Author: Ned Douthat

Two of the world’s largest retail chains reported earnings on Tuesday morning.  Both Target (TGT) and Home Depot (HD) topped the analysts’ earnings expectations, but each of them failed to impress as investors...

Shares of SunPower (SPWRA) are suffering on Tuesday morning as they disclosed a review of “unsubstantiated accounting entries.”  Of course, the stock is down nearly 18% just after the open on Tuesday as many...

“Look at Sprint Nextel. Up more than 10% today, its the hottest stock in the S&P 500, raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse. On its way to six bucks a share, they like the progress of the turn...

“I think that the retail doesn’t seem to be coming back all that great. Abercrombie and Fitch’s numbers were down 58% year over year. Same-store sales were down, what, 20 some-odd percent? This stock is up....

It is not a surprise that the residential construction industry has been rocked by the recession of the past few years.  The fall in home values was one of the dominos that set in motion what has become known as the credit...

JDS Uniphase (JDSU) is having a terrific morning on Thursday as it has gained nearly 11%.  When a stock breaks out like this, we always look for a catalyst for the move and in this case the primary reason seems to us to be...

“Let’s get to the AMAT news because you see the stock reacting in rather nicely, up 3% on this news. Applied Materials just absolutely blowing through all forecasts here. The company reporting 13 cents a share...

Department store operator Macy’s (M) reported third quarter earnings that showed the loss was narrower than expected.  Net income showed a loss of $35 million or about 8 cents per share, but when stripping out...