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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Apple Talk The traders discussed some of the action in the technology space. Najarian explained that margins are going down which could impact the bottom line. However, he thinks the new iPhone will boost sales for the Mac, so he’s bullish on Apple. Gene Munster said if Apple lowers the price of their products then the Street number will go up and the stock will go up. Macke said he would take the other side of that trade. Pharma Trade Lehman Brothers ph...	July 22, 2008
Wal-Mart Supplier ETF Getting Boost From Slow Economy?	One of the areas that has demonstrated strength during this economic downturn is consumer spending on necessities, which might be benefiting the Wal-Mart supplier exchange traded fund (ETF). Any strength shown among consumer spending in recent months has mostly been attributed to spending and discount retailers, such as Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco (COST) and Target (TGT). In fact, the most recent figures that showed a 4.3% jump in retail sales last month, it was Wal-Mart and Costco that reaped the re...	July 21, 2008
A "Depression Era" mentality takes hold of consumers	Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST) The Associated Press reports that a "Depression Era" mentality is taking hold among consumers. This matters to the overall economy since 70% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth depends on consumer spending. Maybe this is good news because it will make people care more about spiritual matters, and less about material ones. AP bolsters its consumer mentality shift with excerpts from a Nielsen survey that interviewed 50,000 consumers by e-ma...	July 20, 2008
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Early August	There are over 35 stocks going ex-dividend in early August. Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, yields over 1%, and are going ex...	July 18, 2008
Helen of Troy (HELE): Price cycling in bullish 'pennant' formation	Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Procter and Gamble (PG), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyHelen of Troy (NASDAQ: HELE) sells personal care and household consumer products. The personal care goods include such items as hair dryers, curling irons, hair setters, women's shavers and skin care products. The firm offers its own lines (e.g: Helen of Troy, Hot Tools and Hot Spa), as well as licensed merchandise (e.g: Vidal Sassoon, Revlon and Dr. Scholl's). On the hous...	July 14, 2008
The Wal-Mart Weekly: 2008 shaping up to be a winning year	Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), ColumnsWelcome to the 68th installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions, and just a bit of everything else when it comes to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart. This week, I'll be taking a look at the most recent financial results from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). The retailer continues to state the the federal tax economic stimulus checks being used by customers in its stores have buoyed it res...	July 14, 2008
Earnings highlights: GE, Alcoa, Marriott, Pepsi Bottling, Wal-Mart, Boeing and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, General Electric (GE), Wal-Mart (WMT), Alcoa Inc (AA), Boeing Co (BA), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Office Depot (ODP), Wachovia Corp (WB), Merck and Co (MRK), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) Q2 earnings decline on materials costs but beat analysts estimates (see transcript). Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) solid Q3 result...	July 12, 2008
Steve & Barry's fails to find financing -- will sell assets	Filed under: Bad newsThe incredibly rapid fall of discount clothier Steve & Barry's continues.Newsday is reporting that the company told the bankruptcy court that it has no available cash or financing, and that it needs proceedings to be streamlined so it can sell its assets by July 31st. Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., a national retail and investment banking firm, told Newsday that the move is very unusual, and that it speaks to the tightness of the credit ...	July 11, 2008
Discount merchants benefit from high sales in June	Filed under: Forecasts, Products and services, Consumer experience, Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), Economic data, Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)Some of the country's largest retail chains had good June sales, benefitting from consumers looking for a place to spend their tax rebates, but this was not the case for higher-priced department stores. Retailers offering big discounts were among the privileges ones as consumers chose to stay away from high prices.Consumers spent on the basics, looking f...	July 11, 2008
Oh Yea....Wal-Mart Beats Estimates and Raises Guidance...Yawn...	I really hope no one out there is surprised by this.. Back in April I said folks ought to get used to Wam-Mart (WMT) increasing its guidance. Today was no exception.Wal-Mart reported a 5.8% increase in same store sales for the five weeks ending 7/4. Wal-Mart US was 6.1%, Sam's Club was 4.6%. International sales held strong at 25% of the total.Wal-Mart U.S.All six merchandise units (grocery, entertainment, health and wellness, apparel, home and hardlines) achieved comparable store sales increases...	July 11, 2008

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