Family Dollar Stores

Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) ought to consider unloading its underperforming Family Dollar Stores on a big, hungry retailer like, oh, say, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), says Loop Capital Markets analyst Anthony Chukumba. “Dollar Tree has significantly underperformed the broader market...

All 50 U.S. states saw temperatures at or below freezing on Tuesday, marking the nation’s coldest November since 1976. The early arrival of winter brought about dangerous driving conditions with some parts of New York receiving up to 60 inches of snow. Ten New York counties declared a...

The relationship between the U.S. and Russia became even more tense on Monday after U.S. officials accused Russia of violating the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty. Although the accusations did not detail Russia’s infractions, the U.S. called for high-level talks with Moscow in...

U.S. markets rose for the fourth straight session as investors positively digested comments coming from the St. Louis Fed. Jim Bullard, the St. Louis Fed chief said that inflation is low but moving back toward the two percent target. As such, Bullard argued that the Federal Reserve Open...

This week brings the first-quarter report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the traditional kickoff of a new earnings season. But its relevance may be diminishing, now that the company is no longer part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With the end-of-the-week earnings reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM...

As fans of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos know, there are always winners and losers. In the retail sector, the losers include Sears, J.C. Penney, Bon-Ton Stores and Radio Shack, among many others. The winners include Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG), as deep...

The market took a bit of a breather Thursday following two strong days of gains. Earnings from two major banks failed to keep the momentum alive and investors focused on Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) disappointing holiday guidance which contradicts the strong retail sales report earlier this week....

While there will be plenty of fireworks for the Independence Day holiday in the United States this week, on the earnings front, things will be very quiet. There will not be much to distract investors from speculating on what the Federal Reserve will do or from the employment numbers for June. See...