Video Games Do All Right in February: Which Stock Should an Investor Buy?
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Nintendo (NTDOY)So the video-game data report for February is out. According to InvestorPlace's survey of NPD figures, consoles systems saw a 10% increase in sales. Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360 was ...
National Semiconductor: Buy After Q3 Report?
Filed under: Earnings ReportsNational Semiconductor (NSM) issued its fiscal third-quarter numbers Thursday after the bell. The stock was behaving in a highly unexciting way in reaction to the data at the time I was writing this. At an extended-hours qu...
Gap — Buy or Sell?
Filed under: Gap Inc (GPS)I was checking out an article over at GuruFocus on companies that have recently raised their dividend payments to shareholders. The Gap, Inc. (GPS) was on the list. I decided to take a brief look at the stock's current status....
Dick’s Sporting Goods Hits New 52-Week High
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Wal-Mart (WMT)Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) issued its fourth-quarter report today. The company was rocking this afternoon: with a little more than two hours to go before the close of the session, the stock was up 6% to $39...
Urban Outfitters Experiences Big Drop After Q4 Report
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Urban Outfitters (URBN)You didn't want to be a short-term shareholder in Urban Outfitters (URBN) during Monday's after-hours session. At the time I was writing this, I saw a quote of $34.10. That's a 10% drop. And that is...
IBM: How is the Stock Doing
Filed under: International Business Machines (IBM), Analyst Initiations, TechnologyInternational Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is down 1.2% to $159.86 as I write this during the afternoon session. Volume is below average, however. More perspective: the...
Walmart Boosts Dividend; Stock Falls
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT)Walmart (WMT) made an announcement yesterday after the bell that presumably would have excited Wall Street. The company's quarterly dividend was raised by 21%. Very nice. So why are the shares off today?
To be fair, they were...
Heinz Higher On Earnings News
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Campbell Soup (CPB), ConAgra Foods (CAG)H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ), a food concern famous for its ketchup product and whose colleagues include ConAgra (CAG) and Campbell Soup (CPB), closed today's session higher by 1.4%. Th...
Staples: Buy or Sell After Q4 Release?
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Staples Inc (SPLS) Staples, Inc. (SPLS) has traded in a narrow range over the last year. The 52-week low is $17.45 while the 52-week high is $25. The stock closed today at $20.90, up a mere 0.2%. Volume was very heavy.
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Costco Reports Growth in Earnings, But Is Stock a Buy?
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Costco Wholesale (COST)Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) issued its fiscal second-quarter report this morning, but it looks as if the market isn't being supportive of the numbers. At the time of this writing, shares of ...
Coca-Cola Trading Higher Today: More Gains Ahead?
Filed under: Deals, Coca-Cola (KO)Coca-Cola (KO) is having one of those great days when its stock is up over a buck. At the time of this writing, shares were higher by $1.08 to $65. I don't know how statistically common or uncommon such a move is, but ...
