The Top 10 Stock Market Stories of the Week
This last week felt like a roller coaster ride in the markets, yet all in all the markets were little changed from a week earlier. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to feature ten prominent equity stories from this...
View ArticleUBS Says Rising Inflation Will Help These Four Top Stocks to Buy
Inflation always seems like a dirty word we don’t want to talk about. In reality, the Federal Reserve is praying for some, and there are sectors that actually benefit from a rise in costs and prices,...
View ArticleWhy Whole Foods Is Losing Customers
The worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 index so far this year is Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM). The stock was down 16% until it reported fiscal second-quarter earnings in early May....
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Lululemon, Microsoft, NBG,...
Stocks are looking for direction after the European Central Bank decision. Investors are being conditioned almost daily by the financial media that the bull market has now turned into a stock picker’s...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Coach, J.C. Penney, Micron, Whole...
It is Wednesday and stocks are trying to find their footing in mixed markets after a fresh sell-off. Investors and traders are getting used to hearing that the raging bull market has become more of a...
View ArticleWhole Foods’ Guidance Cut Takes an Ax to the Stock Price
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) reported third-quarter 2014 results after markets closed Wednesday evening. For the quarter, the high-ticket grocery store chain posted adjusted diluted earnings...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Eli Lilly, Enphase, Lululemon,...
Stocks were lower on Thursday after weak overseas trading. Investors are braced for Friday’s key unemployment and payrolls report, and they are still looking for upside from their investment funds....
View ArticleMerrill Lynch’s Large Cap Stocks That Were Oversold Before the Sell-Off
The sell-off Thursday was quick punch in the collective guts of investors that may have become a touch too complacent. In one day, all the July gains were knocked out, and a slight degree of panic has...
View ArticleAmerica’s Fastest-Growing Retailers
After the recession, retailers are growing once again and, increasingly, moving online. In the first quarter of 2014, retail sales were 2.4% higher than the same time the year before, largely helped by...
View ArticleDid Sprouts Sell Off Too Much on the Secondary Offering?
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFM) reported earnings last week, and the stock managed to not keep falling. Then news broke on Monday night that Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) and...
View ArticleThe Worst Performing Stocks of 2014 in the S&P 500
With the stock market nearing a 10% correction, 24/7 Wall St. is looking for cases of stocks that are down and out — perhaps which are down and out too much once the selling dust settles. We reviewed...
View ArticleWill Ranking Vegetables Help Turn Around Whole Foods?
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) has been among the worst performing stocks on the S&P 500 for all of 2014. When the upscale grocery store chain reported fiscal second-quarter results in May,...
View ArticleBrand Loyalty Leaders Chock Full of Techs
Of the top 100 product categories and brands in a new ranking of customer loyalty leaders, nearly half (45) are tech companies engaged in digital and social networks and products. In fact, of the top...
View Article5 Tax-Loss Selling Stock Candidates Could Be a Huge Buying Opportunity
One of the most difficult things for investors to do in any long running secular bull market is to know when to take profits on high-flyers, but still stay long stocks and stay in the game. The...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From Whole Foods Earnings and Turnaround
When Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) reported fiscal third-quarter results in late July, the company beat the EPS estimate and narrowly missed on revenues. Same-store sales rose nearly 4%. But...
View ArticleWhole Foods’ Earnings Good Enough for Investors
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results after markets closed Wednesday. For the quarter, the high-end grocery store chain posted adjusted diluted...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AK Steel, AEP, Duke, Qualcomm, Solazyme,...
Stocks were taking a breather on Thursday morning after Wednesday’s post-election gains took the broader markets to new all-time highs. Investors keep proving that they will buy stocks when they are...
View ArticleHas Whole Foods Got Its Groove Back?
A solid earnings beat for both the fourth quarter and full fiscal year, as well as positive comments from analysts afterward, have helped boost Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) shares to a level...
View ArticleWill the Whole Foods Turnaround Outperform in 2015?
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) appears to have been on Santa’s nice list, as its shares have done very well in the company’s fiscal first quarter as we approach the calendar New Year. This is...
View ArticleIs the Whole Foods Turnaround Now Fully Priced In?
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) has made a huge turnaround from where it was about eight months ago. To prove just how much the recovery has moved: Whole Foods shares have bounced roughly 44%...
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