Shares of General Electric Co. (GE) skyrocketed during Monday’s session toward their highest level in four months. Investors poured money into shares of the conglomerate on news that it plans to sell another area of its business as part of the company’s ongoing spin-off strategy. Monday’s sale marks yet another move in General Electric’s plan […]
Read MoreShutterfly, Inc. manufactures and retails personalized products and services primarily in the United States, Canada, and the European Community. The company operates through Consumer and Shutterfly Business Solutions segments. It offers a range of personalized photo-based products and services that enable consumers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their memories. […]
Read MoreHedge funds bought the dip at the end of last year, loading up on these five big tech stocks.
Read MoreFossil Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and distributes consumer fashion accessories. The company’s principal products include a line of men’s and women’s fashion watches and jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts, and sunglasses. It offers its products under its proprietary brands, such as FOSSIL, MICHELE, MISFIT, RELIC, SKAGEN, and ZODIAC, as […]
Read MoreGroupon, Inc. operates online local commerce marketplaces that connect merchants to consumers by offering goods and services at a discount in North America and internationally. The company provides deals in various categories, including events and activities, beauty and spa, health and fitness, food and drink, home and garden, and automotive; and deals on various product […]
Read MoreConsumer Discretionary stocks are interesting in any market conditions because so many of them are subject to cycles that don’t necessarily coincide with normal economic cycles. One of the sub-industries within the sector that I think fit this description is tax services. That is because, moving into the latter stages of winter towards spring, one […]
Read MoreThe Consumer Discretionary sector cuts a wide swath across the economic landscape of the United States. It’s easy to think about the sector as the place you’ll find retail stocks, but the truth is that there are a lot of other businesses within the sector that are much more than just the department stores and […]
Read MoreHere are the 15 stocks they say investors should consider. The S&P 500 is up nearly 17% since its low hit on Christmas Eve when the index briefly dropped into bear market territory, but Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is warning that this rally is about to stall. This surge since December 24 marks the fastest […]
Read MoreUnder Armour Inc. (UA) released its financials for Q4 2018 before the bell Tuesday, and investors acted surprisingly fickle over the better-than-expected results. Shares of the fitness apparel company constantly whipsawed into the red and black during the session before eventually ending the day as one of the S&P 500’s top gainers. Despite Under Amour’s […]
Read MoreWatching the market bounce higher off of late-2018 drop that nearly pushed the major market indices to bear market levels means that it starts to get tempting to think that it’s a good time to start jumping back into stocks and get ready for the rally back to the next set of market highs. The […]
Read MoreEven with a nice rally in the market to start the new year, there are a lot of stocks that remain at or near 52-week, or even historic lows. If you like looking for value as I do, that’s actually a pretty nice problem to have; it means that there are plenty of options to […]
Read MoreWeyco Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs and distributes footwear. The company operates through two segments, North American Wholesale and North American Retail. It engages in the design and marketing footwear for men, women, and children under the Florsheim, Nunn Bush, Stacy Adams, BOGS, Rafters, and Umi brand names. The company offers mid-priced leather […]
Read MoreConforMIS, Inc., a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and sells joint replacement implants. The company offers customized knee replacement products, including iTotal CR, a cruciate-retaining product; iTotal PS, a posterior cruciate ligament substituting product; iDuo, a customized bicompartmental knee replacement system; and iUni, a customized unicompartmental knee replacement product to treat the medial or lateral […]
Read MoreVince Holding Corp. designs, merchandises, and sells luxury apparel and accessories in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Wholesale and Direct-To-Consumer. It offers a range of women’s products, such as cashmere sweaters, silk blouses, leather and suede leggings and jackets, dresses, skirts, denims, pants, T-shirts, handbags, footwear, and outerwear; and […]
Read MoreCheap stocks can be risky, sure. But if you know where to look, you can find companies with potential for big upside. The two companies we’re talking about today have both been beaten down in the last few years as their old business models became obsolete. But both are transforming into businesses with staying power […]
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