: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed

Insider Buys and Sells: Weekly Wrap-up - 09-08-2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:56:44 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

Market Closing: Stocks End Mixed After Consumer Sentiment Disappoints - Averages Finish Just Positive For Week

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:22:00 GMT

Stock averages closed narrowly mixed, in the middle of the day's range, after a weaker-than-expected report on consumer confidence sapped the early broad-market gains that followed mostly upbeat earnings news from the tech and retail space. The Dow's win streak stops at eight sessions.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Up in Choppy Session, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Drops

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:25:12 GMT

US stocks mustered only tiny gains on Wednesday, despite stronger-than-expected durable goods and housing data.[More...]

Pre-Market: Mixed Stock Open to Follow Durables Data, New-Home Figures On Tap

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:03:00 GMT

Wall Street looks to consolidate after hitting fresh highs for 2009 earlier in the week. Stock futures did improve slightly and the tech-heavy Nasdaq continues to fight for positive ground after a report showed a stronger-than-expected 4.9% gain for durable-good orders in July. Aircraft orders were largely behind the increase; durables ex-transportation were up 0.8%.[More...]

US Stock Futures Mixed After Orders Data, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) Eyed

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:55:40 GMT

US stock futures were mixed on Wednesday even as a government release showed orders for durable goods jumped 4.9% in July, the biggest increase in two years.[More...]

Profiting From Inefficiencies

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Compared to the mainstream finance industry, value investors tend to hold a lot of cash in their portfolios. This is due to the fact that: 1) Value investors are stingy and therefore only purchase when there are blatant mispricings, and 2) Mainstream finance professionals believe higher returns only come from higher risk; therefore to maximize[More...]

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM): Downgraded At Merrill/BAM And Sanford Bernstein

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:28:52 GMT

Early cycle retail call is rapidly running its course, leading them to shift their overweight sector positioning to a more balanced market-weight.[More...]

Williams Sonoma Continues To Show Value

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:36:00 GMT

This article originally appeared on The Div Net on April 1st, 2009. Back in January, we discussed Williams Sonoma (WSM), a[More...]

November 5, 2008: Clean Up When Funds Clear Out

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:50:00 GMT

Money managers clean up portfolio holdings before the end of their tax year. Over 48%of US mutual funds close their books between late October and December. Managers sell stocks with large losses to avoid reporting them on their year-end report to shareholders. This causes downward pressure on stocks trading within their portfolio(s)that are at or near 52-week lows. Once the selling subsides, these stocks have historically experienced a price reversal. That said, investors should exercise due diligence before buying any of the companies listed below by analyzing any potential shift in a company's fundamentals and other factors such as sector weight and risk tolerance. Here are the screen parameters used to select the following "sells" from funds: Large-cap and mid-cap stocks trading at or below 30% of their 52-week high and have not bounced above 15% from their 52-week low,and have above-average valuation on both an absolute and[More...]

Chesapeake - Never Boring

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:35:00 GMT

At the beginning of 2008, Chesapeake had a market value of $23 billion. Four months ago this company had a market value of $43 billion. A few weeks ago, that market value had fallen to $7 billion, and today it stands at $12.7 billion. I'm getting a bout of vertigo just typing these numbers. I know what you're thinking. "What's the big deal? All of the banks are[More...]

Holiday job search is unlikely to be jolly

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Nov. 8--Sarah McCann has a tough choice to make.
Ohio's rate for September, the most recent data available, stood at 10.1 percent, with 594,000 people unemployed.
Add to that the number of people who seek seasonal employment to supplement their income or to pay for holiday purchases, and the job hunt has become much more competitive, according to Challenger Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based employment-consulting firm.

: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed

Insider Buys and Sells: Weekly Wrap-up - 09-08-2009

Market Closing: Stocks End Mixed After Consumer Sentiment Disappoints - Averages Finish Just Positive For Week

Wall Street Ends Up in Choppy Session, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Drops

Pre-Market: Mixed Stock Open to Follow Durables Data, New-Home Figures On Tap

US Stock Futures Mixed After Orders Data, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) Eyed

Profiting From Inefficiencies

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM): Downgraded At Merrill/BAM And Sanford Bernstein

Williams Sonoma Continues To Show Value

November 5, 2008: Clean Up When Funds Clear Out

Chesapeake - Never Boring

Holiday job search is unlikely to be jolly

Corker, Fleischmann weigh in on elections

Why Wait for Black Friday? Deals Abound Now.

Wal-Mart posts flat 2Q profit, beats expectations

Restaurant News: Moosewood Introduces Really Big, Smoky Burger

Daily Mail, London, Market Report Column

Picnicking Pretty

Father's Day Gift Guide

Toll Brothers, Sallie Mae, JetBlue are big movers

Online Shopping Gets Lower Scores From Consumers

Western Standard to acquire Freegold's Almaden gold project

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Announces International Expansion Agreement

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences: The 29th Annual Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference and William Blair & Company 29th Annual Growth Stock Conference

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Announces Better Than Expected First Quarter 2009 Results

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Announces Release Date for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Earnings: Wednesday, June 3, 2009

PhilippeBecker Awarded Green Business of the Year

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. to Present at the Eighth Annual JMP Securities Research Conference

MaybachFinancial.Com Posts Free Analyst Report on ODP, WSM, MTG and AAUK

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. to Present at the Telsey Advisory Group 1st Annual Consumer Conference

Form 4 LESTER HOWARD For: Oct 08 (10K)

Form 4 WILLIAMS SONOMA INC For: Sep 09 Filed by: BELLAMY ADRIAN D P (10K)

Form 4 ALBER LAURA For: Aug 31 (10K)

Form 4 Zenoff David B For: May 22 (10K)

Form 4 LYNCH MIKE For: May 22 (10K)

Form 4 BELLAMY ADRIAN D P For: May 22 (10K)

Form 4 Greener Anthony For: May 21 (10K)

Form 4 ROBERTSON DICK For: May 21 (10K)

Form 4 DILLON ADRIAN T For: May 21 (10K)

Form 4 BELLAMY ADRIAN D P For: Nov 21 (10K)