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Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:30:24 GMT

Christmas is coming, and that means two sets of flurries are on the horizon – snow and retail news. Now that the aftershocks of the 2008 financial collapse have had time to set in, this year will be a test to see how resilient consumers are in spending for the holidays. Retailers, for their part, have been preparing by slimming down; most are carrying record low levels of inventories to avoid the need for post-rush markdowns.[More...]

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:17:35 GMT

US stocks finished down on Thursday as investors were spooked by downbeat ISM services data.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:05:13 GMT

US stocks finished mixed on Wednesday after Federal Reserve said economy "improved modestly" in late October and November.[More...]

Wall Street Gains As Dollar Declines, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Soars

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:19:38 GMT

US stocks climbed on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close for the year, as a weaker dollar boosted commodity prices and shares of raw-material producers.[More...]

Eight Ways To Profit As The U.S. Housing Recovery Gathers Steam

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:15:11 GMT

If you were interested in homes for anything other than personal shelter, November was a pretty discouraging month, with continuing gloom the most prominent feature of virtually every report issued on the housing sector.[More...]

Administration Preparing More Home(renter) Owner And Builder Subsidies Under The Guise Of 'Home Energy Improvements'

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:51:25 GMT

The Obama administration, one-upping Helicopter Ben, will next start "accidentally" para-dropping worthless $100 trillion denominated dollars out C5 Galaxy planes. At this point any pretense of fiscal responsibility is dead and buried. The administration is dead set on subsidizing every single part of the economy until the bubble pops. Next up on the agenda Cash For Revolutions/Pitchforks.[More...]

Most Active Stock Options November 30, 2009 & Trading Activity

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:07:15 GMT

The top ten most active option contracts today were: Home Depot (HD) January 20 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) December 44 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ January 44 Call OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (SPY) December 105 Put OptionsFinancial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) January 12 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR December 109 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR December 110 Call OptionsFinancial Select Sector SPDR January 13 Put OptionsPowerShares QQQ December[More...]

Turnaround Expert: 8 Stocks Below 1999 Highs

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:17:49 GMT

"We all know that, despite the big run-up recently, many stocks are still below their highs of a year or two ago," observes turnaround expert George Putnam.[More...]

Cramer: Flat Wrong On GameStop (GME)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:36:17 GMT

“The problem with Gamestop is you need to be able to have both good hardware and software sales. Not until later next year do I expect Grand Theft Auto. We had Rock Band, Guitar Hero. Those are all played out. I can’t get behind GameStop not because they’re not a great company but because they don’t have enough good stuff to sell.” — CNBC’s Mad Money 11/17/2009[More...]

Wall Street Ends Higher On Broker Upgrades, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Jumps

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:02 GMT

US stocks finished at fresh 13-month highs as broker upgrades and gains in commodity sector offset downbeat holiday spending outlooks from retailers.[More...]

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Smart Swipe dodges credit-card hassles

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:52:00 GMT

Dec. 2--THE GIZMOS: SmartSwipe online credit card swiper; FlipShare TV.
CARD SHARK: For a serious online shopper, the SmartSwipe answers prayers and concerns.
A scaled-down, home version of the credit card swiper we use at stores, SmartSwipe hooks up to a Vista, XP or Windows 7 computer (running Internet Explorer 6 or later) via the PC's USB port.

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Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Wall Street Gains As Dollar Declines, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Soars

Eight Ways To Profit As The U.S. Housing Recovery Gathers Steam

Administration Preparing More Home(renter) Owner And Builder Subsidies Under The Guise Of 'Home Energy Improvements'

Most Active Stock Options November 30, 2009 & Trading Activity

Turnaround Expert: 8 Stocks Below 1999 Highs

Cramer: Flat Wrong On GameStop (GME)

Wall Street Ends Higher On Broker Upgrades, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Jumps

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Smart Swipe dodges credit-card hassles

Online sales buzzing

KELLNER: Low-cost netbook of Toshiba quality

EDITORIAL: 'Cash for Caulkers' plan could fill gaps in energy budgets

Retailers promote online shopping on 'Cyber Monday'

The Baltimore Sun Personal Finance column: Surfing safely

'Giftaway' returns with all sorts of nifty presents: Register online, and you might win one of these cool items to keep or give

Long lines greet early risers: Shoppers give Black Friday mixed reviews

Black Friday lights up night

Detroit Free Press Georgea Kovanis column: Black Friday shopping hours

Lowe's Scouts Sites for Distribution Center in North Georgia, an Industrial Info News Alert

The Home Depot to Present at Goldman Sachs Sixteenth Annual Global Retailing Conference

The Home Depot To Host Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call on August 18, 2009

The Home Depot to Accept MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM)

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Ramius Sends Letter to CPI Corp. Stockholders

The Home Depot Declares First Quarter Dividend of 22.5 Cents

Stock Alerts for BAC, HD, EMC, LUV, and RDC Released By Seven Summits Research

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