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7 Bullish Retail Stocks

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:45:00 GMT

The consumer sector is turning out to be somewhat stronger than expected, according to September retail sales.[More...]

Holiday Season May Bring Renewed Interest In BizAuctions (OTC: BZCN.OB)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:18:16 GMT

(Public, OTC:BZCN.OB) As the holiday season fast approaches during one of the most hard hit economic times in recent memory, certain discount companies look to profit and gain recognition, differentiating themselves from the pack. One of these such companies is BizAuctions Inc. (OTC:BZCN.OB),[More...]

Attractive Stocks Under $35 - S&P 500 Including Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Harris Corp (HRS)

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:41:03 GMT

Fidelity has a fund called the Low Priced Stock fund that only contains stocks with a price of below $35 a share which has been successful in the past. Following a similar strategy ValueExpectations.com has published 2 articles containing attractive stocks[More...]

Mad Money: Big Lots (BIG) May Be The Discount King

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:44:32 GMT

The theme for Mad Money this week has been Cramer’s quest to crown the discount king. He believes, even though he is bullish on the stock market, there must be a discount retailer stock that stands out above the rest. Thus far he has disqualified both TJX Companies (TJX) and Costco (COST), but BJ’s Wholesale Club (BJ) is still in the running. Last night, he delved into Big Lots (BIG), which recently reported a very good quarter and raised guidance for the second straight quarter. As Cramer mentioned, only Apple (AAPL) and Salesforce.com (CRM) have beaten the street’s view and raised guidance in any “meaningful way”.[More...]

Post Market Summary: Wall Street Rallies On Positive Data, Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Surges

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:16:22 GMT

US stocks finished with gains on Tuesday after better-than-expected consumer confidence and housing data boosted investor sentiment. Stocks also rose on reports that President Obama is nominating Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke for a second term in office.[More...]

Big Lots (BIG) Raises Guidance For The Second Straight Quarter

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:24:16 GMT

Big Lots Inc. (BIG) reported second quarter results on Tuesday morning that were better than consensus analysts estimates. Sales come in at $1.09 billion, which is about 2% less than a year ago but slightly exceeded estimates. Comparable store sales were off by about 2.4% in the quarter. Thanks to cost cutting measures, Big Lots was able to beat expectations for earnings in the quarter ended in August. Quarterly earnings rose to $28.4 million or 34 cents per share, which compares favorably to $26 million or 32 cents per share a year ago. A consensus of 15 analysts anticipated Big Lots would earn about 30 cents per share. The better than expected quarterly performance is propelling the stock higher today,[More...]

US Stock Futures Gain On Bernanke News, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) In Focus

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:51:25 GMT

US stock futures advanced on Tuesday ahead of key housing and consumer confidence data.[More...]

Big Lots (NYSE:BIG): Downgraded At JP Morgan - Cautious Ahead Of numbers

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:52:16 GMT

JP Morgan is making an interesting call on Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) this morning downgrading the shares to Neutral from Overweight while lowering tgt to $27 (prev. $28) Firm notes they have déjà vu concerns ahead of Big Lots 1Q EPS print tomorrow and accordingly are downgrading the stock to Neutral from Overweight. Importantly, while they think BIG will handily exceed their estimate/Street consensus for 1Q EPS, they also believe that this is likely discounted given the company’s excellent track record over the past 3 years (avg. $0.07 beat over the last 12 quarters). Moreover, any 1Q upside could be trumped by cautious commentary on 2Q09 sales – similar to August 2008 when BIG cautioned that sales QTD were soft (BIG dropped 7.1% vs. SPX +0.4% that day). Finally,[More...]

S&P 500 Stocks

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

Big Lots (NYSE: BIG): A Recession Resistant Buy

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:34:01 GMT

Big Lots has continued to benefit as cash strapped consumers seek out bargains amid uncertain economic conditions. Based in Columbus Ohio, Big Lots is the nation’s largest broadline closeout retailer, operating 1,355 stores in 47 states.[More...]

Economy's Kinda Spooked: Halloween May Be Harbinger of Holiday Season Scroogelike Spirit

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:49:00 GMT

Nov. 1--While it is too soon to judge how weak consumer spending was on Halloween, retail analysts are expecting it to be dreadful.
But don't tell Barry Lincoln that Halloween was off this year; he heard quite the opposite from a trusted source -- Captain Morgan.
Halloween is "our Christmas" in terms of yearly spending and said business had been good this year, Lincoln said.

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7 Bullish Retail Stocks

Holiday Season May Bring Renewed Interest In BizAuctions (OTC: BZCN.OB)

Attractive Stocks Under $35 - S&P 500 Including Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Harris Corp (HRS)

Mad Money: Big Lots (BIG) May Be The Discount King

Post Market Summary: Wall Street Rallies On Positive Data, Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Surges

Big Lots (BIG) Raises Guidance For The Second Straight Quarter

US Stock Futures Gain On Bernanke News, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) In Focus

Big Lots (NYSE:BIG): Downgraded At JP Morgan - Cautious Ahead Of numbers

S&P 500 Stocks

Big Lots (NYSE: BIG): A Recession Resistant Buy

Economy's Kinda Spooked: Halloween May Be Harbinger of Holiday Season Scroogelike Spirit

Tulsa World, Okla., Phil Mulkins Column: Saving on Spending Not Always Painful Process

Public Hearing On Mountaintop Mining Waste Draws Large Crowd

Mountaintop Mining Hearing To Be Held

Maintenance Concerns Raised About BIG

Open Access in Power Sector Seen By Mid-2010

Kansas City-Area Businesses Find Success in Breaking Through China's Trade Wall

CIRI Plans Coal-to-Gas Plant to Produce Electricity for Region

CIRI Plans Coal-to-Gas Plant to Produce Electricity for Region: GROUNDBREAKING: It Would Be First UCG Facility in Country.

Analyst Expects Limited Will Again Beat Forecast

Big Lots Reports Record Second Quarter EPS from Continuing Operations of $0.35 Per Diluted Share

Big Lots, Inc. To Broadcast Second Quarter 2009 Conference Call

Barron's Editor to Provide Wall Street Outlook to INVESTOhio Equity Conference

INVESTOhio Equity Conference Names Lineup of Companies, Executives

Big Lots Reports Second Quarter Comparable Store Sales Decrease of 2.4%

Big Lots Announces Lots2Give Video Contest Winners

Big Lots CEO Steve Fishman Wins Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Extra Star Mario Lopez and Big Lots Team Up to Fight Hunger in Central Ohio

Big Lots Invites the Public to Vote in Lots2Give Video Contest

Big Lots, Inc. to Present at the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference

Form 4 BIG LOTS INC For: Oct 19 Filed by: Bachmann Lisa M (10K)

Form 4 Schroeder Paul Alan For: Sep 09 (10K)

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Form 4 Claxton Robert Craig For: Jun 10 (10K)

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