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3 Reasons Apple Could Be The Next Lululemon
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:41am | 463Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is suffering from a loss of pricing power, declining margins and increasing competition. The combination could lead the company to a fate like that of Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), a high-end women's yoga clothing maker whose high-quality products were too pricey given...
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Market Wrap For June 13: Despite Rising, Dow And S&P 500 Lower For The Week
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 4:39pm | 1827U.S. stocks closed the day slightly higher to close out the week as investor concerns over escalating violence in Iraq remains. As was the case during the height of the Russia and Ukraine confrontation, investors are hesitant of holding on to investments over the weekend. U.S. Secretary of...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of June 9: Lululemon Athletica, RadioShack And More
Sunday, June 8, 2014 - 2:36pm | 734Scheduled quarterly reports from Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) will highlight an otherwise quiet week on the earnings front. Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE: HTZ) was set to report earnings...
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Market Wrap For April 24: Apple's Smashing Earnings Overshadowed By Ukraine Concerns
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 4:41pm | 3104U.S. stocks inched higher as Apple's strong earnings reported on Wednesday proved to be not enough to ease fears over an escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine. Reports surfaced of escalated troop movements in Ukraine while Russia began military drills near the Ukraine border. After...
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Market Wrap For March 28: Markets Still Positive Despite Giving Up Early Gains
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 4:27pm | 1778U.S. stocks finished the week on a positive note despite a sell-off in the afternoon. One possible reason for the sell-off is that investors are adjusting their portfolios for the end of the quarter on Monday. Major indices rallied off the opening bell with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Market Wrap For March 25: Markets Snap Two-Day Losing Steak On Confidence Data
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 4:24pm | 1840U.S. stocks rebounded from a two-day losing streak as investors found plenty of positives in consumer confidence data which hit a six-year high in March. According to the Fed's Philadelphia chief Charles Plosser the Fed sees its bond purchasing program ending in October or November with rate...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of March 24: BlackBerry, Walgreen And More
Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 11:02am | 934While investors watch the ongoing standoff between the West and Russia, and hope for fresh signs of economic growth in the GDP and PMI numbers, more off-season quarterly reports will roll out this week. Highlights will include earnings results from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Walgreen (NYSE:...
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Analysts React to Lululemon's Revised Guidance
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 2:18pm | 710On Monday, Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) updated its net revenue and earning guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. The company now anticipates its net revenue to be in a $513 million to $518 million range. The company previously guided its net revenues to be in a range of $535...
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Market Wrap For December 10: Fed Meeting One Week Away
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 5:41pm | 1996After starting the week hitting record closes yesterday, major indices slipped in today's trading session. Investors are anxiously awaiting next week's Federal Reserve meeting which it is becoming more and more apparent that tapering is set to begin sooner, rather than later. The meetings will...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of December 2
Sunday, December 1, 2013 - 2:06pm | 902Quarterly reports from retailers Kroger (NYSE: KR), Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG) will be among the highlights this week. A couple of Chinese solar companies and the big Canadian banks are scheduled to report as well. Below is a quick...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of September 9
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - 7:16pm | 944This looks to be another quiet week on the earnings front, while attention is on questions such as whether the United States will take action in Syria and when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its quantitative easing efforts. But Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Lululemon Athletica (NYSE: LULU) will...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of September 2
Sunday, September 1, 2013 - 11:40am | 958This holiday shortened week will see a sprinkling of off-season quarterly reports from the likes of H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) and retailer Dollar General (NASDAQ: DG) to truck maker Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) and Smith & Wesson (NYSE: SWHC). Here is a quick look at analysts'...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 26
Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 8:08pm | 872Quarterly reports from Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) and Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) will highlight an otherwise pretty quiet week on the earnings front as the quarter winds down. Here is a quick look at expectations from those two reports, as well as those from Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), Brown-...
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Apple Wants To Restore The Grandeur Of Retail Stores (AAPL)
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 7:39am | 588Remember when taking a trip to an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) store was an experience in itself -- even if you didn’t buy anything? Remember how cool it was to walk into the store and see all of those beautiful Mac computers set up with iPads as signage instead of some tired 1990s-looking laser...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 10
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 6:29am | 978Things will be quiet on the earnings front again this week, with H&R Block and PVH the only S&P 500 members on the schedule. Here is a quick look at the expectations for those results, as well as from Navistar, Lululemon Athletica, Smithfield Foods and some of the week's other most...