Bullish On WalMart

A Sloper was kind enough to send me the following idea this morning, which I wanted to share: Walmart (WMT) is benefitting from 2 major events: 1. The recent significant drop in gasoline prices (50+%) helps the low income segment of the population the most since they spend most of their income on the basics….

‘V’ Bounce, Part 3?

In September we managed an over bought, over loved and over obsessed upon stock market into October’s decline.  That decline was simply a sentiment thing.  Sentiment needed to be re-set from way over bullish as we had been noting through fading stock participation, briskly over bullish ‘dumb’ money and divergent ‘smart’ money, among other indicators….

Family Dollar Q1 Earnings Miss Estimate, Plunge Y-o-Y

Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO – Analyst Report) posted first-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings of 44 cents a share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 59 cents, and plunged 35.3% from 68 cents earned in the prior-year quarter. Stiff competition and margin contraction hurt the results. Family Dollar Stores, Inc – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest To bring itself…

2015: How High Will The Dow Go

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a preferred barometer for the U.S. stock market’s performance. It is certainly the most widely recognized stock index in the world and is indeed the oldest. When it was instituted in 1896 it listed only 12 industrial stocks. Today, there are 30 blue chip companies listed on the DJIA and…

Acorda Therapeutics – Chart Of The Day

The Chart of the Day belongs to Acorda Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACOR). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for the stock with the best technical buy signals, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Acorda Therapeutics is commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the identification, development and commercialization of novel therapies that improve neurological function in people…

Jobs Growth Likely To Slow

Friday the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 245,000 jobs in December. That’s down from 321,000 in November, and a slower economic growth will likely drag on jobs creation through much of 2015. After a tough winter and brief economic contraction, the economy grew at a 4.8 pace the second and third…