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Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF): Downgraded to Sell at Citigroup; $24 price target

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:35:06 GMT

Citigroup is out downgrading Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) to Sell from Hold while lowering their price target to $24 (prev. $33).[More...]

Earnings Preview For Mar 16 - 20

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Guess, Inc. (GES) could top expectations. FedEx Corporation (FDX) could disappoint. Adobe Systems (ADBE), Nike (NKE) and Oracle (ORCL) will also report. The earnings calendar is limited this week with just 93 companies confirmed to report. First-quarter earnings season will[More...]

Stocks Resume Selloff As Distribution Day Rattles Investors Who Bought Last Weeks LAME Rally

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Do people not pay attention to volume at all? I am starting to begin they don’t after listening to all the typical talking loud-mouths this weekend. They all clamored and were happy the indexes were up 15% to 20% last week. Yet not a single person anywhere mentioned that volume was lower and lower each day as the rally went along. They also did not mention that we were right near/at the 50 day moving averages which are in a downtrend on all the indexes. Leaving these two key facts out made anything they said irrelevant. There was always a possibility of waking up and seeing a market running away today but the truth is this market is predictable yet insanely impossible to trade unless you are a daytrader. After my initial short positions before the selloff really started, things have been harder to manage as shorts are not going down in a smooth line like they should in a bear market. This is making for a very difficult trading environment and why unless[More...]

Stocks Continue The Selloff With Volume Finally Picking Up On The Selling

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Today can be called nothing other than nasty as most of the indexes made round trips back to either six-year or eleven-year lows, following a nasty selloff that came on very heavy volume. Volume picked up on every exchange as finally some signs of panic selling hit the market. This selling took the markets off around 5% to 6% and a lot of stocks were just walloped. Now while I have continued to talk about the nasty downtrend this market is in and how well my shorts have been doing: top short holdings and total returns: IPHS 44% POT 65% GGB 72% SBAC 66% CYT 69% MOS 74% CETV 89% CPRT 28% AZO 24% RDK 17% AMX 49% PLCE 38% CAJ 34% SPG 52% CEO 51% AAPL 50% ENB 24% K 18% ARB 67% AMSG 20% SPW 77% RIMM 58% LLL 37% CEDC 65% APD 55% OKE 46% SDA 80% TITN 59% PAA 28%). I don’t believe I have seen the market in such a bleak condition in a long time and think I need to tell you about the lack of bullish items out there. To start it all off only 3% of[More...]

The Recent Rally Attempt Is Dead As Three Of Four Major Stock Market Indexes Make New 52-Week Lows

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:53:00 GMT

It was a brutal day if you were a falling knife catcher as the market took those impatient bulls who believed the lows were in out and beat them silly with a 6.5% loss on the Nasdaq, a 6.6% loss on the NYSE, and a 6.1% loss on the SP 500. The losses were made even more damaging by the fact that they hit new lows from the recent rally attempt and volume picked up giving the market a very heavy distribution day. This distribution day adds to the pressure the market is facing as each and every day passes. The market in terms of the Nasdaq and Nasdaq 100 are now down over 51% from the October 2007 highs. These losses have been extremely damaging to the psychology of many market players and has done some major damage to individuals portfolios. This sad news is made even more sad knowing that the market does not appear to be near a low–at least as far as the market is currently concerned. This is obvious to me via the volume that is coming[More...]

Another Day, Another Selloff; Higher Volume On The Selloff Indicates Fear Is Rising

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:25:00 GMT

It was yet another day of huge losses for the stock market as most indexes are now down over 45% for the year. This kind of market action is enough to make a lot of people sick. But that is the last thing you want to do here, especially with the selloff starting to slightly hit panic levels. Now, I am not saying that we are near a bottom what-so-ever. But what I am saying is that we are getting a little crazy with the selling and that should lead to a rally in the near term. However, before that rally occurs, I expect that we will more than likely set new lows on all the indexes. One of the reasons I believe that is possible is because after today’s session I saw that ZERO stocks on the NYSE or Nasdaq hit new 52-week highs, while over 415 stocks on each index hit new 52-week lows. This number of new lows expanding along with the non-numbers in the new highs is my warning that the market is not done with the selloff, even though it has[More...]

More On Retail Sales

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:27:00 GMT

As mentioned earlier, the retail sales reports this morning were largely weaker than expected, or at least weaker than consensus estimates. It is clear the the consumer is reigning in his and her purchases, so we should expect to see both weaker retail sales as well as weaker economic data in the near future. There were only a few standouts in the reports this morning. BJ's Wholesale (BJ) posted +10.2% growth in same-store sales in October, but Costco (COST) posted a -1.0% decline. Children's Place (PLCE) also showed gains of +4.0%, as well as Wal-Mart (+2.4%). One of the common themes above is value and discounts. BJ's is a big wholesaler, and PLCE is a place where you can get kids clothes at discounted prices (I wonder if I can get my wife to go there?). By contract, traditional department stores,[More...]

More Short Picks For Thursday

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:49:00 GMT

Sellers appear to be gaining the upper hand, as selling gained momentum in the second half of US trading yesterday, and Asian markets sold off overnight. While it is a bit premature to call the end of the rally, given yesterday's volume, a few factors indicate that we may resume our downtrend soon: - Momentum appears to be shifting. European markets are also lower this morning in early trading. - Individual chart setups are increasingly favoring short sellers. - Sentiment seems to have shifted too quickly toward bullishness. Investors have been too hasty in calling a bottom here, as Mish Shedlock discusses in his column Unrelenting Bullishness. - Overall, the volume of this rally has been rather weak. - MT earnings disappointed yesterday, prompting a reversal in commodity stocks. Oil also gave up its[More...]

The Market is Cheap - Screen of the Week

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Stocks featured in this week's screen: Children's Place Retail Stores (PLCE), GeoResources, Inc. (GEOI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Hot Topic, Inc. (HOTT) and Pegasystems, Inc. (PEGA). That's right. Whether we've hit the market bottom already or not, the market is downright cheap. P/E ratios for companies in the S&P 500 are near their lowest levels in 5 years.[More...]

Covered Call Writing - Screen of the Week

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:53:00 GMT

Stocks highlighted today are American Public Education (APEI), Greenhill & Co. (GHL), Children's Place Retail (PLCE), Myriad Genetics, Inc. (MYGN) and Wabtec Corp. (WAB). Today I want to talk about options. But not about buying calls and puts. Instead, I want to go over Covered Call Writing. This is an excellent strategy to use in up, down and sideways markets. This is a[More...]

October sales offer relief to merchants

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Consumers, enticed by cooler weather, early holiday discounts and an improving economy, spent a little more in October, handing the retail industry its second consecutive sales gain after more than a year of declines.
As merchants announced their figures Thursday, the results showed that shoppers still were not splurging, restrained by tight credit and a weak job market.
Children's Place Retail Stores, Wet Seal Inc. and Stage Stores Inc. all reported declines.

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Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF): Downgraded to Sell at Citigroup; $24 price target

Earnings Preview For Mar 16 - 20

Stocks Resume Selloff As Distribution Day Rattles Investors Who Bought Last Weeks LAME Rally

Stocks Continue The Selloff With Volume Finally Picking Up On The Selling

The Recent Rally Attempt Is Dead As Three Of Four Major Stock Market Indexes Make New 52-Week Lows

Another Day, Another Selloff; Higher Volume On The Selloff Indicates Fear Is Rising

More On Retail Sales

More Short Picks For Thursday

The Market is Cheap - Screen of the Week

Covered Call Writing - Screen of the Week

October sales offer relief to merchants

Open Office Space at 6-Year High

Traffic Up but Sales Down ; May Was Major Letdown for Retailers

Stocks Finish Higher

Experts Discuss Retail, Dollar, ECB Moves

Children's Place Reports $38M Profit

Children's Place Q4 Net Sales Down

BRIEF: February Retail Sales Chilly

The Children's Place Retail Stores Completes Review of Strategic Alternatives

U.S. Retail Sales Fell 1.6 Percent in Jan.

Business Wire Retail Report on October 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Business Wire Retail Report on September 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Business Wire Retail Report on August 2009 Retail Sales Figures

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for HCBK, PLCE, GNTX, AMGN, NPBC and LAMR

The Children's Place Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Business Wire Retail Report on July 2009 Retail Sales Figures

The Children's Place Reports July and Second Quarter 2009 Sales

The Children’s Place Announces Election of Directors

The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. to Broadcast Review of July Sales

The Children's Place Reaches Agreement With Ezra Dabah; Provides Preliminary Estimated Ranges for Second Quarter EPS and Comparable Store Sales

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