended the day at 2,546.04. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) traded roughly at 32. On the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, consolidated volumes were 7.49 billion shares, down from last year&#8217;s daily average of 8.47 billion. On the NYSE, for every four stocks that gained, eleven stocks moved lower. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/02/adp-stock-market-news-for-september-2-2011-market-news/82530/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores 2011 Third Quarter Earnings Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/fdo-family-dollar-stores-2011-third-quarter-earnings-scorecard/78611</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/fdo-family-dollar-stores-2011-third-quarter-earnings-scorecard/78611#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=78611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO), the operator of self-service retail discount store chains, recently posted third-quarter 2011 results. Street analysts had a week to ponder on the news. In the subsequent paragraphs, we will cover the recent earnings announcement, subsequent analysts’ estimate revisions as well as the Zacks Rank and long-term recommendation on the stock. Earnings Report Review Family dollar’s quarterly earnings of 91 cents a share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 95 cents, but jumped 18.2% from 77 cents earned in the prior-year quarter due to healthy sales witnessed in the Consumable and Home Products categories. Management now expects fourth-quarter 2011 earnings between 62 cents and 70 cents, and fiscal 2011 earnings between $3.08 and $3.16. The company posted an increase of 7.8% in revenue to $2,153.4 million ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/fdo-family-dollar-stores-2011-third-quarter-earnings-scorecard/78611/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(KR) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kr-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-slightly/78043</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kr-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-slightly/78043#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grocery Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=78043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 1,000 last week to 428,000. This was worse than the expected level of 420,000. Last week’s numbers were unrevised. The trend in initial claims had downward, although there were some bumps along the way. Recently they seem stuck once again in a trading range above the 400,000 level. That is a very worrisome trend. This is the 12th straight week we have been above the 400,000 level. Being below it, as we were, probably signaled the start of much more robust job growth. Now it looks like that was a false breakout and we are back to the “trading range” that initial claims were in for almost all of 2010. Initial claims had been generally trending down since they hit a secondary peak ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kr-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-slightly/78043/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(KFT) Kraft Minor stake Aquired by Trian Fund Management</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kft-kraft-minor-stake-aquired-by-trian-fund-management/77971</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kft-kraft-minor-stake-aquired-by-trian-fund-management/77971#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food - Major Diversified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kraft Foods Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiffany & Company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=77971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the SEC filing, the billionaire investor Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund &#8211; Trian Fund Management has acquired 12.2 million shares of Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) for $381.9 million during the first quarter of 2011. Trian is based in New York and its stake of 12.2 million shares represents about 0.7% of shares outstanding. Kraft has 1.7 billion shares outstanding. Further, Trian is currently the largest shareholder of Wendy&#8217;s/Arby&#8217;s Group Inc., and also owns stakes in Tiffany &#38; Co. (TIF), CBS Corporation (CBS), Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) and Peet&#8217;s Coffee &#38; Tea Inc. (PEET). Besides Trian, Warren Buffett&#8217;s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK) owns about a 6% stake in Kraft. Peltz had also acquired a 3% stake in Kraft earlier in 2007 and enforced significant changes in the company. Kraft ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kft-kraft-minor-stake-aquired-by-trian-fund-management/77971/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores Misses &#8211; Earnings Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/fdo-family-dollar-stores-misses-earnings-up/77910</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/fdo-family-dollar-stores-misses-earnings-up/77910#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=77910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) recently posted third-quarter 2011 results. The quarterly earnings of 91 cents a share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 95 cents, but jumped 18.2% from 77 cents earned in the prior-year quarter due to healthy sales witnessed in the Consumable and Home Products categories. However, the shares of Family Dollar dropped 3.3% or $1.76 to $51.26 in pre-market trading. The company had earlier guided earnings in the range of 92 cents to 97 cents for the quarter under review. Management now expects fourth-quarter 2011 earnings between 62 cents and 70 cents, and fiscal 2011 earnings between $3.08 and $3.16. The current Zacks Consensus Estimates for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2011 are 65 cents and $3.15 per share. We observe that Family Dollar’s strategic initiatives ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/fdo-family-dollar-stores-misses-earnings-up/77910/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores 2011 Third Quarter Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/fdo-family-dollar-stores-2011-third-quarter-earnings-preview/77571</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/fdo-family-dollar-stores-2011-third-quarter-earnings-preview/77571#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=77571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO), the operator of the self-service retail discount store chain, is slated to report its third-quarter 2011 financial results on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is 94 cents a share and the Zacks Consensus Revenue Estimate is $2,164 million. Second-Quarter 2011, a Synopsis Family Dollar’s quarterly earnings of 98 cents per share came in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate, but jumped 21% from 81 cents earned in the prior-year quarter due to healthy sales witnessed in the Consumable and Seasonal categories. Family Dollar posted an increase of 8.3% in revenue to $2,263.2 million from the prior-year quarter, reflecting sales growth across Consumables categories (up 10.7%), Seasonal and Electronics (up 8%), Home Products (up 3%), and Apparel and Accessories ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/fdo-family-dollar-stores-2011-third-quarter-earnings-preview/77571/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(BAC) It&#8217;s All About Greece</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/bac-its-all-about-greece/77815</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/bac-its-all-about-greece/77815#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Mills Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linkedin Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNKD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=77815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the domestic economic calendar on the thin side, stocks will likely reflect growing optimism on the Greece story. The Greek parliament is expected to pass the tougher austerity measures today that are a precondition for a new EU/IMF rescue fund. It is difficult to feel optimistic about the Greek drama after seeing the pictures of civil turmoil on the streets of Athens as the nation&#8217;s parliament debates the austerity plan. The ruling socialists, who secured a vote of confidence last week and enjoy only a thin majority, are expected to pass the measure. Passage of the austerity plan, which includes spending cuts, tax increases and asset sales, will pave the way for the new multi-year funding program. Another vote is scheduled for Thursday. In corporate news, Bank of America ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/bac-its-all-about-greece/77815/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(NKE) Money Isn&#8217;t Changing Hands Fast Enough &#8211; AAII Investor Update</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/24/nke-money-isnt-changing-hands-fast-enough-aaii-investor-update/77360</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/24/nke-money-isnt-changing-hands-fast-enough-aaii-investor-update/77360#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apollo Group Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constellation Brands Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darden Restaurants Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Mills Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCormick & Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MKC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MON]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monsanto Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nike Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NKE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STZ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=77360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to be the enemy of savers. On Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox fan reiterated his belief that interest rates should be kept at rock-bottom levels for an extended period of time. He views this as necessary in order to keep the economy growing. Part of Bernanke&#8217;s problem has been his inability to accelerate the pace of money movement, or velocity. Velocity is an economic measure of how many times a dollar is used to purchase goods and services. For instance, if I give you a $100 bill and you put it into your dresser, there is no real velocity. However, if you use it to make a repair on your car and then your mechanic spends the cash on buying a replacement part, velocity ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/24/nke-money-isnt-changing-hands-fast-enough-aaii-investor-update/77360/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Up Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-up-again/77283</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-up-again/77283#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=77283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 9,000 last week to 429,000. This was worse than the expected level of 413,000. Last week’s numbers were revised up by 6,000, so one could see it as a 15,000 increase. The trend in initial claims had been downward, though there were some bumps along the way. Last month, they have started to shoot back up again. That is a very worrisome trend. This week brought more damage. This is the 11th straight week we have been above the 400,000 level. Being below it, as we were in March probably signaled the start of much more robust job growth. Now it looks like we are back to the “trading range” that initial claims were in for almost all of 2010. Initial jobless claims ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-up-again/77283/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(BBY) Stock Market News for June 15, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/15/bby-stock-market-news-for-june-15-2011-market-news/76400</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/15/bby-stock-market-news-for-june-15-2011-market-news/76400#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[99 Cents Only Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Buy Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP plc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DLTR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FRED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hess Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Oil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PriceSmart Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PSMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XOM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=76400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A better-than-expected retails sales report lifted the overall market to record their largest gains in almost two months on Tuesday. After the markets recorded its first sixth consecutive week of losses since the fall of 2002 last week, gains akin to yesterday’s will enable the benchmarks avoid a seventh straight week of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surged 123 points or 1.0% to close at 12,076.11, recording its largest gains for the month. Posting the strongest gains since April 20, the Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) gained 1.3% to settle at 1,287.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 1.5% and settled at 2,678.72. In what analysts termed as a relief rally, consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, Amex and Nasdaq remained low at 6.45 billion shares ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/15/bby-stock-market-news-for-june-15-2011-market-news/76400/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) Initial Jobless Claims Down Slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/14/wmt-initial-jobless-claims-down-slightly/75398</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/14/wmt-initial-jobless-claims-down-slightly/75398#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=75398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 6,000 last week to 422,000. This was worse than the expected level of 413,000. The trend in initial claims had been moving downward, although with some bumps along the way. Last month, they have started to shoot back up again. This is a very worrisome trend, though we will need a few more weeks of declines to really be sure the trend is still in the right direction. Let us hope the decline continues next week. There have been several indicators lately that the recovery is losing steam, and while the direction this week was right, the level is not that encouraging. This is the 8th straight week we have been above the 400,000 level. Being below it as we were in March ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/14/wmt-initial-jobless-claims-down-slightly/75398/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(CL) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook &#8211; June 2011 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/03/cl-consumer-staples-stock-outlook-june-2011-industry-outlook/75549</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/03/cl-consumer-staples-stock-outlook-june-2011-industry-outlook/75549#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Altria Group Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avon Products Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AVP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campbell Soup Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colgate-Palmolive Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly-Clark Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pepsico Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procter & Gamble Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUPERVALU Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SVU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Coca-Cola Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unilever plc]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=75549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector have traditionally performed better than the stock market, and especially cyclical companies, during market declines. We are seeing evidence of this at present &#8212; consumer staple stocks have started shining again as concerns about the economy’s growth momentum have taken center stage. The fundamental explanation for this behavior is that food, beverage, household products and cosmetics companies manufacture and market brand name consumable products, most of which are considered essential to daily life, such as food, drink, toothpaste, deodorants, toilet paper, etc. Since product demand is relatively stable, the companies generally report earnings in line with expectations. Beverage companies, however, are able to grow faster at the high single-digit to low double-digit rate given growing penetration rates. But, cosmetics companies can grow earnings a ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/03/cl-consumer-staples-stock-outlook-june-2011-industry-outlook/75549/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/28/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-again/74530</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/28/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-again/74530#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 18:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=74530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 29,000 last week to 409,000. However, last week was revised up by 4,000, so one could see it as a 25,000 decrease. This was better than the expected level of 420,000. The trend in initial claims has been downward overall, although there have been some bumps along the way. Last month, they started to shoot back up again. That is a very worrisome trend, but this is the second week in a row of big declines (last week was down 44,000), so perhaps it was a blip, not a trend. This week repaired some more of the damage. We will need a few more weeks of declines to really be sure the trend is still in the right direction. Let us hope the ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/28/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-again/74530/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) Jobless Claims Jump by 25,000</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/28/wmt-jobless-claims-jump-by-25000/72697</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/28/wmt-jobless-claims-jump-by-25000/72697#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=72697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 25,000 last week to 429,000. However, last week was revised up by 1,000, so one could see it as a 26,000 increase. This was worse than the expected level of 390,000. The trend in initial claims has been downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. Recently, though, they have started to trend back up again. That is a very worrisome trend. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seemed to have broken decisively to the downside. This week did a lot of damage, and makes it hard to see the trend still being in the right direction. Let us hope the decline resumes next week. Like the weather, there is a trend towards warming in the spring, but that ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/28/wmt-jobless-claims-jump-by-25000/72697/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Jumps</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jumps/71579</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jumps/71579#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=71579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance jumped by 27,000 last week to 412,000. However, last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 30,000 increase. This was much worse than the expected level of 385,000. The trend in initial claims is downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. This week is a big bump. Let us hope the decline resumes next week. Like the weather, there is a trend towards warming in the spring, but that does not mean that next week will be warmer than this week, though we can be fairly sure that June will be warmer than January. We rose above the 400,000 level ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jumps/71579/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/10/fdo-family-dollar-stores-second-quarter-2011-earnings-scorecard/70603</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/10/fdo-family-dollar-stores-second-quarter-2011-earnings-scorecard/70603#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=70603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO), the operator of self-service retail discount store chains, recently posted second-quarter 2011 results. Street analysts had nearly a week to ponder on the news. In the subsequent paragraphs, we will cover the recent earnings announcement, subsequent analysts’ estimate revisions as well as the Zacks Rank and long-term recommendation on the stock. Earnings Report Review Family dollar’s quarterly earnings of 98 cents a share was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate, but climbed 21% from 81 cents earned in the prior-year quarter due to healthy sales witnessed in the Consumable and Seasonal categories. Management now expects third-quarter 2011 earnings between 92 cents and 97 cents, and fiscal 2011 earnings in the range of $3.13 and $3.23. The company posted an increase of 8.3% in revenue ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/10/fdo-family-dollar-stores-second-quarter-2011-earnings-scorecard/70603/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Fall Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/07/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-fall-again/70932</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/07/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-fall-again/70932#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=70932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 10,000 last week to 382,000. However, last week was revised up by 4,000, so one could see it as a 6,000 decrease. This was a bit better than the expected level of 386,000. The trend in initial claims is downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline continues next week. Keeping Below the 400K Level We managed to remain below the 400,000 level of new jobless claims. If we can stay below it, probably signals ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/07/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-fall-again/70932/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores Risk-Reward Balances</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/04/fdo-family-dollar-stores-risk-reward-balances/70501</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/04/fdo-family-dollar-stores-risk-reward-balances/70501#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=70501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.’s (FDO) strategic initiatives to improve merchandising, marketing and store operations have resulted in sustained growth in the top and bottom lines. Management now expects a growth of 8% to 10% in net sales, 5% to 7% in comparable-store sales and 19.5% to 23.3% in earnings per share for fiscal 2011. We believe there is a tremendous opportunity to increase sales and improve gross margin through effective price management, cost containment, tighter inventory control, private label offering, expanded operating hours and merchandise initiatives. Moreover, in order to enhance its market share Family Dollar intends to focus on both consumable and discretionary categories. The company’s point-of-sale technology (credit card and food stamp acceptance) and store realignment initiatives better positions it to drive traffic, meet customer oriented demand and improve ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/04/fdo-family-dollar-stores-risk-reward-balances/70501/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/fdo-family-dollar-stores-second-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/70145</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/fdo-family-dollar-stores-second-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/70145#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=70145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO), the operator of the self-service retail discount store chain, is slated to report its second-quarter 2011 financial results before the bell on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is 98 cents a share. For the quarter to be reported, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is $2,263 million. First-Quarter 2011, a Synopsis Family Dollar posted lower-than-expected first-quarter 2011 results. The quarterly earnings of 58 cents a share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents, but jumped 18.4% from 49 cents earned in the prior-year quarter due to healthy sales witnessed in the Consumables category. The company posted a 9.5% year-on-year increase in revenue to $1,996.9 million, which came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,986 million, and ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/fdo-family-dollar-stores-second-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/70145/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) Initial Claims for Unemployment A Bit Worse Then Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-initial-claims-for-unemployment-a-bit-worse-then-expected/70362</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-initial-claims-for-unemployment-a-bit-worse-then-expected/70362#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=70362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Were Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance up or down? Well how about both? They fell by 6,000 last week to 388,000, but last week were revised up by 12,000, so one could see it as a 6,000 increase. This was a bit worse than the expected level of 383,000. The trend in initial claims is downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline continues next week. We managed to remain below the 400,000 level. If we can stay below it, this probably ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-initial-claims-for-unemployment-a-bit-worse-then-expected/70362/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Jobless Claims Still Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-still-falling/68992</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-still-falling/68992#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=68992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 16,000 last week to 385,000 (last week was revised up by 4,000, so one could see it as a 12,000 decrease). This was a bit better than the expected level of 386,000. The trend in initial claims is downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline continues next week. We managed to remain below the 400,000 level. If we can stay below it, this probably signals the start of much more robust job growth. We ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-still-falling/68992/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-rise/68519</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-rise/68519#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=68519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 26,000 last week to 397,000 (last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 29,000 increase). This was a bit worse than the expected level of 382,000. While the reversal after several weeks of sharp declines is not welcome, neither is it the end of the world. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline resumes next week. The good news is that we managed to remain below the 400,000 level. If we can stay below it, it probably signals ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-rise/68519/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 368,000</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-fall-to-368000/68000</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-fall-to-368000/68000#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=68000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance dropped by 20,000 last week to 368,000 (last week was revised down by 3,000, so one could see it as a 23,000 decline). This was much better than the expected level of 400,000. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline continues. This drop below the 400,000, if we can stay below it, probably signals the start of much more robust job growth. While we have had some big upward spikes in recent weeks, the overall downward trend in initial claims seems to be intact. We have ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-fall-to-368000/68000/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(DLTR) Dollar Tree Earnings Inch Past Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/dltr-dollar-tree-earnings-inch-past-estimates/67525</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/dltr-dollar-tree-earnings-inch-past-estimates/67525#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[99 Cents Only Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DLTR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=67525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR) reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.29 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.27 per share and the prior-year figure of $1.01 per share. The quarter was aided by robust sales from increased traffic. For fiscal 2010, the company reported earnings per share of $3.23 compared with $2.37 per share in the year-ago quarter. Earnings also steered past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.21 per share. The company reported consolidated net sales of $1.73 billion in the fourth quarter, a 10.7% increase from the $1.56 billion last year. Comparable store sales increased 3.9% against a 6.6% increase in the year-ago period. Southwest and the Southeast were the top performing regions in the recent quarter. Traffic remained favorable owing to the company’s excellent values, balanced merchandise assortment ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/dltr-dollar-tree-earnings-inch-past-estimates/67525/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Going the Right Way</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/02/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-going-the-right-way/67560</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/02/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-going-the-right-way/67560#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=67560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance dropped by 22,000 last week to 391,000 (last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 19,000 decline). This was much better than the expected level of 410,000. The weekly numbers have been very erratic of late. This is a series that tends to be a bit on the flakey side around the holidays, but that effect should now be subsiding, so perhaps this is a more normalized level. Beneath 400,000 a Key Level Let us hope the decline continues. If we are below the 400,000 level &#8212; and can stay there &#8212; it would probably signal the start of robust job growth. While we have had some big upward spikes in recent weeks, the overall downward trend in initial ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/02/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-going-the-right-way/67560/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AA) Stock Market News for February 22, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/22/aa-stock-market-news-for-february-22-2011-market-news/67346</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/22/aa-stock-market-news-for-february-22-2011-market-news/67346#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aluminum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoa Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Public Education Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aruba Networks Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARUN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GENZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genzyme Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HealthSpring Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intuit Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MUR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murphy Oil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosetta Stone Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanofi-Aventis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNY]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=67346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The markets registered their third straight week of gains as the indices closed with multi-year highs on Friday. China’s measures to curb inflation and continuing tension in the Middle East failed to cause any damage to the markets as energy stocks led the indices higher. On Friday, markets closed after a third straight week of gains. The Dow ended the week 1% higher at 12,391.25, its highest close since June 5, 2008. The index was up 0.6% for the day. The S&#38;P 500 added 0.19% and closed at 1,343.01, its highest closing since June 17, 2008. For the week the index was up 1%. The Nasdaq recorded a marginal rise of 0.08% and ended the day at 2833.95, which is its highest point since October 31, 2007. On a weekly ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/22/aa-stock-market-news-for-february-22-2011-market-news/67346/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Jobless Claims Rebound</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/wmt-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jobless-claims-rebound/67180</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/wmt-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jobless-claims-rebound/67180#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=67180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 25,000 last week to 410,000 (last week was revised up by 2,000, so one could see it as a 27,000 increase). This was only slightly worse than the expected level of 408,000. The weekly numbers have been very erratic of late, and this week’s increase is after two weeks in a row of big declines. This is a series that tends to be a bit on the flakey side around the holidays. The holiday effects should be over now, so perhaps this is a more normalized level. Let us hope the decline resumes, as a fall below the 400,000 level that can be sustained would probably signal the start of robust job growth. Last week’s level was the lowest since June 2008, so ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/wmt-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jobless-claims-rebound/67180/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ANF) Stock Market News for February 17, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/anf-stock-market-news-for-february-17-2011-market-news/67161</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/anf-stock-market-news-for-february-17-2011-market-news/67161#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apparel Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abercrombie & Fitch Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMCSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deere & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frontier Oil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GENZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genzyme Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holly Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valero Energy Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Refining Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WNR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=67161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Markets ended in the green after optimistic news about the economy from the Fed lifted the mood of investors. Earlier in the day, news of strong earnings and deals sent the markets higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% to 12,228.17. 23 out of 30 stocks of the blue chip index rose with JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) gaining 2.39% to close at $47.94, making it one of the highest gainers of the Dow. The Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s 500 Index increased 0.63% to 1,336.32. Energy and natural resources companies were the best performers for the index. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.76% to close at 2,825.56. On the New York Stock Exchange, breadth of the market was positively biased as for every 1 stock that fell, nearly 3 stocks ended in the ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/anf-stock-market-news-for-february-17-2011-market-news/67161/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores Gets Buyout Offer</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/fdo-family-dollar-stores-gets-buyout-offer/67058</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/fdo-family-dollar-stores-gets-buyout-offer/67058#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiffany & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy's-Arby's Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=67058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO), the operator of self-service retail discount store chains, recently acknowledged that it has received a voluntary offer from Trian Group, led by Nelson Peltz, to acquire the company. Trian Group, the largest shareholder of the company with approximately 8.0% stake, has offered $55.0 to $60.0 per share or approximately $7.0 billion to Family Dollar. Prior to it, Peltz’s Trian also made major investments in Wendy&#8217;s/Arby&#8217;s Group Inc. (WEN), a fast-food chain and Tiffany &#38; Company (TIF), maker of high end jewelry. The buzz is that Peltz has offered Mr. Levine, Chairman and Chief Executive of Family Dollar, to join as an investor in the buyout, next to the Trian Group and insisted to form a board of autonomous directors to think about the proposal. Family ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/17/fdo-family-dollar-stores-gets-buyout-offer/67058/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ADP) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/08/adp-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall/66317</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/08/adp-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall/66317#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Software & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automatic Data Processing Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=66317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 42,000 last week to 415,000 (last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 39,000 decline). This was a bit better than the expected level of 425,000. This is a welcome turnaround, but only partially negates last week’s big increase. This is a series that tends to be a bit on the flakey side around the holidays. That, however, does not start to describe the recent behavior of this series, as it has been downright erratic. The Yo-Yo Effect Normally one would get excited about a drop of this magnitude, but this just seems like the yo-yo going down again. We had a big drop during the Christmas week to 388,000, and then big increases over two weeks, ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/08/adp-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall/66317/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Fall Sharply</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/01/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall-sharply/65463</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/01/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall-sharply/65463#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroger Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=65463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 37,000 last week to 404,000 (last week was also revised down by 4,000, so one could see it as a 41,000 decline). This was much better than the expected level of 425,000. This is a welcome turnaround, and suggests that the decline we saw at the end of last year was for real. This is a series that tends to be a bit on the flakey side around the holidays. We had a big drop during the Christmas week to 388,000, and then big increases over the last two weeks, and now another big decline. The overall direction of initial claims still seems to be downward. It looks like we have gotten out of the “trading range” that initial claims have been in ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/01/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall-sharply/65463/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Deleted From Barchart Van Meerten New High Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/07/fdo-family-dollar-deleted-from-barchart-van-meerten-new-high-portfolio/64676</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/07/fdo-family-dollar-deleted-from-barchart-van-meerten-new-high-portfolio/64676#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=64676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to let the numbers overrule your heart. Family Dollar (FDO) was deleted from the Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio for recent negative price trends: 60% Barchart short term sell signal 48% Barchart overall sell signal Trend Spotter &#8482; sell signal Trading below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving average Dropped 12.90% off its recent high Relative Strength Index is 25.82% and falling Jim Van Meerten is an advisor to Marketocracy Capital Management who uses his model portfolios not only to manage their mutual funds but also their clients Separately Managed Accounts. You can read his blogs about those model portfolios and investing here and on Barchart Portfolio Blogs. Please leave a comment below or email JimVanMeerten@gmail.com. Disclosure: Jim Van Meerten through Marketocracy Capital Management has ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/07/fdo-family-dollar-deleted-from-barchart-van-meerten-new-high-portfolio/64676/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(PPG) Why Share Buybacks Are One of the Most Bullish Signals You Can Get</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/15/ppg-why-share-buybacks-are-one-of-the-most-bullish-signals-you-can-get/58482</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/15/ppg-why-share-buybacks-are-one-of-the-most-bullish-signals-you-can-get/58482#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conglomerates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cypress Semiconductor Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EBAY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Mountain Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pepsico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPG Industries Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Coca-Cola Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walgreen Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Post Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Watcher's International Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTW]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=58482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Alexander Green, Investment U’s Chief Investment Strategist Monday, November 8, 2010: Issue #1383 For months, U.S. public companies have sat on record piles of cash – more than $1.8 trillion. Now, many are finally putting it to work. But they’re not hiring more workers, building more factories, or paying down debt. Instead, they’re using the money to buy back their own shares. So far this year, companies have announced that they’ll purchase more than $273 billion of their own shares. That’s more than five times as much as last year, according to Birinyi Associates. Some economists argue that this money could be better put to work in job-generating activities that might produce economic growth. However, management’s first obligation is to shareholders, not economists or “the public.” And if your ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/15/ppg-why-share-buybacks-are-one-of-the-most-bullish-signals-you-can-get/58482/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores Analyst Upgraded to Outperform</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/12/fdo-family-dollar-stores-analyst-upgraded-to-outperform/54913</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/12/fdo-family-dollar-stores-analyst-upgraded-to-outperform/54913#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=54913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently upgraded our recommendation on Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (FDO) to Outperform with a price target of $50.00. Earlier we had a Neutral rating on the stock. The better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2010 results and an optimistic outlook for fiscal 2011 compelled us to revisit our recommendation. Family Dollar posted fourth-quarter earnings of 56 cents a share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 51 cents, and rose 30.2% from 43 cents earned in the prior-year quarter. The operator of self-service retail discount store chains posted an 8% year-over-year increase in revenues to $1,956.8 million, which remained in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company’s strategic initiatives to improve the merchandising, marketing and store operations have resulted in sustained growth in the top and bottom lines. Management now expects a ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/12/fdo-family-dollar-stores-analyst-upgraded-to-outperform/54913/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(FDO) Family Dollar Stores &#8211; Flurry of Estimate Revisions</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/11/fdo-family-dollar-stores-flurry-of-estimate-revisions/53937</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/11/fdo-family-dollar-stores-flurry-of-estimate-revisions/53937#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=53937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores (FDO) has received a flurry of estimate revisions following its earnings announcement last week. Company Description Family Dollar Stores operates almost 7,000 stores across the U.S. The retailers offer a variety of items ranging from clothing to hardware, food to house wares. Family Dollar provides steep discounts appealing to lower income homes and those hit hard by the recent recession. Great Year On Sep 29 Family Dollar reported full-year fiscal 2010 results that showed a 23% jump in net income, to $358 million. Earnings broke down to $2.62 per share, up 27% from the previous year. Sales came in at $7.9 billion, up 6% from 2009. The CEO said the company plans to ramp up revenue growth through renovation and increasing new store growth. Currently Family Dollar ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/11/fdo-family-dollar-stores-flurry-of-estimate-revisions/53937/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(CMS) 21 S&amp;P 500 Companies Are Up More Than 40% Year To Date</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/07/cms-21-sp-500-companies-are-up-more-than-40-year-to-date/54300</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/07/cms-21-sp-500-companies-are-up-more-than-40-year-to-date/54300#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AutoZone Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AZO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centurytel Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS Energy Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominion Resources Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCLN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priceline.com Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern Company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=54300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it seems like every stock you own or watch is breaking out to new highs, you&#8217;re almost right. As the September rally has continued into October, it has pushed 37.4% of the stocks on the S&#38;P 500 to either new 52-week highs or within a fraction of that high. While it is an diverse group of companies, from food companies, to apparel, to integrated oil, to hotels that are hitting new highs, one group stood out from the pack: the utilities. Yes, the one area most investors consider dull and boring actually has been anything but that in recent months. 29 companies, or 15.5%, of those making new highs were in the utilities sector which includes Electric Power, Gas Distribution and the Telephone segment. Who Cares About the Utilities??? ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/07/cms-21-sp-500-companies-are-up-more-than-40-year-to-date/54300/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(DLTR) Dollar Tree&#8217;s Quarterly Earnings Top Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/21/dltr-dollar-trees-quarterly-earnings-top-estimates/48731</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/21/dltr-dollar-trees-quarterly-earnings-top-estimates/48731#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discount Variety Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[99 Cents Only Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DLTR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=48731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR) reported second quarter earnings per share of 61 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 54 cents and the prior-year result of 42 cents. The quarter was aided by robust sales attributed to increased traffic and higher average ticket. In the second quarter, Dollar Tree executed a 3-for-2 stock split in the form of a 50% common stock dividend. The company reported consolidated net sales of $1.38 billion in the reported quarter, a 12.7% increase from the $1.22 billion last year. The result also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.34 billion. Comparable store sales increased 6.7%, against a 6.8% increase in the year-ago period. Operating income in the quarter was $127.8 million, up from $89.2 million in the prior- year period. Correspondingly, the operating margin ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/21/dltr-dollar-trees-quarterly-earnings-top-estimates/48731/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(JCP) Retail Industry Review and Outlook &#8211; June 2010 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/11/jcp-retail-industry-review-and-outlook-june-2010-industry-outlook/40053</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/11/jcp-retail-industry-review-and-outlook-june-2010-industry-outlook/40053#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Department Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Eagle Outfitters Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AnnTaylor Stores Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Lots Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Dollar Stores Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gap Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Brands Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Home Depot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=40053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The improving U.S. economic scene, some early tentative signs of a turnaround in the labor market, and pent-up demand held down by the recession have come together to perk up the retailers. Evidence of these favorable trends has been seen in comp sales, though the improvements are far from uniform. Recovery still remains fragile and requires a boost from a sustained and significant recovery in jobs creation and income growth. In the end, it will be the turnaround in the jobs and income picture that will outweigh other drags, such as tighter credit availability and new credit regulation. Coming out of the downturn, consumer shopping preferences also appear to be shifting. There is clear evidence that consumers now prefer online shopping for electronics and other categories. This has prompted retailers ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/11/jcp-retail-industry-review-and-outlook-june-2010-industry-outlook/40053/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

