Investors Focused on Retail Sales and Wages $WMT, $M, $MCD, $AMZN, $CMG Amidst overall strong Quarterly results, rising labor costs are a growing concern, with more than 12 companies in the S&P 500 mentioning them in conference calls so far this earnings season. Next week, several retailers including Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Macy’s (NYSE:M) are due […]
The Street’s Key Stock Analysts Research Reports $RCUS, $BHGE, $DOOO, $DNKN, $HIG, $HOV, $INTU, $WMT, $ZEN Daily HeffX-LTN reviews dozens of the Street’s Key analysts research reports to ID new trading and investing ideas for HeffX-LTN readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of the Street’s Key analysts outlook for main issues for Wednesday, […]
This is All You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain $BTCUSD, $BLCN Bitcoin and the alternative cryptocurrencies, aka altcoins, are cryptic to say the least. Some people consider bitcoin a currency, others an investment and still others a store of value. Even government agencies cannot agree on what bitcoin really is. The IRS treats it […]
US Retailers See Big Jump in Holiday Sales $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX US holiday sales in Y 2018 will increase 4.3 to 4.8% boosted by a strong economy, but will be slower than a year ago when consumer spending surged to a 12-year high, according to a forecast from a leading retail industry group. […]
President Trump Wants $267-B More in China Tariffs Despite Talks $AAPL, $WMT, $TGT President Trump threatened a 3rd tranche of tariffs on another $267-B of Chinese imports this past week, which would mean levying duties on nearly everything China exports to the US. President Trump said at the time those tariffs were “ready to go […]
Morning Briefing: Special Report on Strong US Retail $WMT, $COST, $AMZN, $LOW, $URBN, $DG, $HD, $DLTR, $JWN On the world markets: World stocks rose Friday as news of plans for US-China trade talks stoked positive sentiment over their tariff dust up, DJIA finished comfortably above Key resistance at 25,500 expect a pause to refresh and the […]
Americans are Shopping, Retail Sales Up Sharply in July $M, $WMT, $COST, $AMZN Americans shopped at a healthy pace in July, buying more cars, clothes and appliances, evidence that confident consumers are helping drive strong economic growth. The US Commerce Department says retail sales rose at a 0.5% annual rate in July, after a 0.2% […]
US Retail Sales Strong in 2018 $M, $WMT, $COST, $USO NRF Lifts 2018 Retail Sales Forecast on Strong Job Market, Tax Reform The National Retail Federation on Monday raised its US retail sales forecast for Y 2018, citing higher wages, gains in disposable income and a strong job market that have boosted consumer spending. The […]
Blockchain Key to Making Big Data Really Accessible $UPS, $WMT, $ETH Data analytics is Key for many organizations to develop. Given the amount of data that’s being generated, advocates consider it a major oversight not to use the information. For businesses, the ability to make game-changing decisions is core to survival given today’s environment. Successful […]
Using Marijuana in Any Form Makes One a 2nd Class Citizen Marijuana is now legal in 9 states constituting about 20% of the US population, and medical marijuana is recognized in a total of 29 states. That means people in those states can possess and use marijuana without fear of criminal prosecutions, that is if […]
Blockchain, “No One Can Own of Control It, Everyone Can Use It” $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD, $IBM, $GOOG, $JPM, $USB, $WMT, $SPOT Blockchain is a technology that no one can own or control but anyone can use, it is the platform for Cryptocurrency. Blockchain as applications for just about any enterprise involved in record-keeping, documentation, registrations and […]
US Jobs Report: NFPs +200,000, Wages Rise Most Since 2009 $AAPL, $WMT “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” US job growth rose in January and wages increased too, recording their largest annual gainer in more than 8.5 years, bolstering expectations that inflation will push higher this year as the labor market hits full employment. Remember, No inflation, No […]
US Businesses Hiring at a Healthy Pace $AAPL, $FDX, $WMT, $XOM US businesses continued to hire at a healthy pace in January, a sign the economy is off to a solid start for the year. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 234,000 jobs, led by big gains in services firms, such as hotels, […]
President Trump’s Tax Reform is Working $AAPL, $CMCSA, $WMT Republicans are rejoicing in the early reaction to their tax bill becoming law. “Tax reform is working. It really is,” House Speaker Paul Ryan, (R-WI), said at his weekly press conference last Thursday. “It’s working for families. It’s working for businesses. Tax reform is working for […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $KMX, $CAT, $SCHW, $UBH, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Key issues for Friday, […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $AAPL, $GM, $PG, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Key issues for Wednesday, as […]
Cyber Monday Online Sales Spike 17% to Record Highs Cyber Monday is pacing to become the biggest-ever Internet shopping day in the United States as many more Americans shopping on their phones. Adobe Analytics, a leading collector of e-commerce data, said Cyber Monday is expected to generate $6.6-B in sales, up from $5.6-B a year […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $AMZN, $TGT, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Big Retail for Monday, as […]
Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE)14-Month Rally “Pauses to Refresh” $RACE. $TSLA, $AMZN, $WMT Shares Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) began a long awaited healthy consolidation of its tire blistering 14 month rally over the past 2 weeks. One analysts actually rates Ferrari a Sell based on the announcement that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is going to build a $200-K electric sports roadster to compete […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $DKS, $HD, $SNAP, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Thursday, as […]
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) a $1-T Company Within Year $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX, $AMZN Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) says it believes online giant Amazon.com Inc. may reach a 2,000/share price in the next 12 months. “Amazon’s high margin aka revenue disclosure speaks to the $1-T (2,000/share) sum of parts Bull case.” Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating for […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $KR, $PSX, $SQ, $RIG, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Friday, as follows: Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $ABBV, $GOOGL, $AMZN, $FB, $SLB, $V, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Thursday, as follows: AbbVie […]
Focus on Gold, Silver, Precious Metals Mining and Royalty Streaming $GLD, $SLV, $MTAFF, $IBM, $WMT To start this is gold’s step sum chart going back to November 2010. For almost a year (November 2010 to August 2011) gold’s step sum saw an amazing ascent; rising from 220 to 275 (55 net advancing days) in a […]
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Will Now Sell ‘Whole Foods” on Website $AMZN, $K, $WMT Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) said Thursday it plans to complete its $13.7-B acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc. Monday after winning antitrust approval from US regulators on Wednesday. The companies said in a joint statement that Whole Foods will offer lower prices starting Monday […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $APRN, $GPS, $HMY, $NE, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets Top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Monday, as follows: Blue […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $GOOGL, $BA, $SNAP, $ULTA, $WMT, $HOG Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and […]
Major US Business Leader Staying on President Trump’s Business Council $WMT, $JPM, $IBM, $GE, $BA, $BX Major US companies, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) and IBM Corp (NYSE:IBM) have said their CEO’s will remain in an influential Presidential advisory group despite objecting to President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the […]
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) the e-Commerce Giant Marked Another Milestone $AMZN, $WMT, $TGT, $MSFT Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), the e-Commerce giant that is changing the retail marketplace has marked another milestone. Amazon stock hit 1,001.20 shortly after Tuesday’s opening bell, up about 40% from a year ago and more than 2X the 15% gainer of the S&P 500 Index […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $IBM, $LL, $SYMC, $TMUS, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $GOOS, $RL, $SUN, $TSLA, $WFC Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $APA, $PNRA, $SUN, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $OXY, $ORCL, $DIS, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations […]
The Quest for Good ‘Large Cap’ Stocks in a Record High Bull Market $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $AAPL, $WMT, $FB Large cap refers to large market capitalization. “Large Cap” is a term used by the investment community. Cap size has changed over time, so it is important to take scaling into consideration. What was considered a […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $BBY, $CAT, $NOK, $UNH, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Wednesday, as […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $AA, $AKS, $COH, $H, $JBLU, $RIG, $VZ, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts […]
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 73.80. The projected lower bound is: 69.53. The projected closing price is: 71.66. Candlesticks A big white candle occurred. This is generally considered bullish, as prices closed significantly higher than […]
Holiday Shopping Price War Ramps Up $AMZN, $TGT, $WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Target Corp.(NYSE:TGT) and other brick-and-mortar chains are counting on heavier discounts and a bigger online selection to help keep up with Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). this Holiday shopping season. As Black Friday ushers in the year-end shopping rush, chains are touting larger price cuts […]
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 73.49. The projected lower bound is: 69.27. The projected closing price is: 71.38. Candlesticks A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). During the past 10 bars, […]
The Week Ahead on Wall Street $HD, $CSCO, $WMT Earning season is slowing, this week just 20 members of the S&P 500 will report to Wall Street Included in this lot are 3 DJIA stocks: Home Depot (NYSE:HD) Tuesday, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) Wednesday and Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) Thursday. Economic reports The week’s 1st economic […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $T, $CHK, $MSFT, $WMT, $YHOO Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $AVGO, $FLEX, $MU, $CRM, $UBS, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $TWTR, $WMT, $YUM Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for […]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE:WMT) Downward Trend Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 71.22. The projected upper bound is: 74.71. The projected lower bound is: 71.00. The projected closing price is: 72.86. Candlesticks A white body […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $CL, $NAV, $OXY, $P, $WMT Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and […]
The Week Ahead on Wall Street $HD, $CSCO, $WMT, $LOW, $TGT Earnings season winds down, just 20 members of the S&P 500 report to Wall Street this week. Included are DJIA members Home Depot (NYSE:HD) Tuesday, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) Wednesday and Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) Thursday. Some other retailers will also report to Wall Street, including: […]
M-Commerce is “Retail in Your Pocket” $WMT, $BAC Back in Y 1997 at the launch of the Global Mobile Commerce Forum, Kevin Duffey coined the phrase ‘Mobile Commerce” meaning “the delivery of electronic commerce capabilities directly into the consumer’s hand (pocket), anywhere, via wireless technology.” I took that to mean a retail outlet in your consumer’s pocket. […]
The Week Ahead on Wall Street $HD, $CSCO, $WMT Earnings season is winding down; 23 members of the S&P 500 are scheduled to report to Wall Street this week. 3 DJIA components are included: Home Depot (NYSE:HD) Tuesday, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) Wednesday, and Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) Thursday. Economic Reports The week’s 1st economic reports of […]