Fund Administrator for Fortress, Pimco and Others Suffers Data Breach Through Vendor (The Wall Street Journal) A ransomware attack against a vendor of...
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July 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ackman Gears Up for Unicorn Hunt With $4 Billion Blank-Check IPO (Bloomberg) Large, venture-backed businesses that haven’t gone public yet be advised...
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July 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Cheyne Capital closes Strategic Value Credit Fund at EUR1bn Hard Cap (Hedge Week) Alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital Management (Cheyne Capital)...
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June 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
1. U.S. Stock Market: “World stock markets scaled fresh highs on Thursday, with key U.S. indexes lifted by rosy retailer results, while the...
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May 25 - Commodities, Futures/Forex, Gold, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
In this edition of Watchlist Wednesday, we highlight the top 5 contrarian stocks as displayed on the Contrarian Approach stock screen. This screen is...
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December 7 - News, Stock Analysis - Comments
It’s a quiet day on Wall Street as all three indexes are close to flat, and crude futures are modestly in the green. Although orders for durable...
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August 25 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
2016 is turning out to be an extremely volatile period for apparel stocks. Like stocks from most industries, apparel stocks started 2016 on a dismal note...
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June 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Markets were surging on Thursday, with all major U.S. stock indexes trading up at least 0.1%, and oil and gold registering substantial gains. However,...
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March 17 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates last Wednesday for the first time in more than nine years, which triggered a massive sell-off in equities through...
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December 21 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (NASDAQ:BONT), Straight Path Communications Inc. (NYSEMKT:STRP), Genetic Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:GENE) and Guess’ Inc...
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November 25 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Corporate insiders have two alternatives of how to acquire or sell their companies’ stock. The first alternative is to buy/sell shares through open...
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October 16 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) shares have spiked by almost 7% today after the $1.82 billion apparel and accessories manufacturer appointed Victor Herrero as...
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July 15 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” crew provided a preview on the ensuing corporate earnings season and flagged out Guess, Inc. (NYSE...
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July 8 - Market Movers, News - Comments
If you want to buy a nice watch, but you don’t want to spend a fortune, then your best bet might be Fossil Inc (NASDAQ:FOSL). This is more important...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Investors are always looking for undervalued, top-quality brands with strong potential for international growth. This has become very difficult in today...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Is it smart to be bullish on The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE)? In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are many methods investors can use to monitor...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Things haven’t been easy on US fashion retailers lately. Consumers have been less willing to spend money on discretionary items. Youth retailers...
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September 6 - News - Comments
While the vast majority of retailers have dragged through the recent earnings season, one clothier found success amid a multiyear turnaround. Guess?,...
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September 3 - News - Comments
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines...
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August 29 - News - Comments
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes — just in case...
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August 29 - News - Comments
To many of your peers, hedge funds are assumed to be delayed, outdated financial vehicles of a forgotten age. Although there are In excess of 8,000 hedge...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Recently, Fossil Group Inc (NASDAQ:FOSL) shares dropped over 5% to around $108.40 per share after Barclay’s downgraded it from Equal Weight to Underweight...
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August 6 - News - Comments
Several U.S.-based retailers are struggling in key markets such as North America and Europe due to a rough economic environment which is leading to poor...
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August 5 - News - Comments
The one fashion trend that never dies is consumers love for denim jeans. Ever since blue jeans were first introduced, jeans have become part of the fabric...
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July 16 - News - Comments
Maybe you’ve read about the copyright dispute between Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am and producer Pharrell Williams over the “I am”...
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July 3 - News - Comments
On June 25th, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) Board member Craig Stapleton directly acquired 10,000 shares of stock at prices of about $44 per...
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July 2 - Insider Trading - Comments
Is The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE) going to take off soon? Money managers are in a pessimistic mood. The number of bullish hedge fund bets stayed the same...
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June 19 - News - Comments
Try as I might, there is no way that I can possibly keep up with the world of fashion — although it is not my job. However, it is the job of fashion...
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June 19 - News - Comments
Although apparel sales have outperformed many other retailing segments over the past year, the sluggish economic recovery and the rise on the payroll...
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June 10 - News - Comments
You want to invest in that ball bearing company that no one else seems to know about. It’s this little place out in Wyoming that only makes one...
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June 10 - News - Comments
I’ve spent a lot of time recently discussing teen and young adult apparel retailers. In a previous article, I highlighted the weakness of teen apparel...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) has popped significantly at the end of May, from $18.80 per share to nearly $22 per share. Since the beginning of the year,...
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June 5 - News - Comments
Last week, Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) announced its first-quarter results, and expectations were exceeded. The denim retailer jumped on the day, and has...
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June 5 - News - Comments
Gaining Despite Fundamental Loss Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) is trading higher by 10.5% after the company reported a mixed earnings report. In the quarter...
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June 4 - News - Comments
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) is an apparel retailer, specializing in lifestyle branding and operating some 1,000 retail apparel stores across...
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June 3 - News - Comments
LONDON — Stock index futures at 7 a.m. EDT indicate that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) may open up by 0.33% this morning, while...
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May 30 - News - Comments
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, headlines...
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May 23 - News - Comments
As we know, the apparel industry is highly competitive and promotional, and is sensitive to emerging fashion trends. The companies in the industry have...
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May 22 - News - Comments
I focus on merchandising strategy and inventory control when I evaluate a specialty apparel retailer for investment, and Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) scores...
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May 10 - News - Comments
Just last week, Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) won a long legal battle with high-end designer Gucci, over the use of the letter G in Italy. The court ruled that...
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May 9 - News - Comments
Teen fashion retailing is a tough business with cutthroat competition and uncertainty at every corner. Ubiquitous brands are necessary in order to compete...
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April 24 - News - Comments
As first-quarter earnings creep to a close, I can’t help but point out that the majority of earnings reports we’ve covered over the past year...
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March 25 - News - Comments
After suffering international setbacks from European market declines and Japan’s natural disaster in the past year, The Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) has plans...
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March 6 - News - Comments
With the general direction of the market being to the upside over the past year or so, there is one area that has been plagued by disappointing earnings...
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March 5 - News - Comments
Viking Global, with $22.5 billion of assets under management, now owns over 10.6 million shares of Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (NYSE:KORS), or 5.3% of the...
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February 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In the acquisition food chain, the big fish usually eat the small fish, but the big fish are occasionally eaten by even bigger fish. So it’s no...
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February 20 - News - Comments
Citadel Investment Group, a large hedge fund managed by billionaire Ken Griffin, has reported a position of 4.8 million shares in Express, Inc. (NYSE:...
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January 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company. Our...
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December 6 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) – Contrarian options trades initiated on apparel retailer, Guess?, Inc., this morning look for shares in the name to rebound...
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November 2 - News - Comments
It’s only mid-October, and though the holidays still are over two months away, it’s not too early to begin thinking about the holiday shopping...
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October 22 - Stock Analysis - Comments
