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Rampant inflation levels have taken a big chunk away from hard-earned paychecks across the United States; now that the FED is acting to normalize these elevated levels, the fear pivots into other areas. Rising interest rates and a slowing economy have become the new concern affecting consumer...

This weekend's Barron's cover story explores how investors can benefit from the shift to green energy. Other featured articles discuss value stocks to ride the economic recovery, what the spike in bond yields means for stocks, and tech stocks resisting the sector downturn. Also, the...

Reviewing Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST)'s second-quarter results, Deutsche Bank saw good news.  The firm maintained its Buy on the shares of Ross Stores, with a $75 price target, basing its thesis on the company's strong comps, driven primarily by traffic, and an 8-percent...

More of the big retailers are on deck to report their most recent quarterly results this week. Wall Street is braced for mixed results from the troubled sector again this week. Yet two leading specialty retailers could buck the trend of low expectations. The big-box stores and the major...

Discount retailers as diamonds in the rough for the broader retail sector is becoming a chorus that continues to gain traction. Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) is further solidifying this rhetoric, reporting a first-quarter earnings and sales beat on Thursday and a comps increase by an impressive...

Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Wall Street analysts expect very different results each of them. Just one of them exceeded earnings expectations in the previous two periods. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results has...

Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) shares were left reeling despite a first quarter that saw a beat on both the top and bottom lines. The department store, often viewed as one of the strongest company’s in a struggling retail environment, fell over 11 percent on Thursday. While comp sales fell 2.8...

This weekend's Barron's takes a look at why the king of e-commerce must avoid becoming too profitable. Other featured articles offer the prospects for retail stocks that benefit from woes in the sector and a Swiss drug giant with an underappreciated pipeline. The outlook for the...

The big retailers continue taking their turns on the earnings stage this week. Highlights include the most recent quarterly results from two leading home improvement superstore operators. Wall Street analysts are looking for solid earnings growth from each of them. So far, the most recent...

The big retailers continue taking their turns on the earnings stage this week. Highlights include the most recent quarterly results from two leading big-box retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from one but revenue declines from both. So far, the most recent quarterly...

Featured stories in this weekend's Barron's offer a look at the prospects for two building materials companies, a European banking giant and a generic pharmaceuticals maker. A special report features the annual ranking of America's top 1,200 financial advisors by state. Also...

Two very different specialty retailers are expected to report their fourth-quarter results this week. Wall Street analysts are looking for declining earnings for each of them. Several other retailers are expected to report earnings growth this week. The parade of quarterly results from the big...

Two specialty retailers are expected to report their latest quarterly results this week. Consensus forecasts call for modest earnings growth from both companies. But only one of them has exceeded expectations in the past few quarters. The parade of quarterly results from the big retailers begins...

Big-box retailers will highlight the week's quarterly earnings reports. Expectations are low for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY), but somewhat higher for Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT). Bottom line growth is expected from some other...