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Market Wrap For March 31: Stocks Rally As Yellen Confirms Support For Economy
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 4:37pm | 2097Read More...U.S. stocks rose in the final day of the first quarter as the Fed's boss Janet Yellen said there is still room for the central bank to further boost the economy. Yellen, speaking in Chicago today, said the scars from the Great Recession remain, and reaching our goals will take time." Yellen...
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Market Wrap For March 10: Markets Slightly Lower On Chinese Growth Concerns
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 4:56pm | 1832Read More...U.S. stocks closed the day slightly lower as investors digested news that China's exports dropped significantly. Philadelphia Fed Chief Charles Plosser said in a speech today that February's harsh winter likely curbed jobs growth in the month. Plosser's remarks echo similar sentiments by other...
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Market Wrap For March 7: Markets Cap Off Positive Week With Small Gains
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 5:31pm | 2369Read More...U.S. stocks were mixed as investors continue to follow the standoff in Ukraine and digested February's jobs report which indicated that harsh winter weather could be the culprit behind weakness seen in recent economic data reports. The S&P 500 trading at new all time highs at 1,883.57 but...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of March 3: Costco, SolarCity And More
Sunday, March 2, 2014 - 5:36pm | 755Read More...The calendar page has turned, and the earnings season is all but done. But this week's earnings highlights will include quarterly reports from a few more retailers, such as Costco, Kroger, RadioShack and Staples, as well as some solar companies, including SolarCity and Trina Solar. Here is a...
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Market Wrap For December 6: Investors and Traders Cheer Today's Economic Data
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 5:52pm | 1657Read More...Investors had been anxiously and nervously waiting for today's job reports which could have sent major indices moving sharply in either direction. The November Nonfarm Payroll increased 203K, above consensus of 180K and above the previous reading of 200K. The Unemployment rate rang in at 7.0...
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Barron's Recap: Midyear Roundtable
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 10:50am | 539Read More...This past weekend in Barron's online: the midyear 2013 roundtable, and the prospects for Eastman Chemical, BB&T, Amgen and Big Lots. Cover Story "Shifting Winds" by Lauren R. Rublin. The investment experts in Barron's Midyear Roundtable explain the risks and explore the opportunities as an...
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Big Lots Q1 Earnings Review
Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 9:18am | 217Read More...Closeout retailer Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) reported their first quarter earnings for the quarter that ended May 4th. Big Lots met EPS estimates at $0.61, but missed revenue estimates by ten million at $1.31 billion vs. estimates of $1.32 billion, or 0.76 percent. While the company met EPS estimates...
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Costco Earnings Preview: EPS and Revenue Growth Expected
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 12:27pm | 861Read More...Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), which saw strong same-store sales in February where other big retailers did not, is scheduled to report its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results Tuesday, March 12, before the markets open. Investors will be looking to see how the company has held up, with consumers...
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Retail Earnings Previews: Staples, American Eagle Outfitters and Others
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 2:09pm | 726Read More...While most of the big retailers already have posted their most recent quarterly results, Wednesday will bring fourth-quarter and full fiscal-year reports from specialty retailers American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), PetSmart (NYSE: PETM) and Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS). Analysts...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 4
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 6:34pm | 857Read More...Now that Congress and the White House have failed to reach a deal to avoid the federal budget sequester, and with the jobs report coming out on Friday, the attention this week is likely to be elsewhere, rather than on earnings, which have slowed to dribble. A few lingering retail earnings reports...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of December 3
Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 9:50pm | 814Read More...The earnings season continues to wind down. The only S&P 500 components scheduled to share quarterly results this week are AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), Brown-Forman (NYSE: BFB-B), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) and SAIC (NYSE: SAI). Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 20
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 12:33pm | 943Read More...Last week, big-box retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said their earnings and sales rose in the most recent quarter, and they both boosted their full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance. More earnings reports are due from retailers this week, highlighted by second-quarter...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 21 (BBY, LOW, DELL, HPQ)
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 9:34am | 990Read More...This earnings season may be starting to wind down, but there are still plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule. This week we will hear from more retailers, including Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF). Tech companies Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 27
Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 11:58am | 1080Read More...On the heels of last week's quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy's (NYSE: M) and many other retailers, this week will bring more earnings reports from shopping mall and strip mall standbys. Auto parts and accessories purveyor AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is expected to...
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Family Dollar Earnings Preview: Higher EPS and Sales Expected
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 7:38am | 685Read More...Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, January 5, after the closing bell. Investors could use a little good news, considering the shares have traded mostly between $56 and $60 since the end of October and analysts seem unenthused about the stock...
