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  • Outlooks and Economic Data Weigh On Equities by Wall Street Strategies
    The price of crude oil is trading down today by about $2.00 at $77.43. The latest move in black gold comes in the wake of the dollar staging a recovery (amazing action in the dollar since Bernanke's show of force earlier in the week) in the session after being in a secular decline for some time.... More »
    November 19, 2009 • M, WMT, GYMB
  • Analysis of The Buckle (BKE) by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    The Buckle, Inc.  (BKE) is a leading retailer of medium to better–priced casual apparel, footwear and accessories for fashion–conscious young men and women. The Company currently operates over 400 stores in 41 states, under the names Buckle and The Buckle. Buckle markets a wide... More »
    November 16, 2009 • ARO, PSUN, GPS
  • Reaction to Aeropostale’s Monthly Sales Figures Overblown by Peter Mycroft Psaras
     Aeropostale (ARO) is an extremely well managed company that is the premier discount retailer for the teen market.  The company has put up some amazing results in their most recent quarterly and yearly earnings and has beat estimates handily.  This monthly same store sales report... More »
    November 5, 2009 • ARO, PSUN, GPS
  • Even When It Looks Easy... It's Not That Easy By: Charles Payne by Wall Street Strategies
    The casual observer will say this is easy, that anyone could be making money in the market but the fact of the matter is, anyone isn't making money in the market. First off, you have to be in it to win it and then you have to have a modicum of conviction. Today, for example, I bet a lot of... More »
    October 8, 2009 • AA, LIZ, AEO
  • Contrarian Stock Screen: Biggest Losers in 2009 by The Manual of Ideas
    One of the favorite screening methods of contrarian investors is to search for companies whose stock prices have underperformed the broader market. In the screen presented below, we highlight stocks that have underperformed year-to-date in 2009 (through September 4th). In order to minimize the... More »
    September 5, 2009 • BEAT, ROS, IMN
  • August 2009 Same-Store Sales Summary by RetailSails
    Over 30 retailers reported monthly sales results for August over the past two days. While many areas of the economy have been showing relative improvement over the past few months, there have been few bright spots in retail. However, August results provide some hope that things are finally... More »
    September 3, 2009 • ANF, ARO, AEO
  • July Same-Store Sales Summary by RetailSails
    As expected, July didn’t provide much of a boost to retailers, as the majority of companies reporting monthly results missed consensus analyst estimates. A combination of unseasonably cool weather, a later Labor Day this year causing tax holidays and promotions to be shifted into August,... More »
    August 6, 2009 • ARO, AEO, ANF
  • June Retail Same-Store Sales Summary by RetailSails
    June was another disappointing month for most retailers, as unseasonably cold and wet weather dampened prospects, in addition to the fact that stores were up against comps from last year when consumer had stimulus checks in their pockets. The best performers continue to be teen retailers... More »
    July 9, 2009 • ARO, AEO, ANF
  • Hot Topic Possibly A new Style of Day Trading by David Ristau
     The Oxen Group is trying out another new style of investing tomorrow. In this market, finding a single day trade you can count on pretty difficult. Tomorrow, however, we are fairly confident the market should have a solid increase. Alcoa earnings came out kicking for the beginning of Q2... More »
    July 9, 2009 • HOTT, ANF
  • VFC - back in on quality by Lee Eugene Munson
    VFC is a quality name and if there are managers that want to window dress a strong firm with a 4% dividend in their portfolio's, this is the one. Forget the beat up retailers, the Hot Topics and Urban Outfitters of the world. This is the blue chip with enough volatility to keep me interested.Did... More »
    June 24, 2009 • VFC, HOTT, URBN

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