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Jefferies Comments On Lululemon's Executive Hire
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 11:25am | 196Read More...Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Stuart Haseldon as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, effective February 2. Haselden brings 15 years of executive leadership experience in retail. Randal Konik of Jefferies commented in a note...
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Barclays Favors Lululemon, The Gap And L Brands Heading In To Earnings
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 2:41pm | 298Read More...Matthew McClintock of Barclays previewed several retailers that have yet to report earnings. “We believe the upcoming release of third-quarter results for companies in our coverage universe should not be too surprising given recent preannouncements,” McClintock wrote in a note to...
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Markets Boosted From Strong Earnings Releases, Jobless Benefits
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 5:14pm | 2034Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after Wednesday's decline on strong earnings reports from Caterpillar and 3M. Also, U.S. data showed a decline in Americans filing for jobless benefits. The bullish sentiment on Wall Street may have been spoiled by fresh reports of a doctor who recently returned...
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Markets Reverse Early Morning Losses; Still Lower On The Day
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 4:40pm | 2611Read More...U.S. stocks declined as geopolitical concerns outweighed an improved economic read on second-quarter growth. Ukraine's President stated that Russian troops had crossed in to Ukraine territory and were fighting alongside Russian supported separatists. Markets initially traded lower on the...
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Athleisure Wear Fad A Rapidly Growing, But Crowded Space
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 11:37am | 496Read More...Sales of yoga apparel have risen 45 percent year over year, according to analysts at SportsOneSource. During the same time period, yoga participation also grew... by 4.5 percent. Analysts at Barclays may have noticed the same trend. Those analysts stated that the U.S. athletic apparel market (...
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Dow Trades Above 17,000 While S&P 500 Inches Closer To 2,000
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 1:20pm | 1238Read More...U.S. stocks rose ahead of the long weekend after the economy added a better-than-expected 288,000 jobs in June. The unemployment rate also dipped to 6.1 percent. The Fed's Janet Yellen confirmed its views that ti will not raise its interest rates on Wednesday at an International Monetary...
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Bulls Take A Break As Dow's Winning Streak Ends At 7 Days
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 4:40pm | 2213Read More...U.S. stocks were slightly lower as positive housing data proved to be not enough to boost the Dow's winning streak to eight days. The National Association of Realtors reported that previously-owned home sale posted strong growth in May compared to April. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...
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Market Wrap For June 18: Markets Rally On Fed Comments And Tapering
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 4:34pm | 2069Read More...U.S. stocks rose as investors and traders digested comments from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve Open Committee announced that it will further taper its asset purchases by another $10 billion. The Fed is now committing towards purchasing $35 billion of assets per month. The Fed also...
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Market Wrap For June 16: M&A Frenzy Keep Indices In Positive Territory
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 4:33pm | 1781Read More...U.S. stocks closed the day slightly higher as a mergers and acquisition heavy trading session eased fears over escalating violence in Iraq. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State index for June showed that business conditions in June rose from May. In fact, June's reading proved...
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Market Wrap For June 12: Iraq Concerns Dampens Bullish Momentum
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 4:37pm | 1579Read More...U.S. stocks declined as investors demonstrated concerns over recent escalations of violence in Iraq. Crude oil rose as a wave of violence has seen Mosul and Tikrit (two cities key to Iraq's oil industry) fall to insurgent forces. The Senate confirmed former Bank of Israel government...
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Market Wrap For June 11: Momentum Hit, Dow Suffers Triple Digit Loss
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2008Read More...U.S. stocks appeared to run out of momentum, at least for the time being, after the the World Bank cut its global growth outlook. Citing a bitter winter in the U.S., a weaker outlook from emerging markets such as Russia and China, the World Bank expects the global economy to grow 2.8 percent...
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Market Wrap For June 9: Markets Higher On St. Louis Fed Comments, Low Volume
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 4:42pm | 2188Read More...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...
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Market Wrap For June 5: Markets Positive Before Friday's Employment Report
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2244Read More...U.S. stocks were positive after the European Central Bank implemented steps to fight disinflation, including negative interest rates. On the home-front, initial jobless claims rose last week but that didn't stand in the way of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices trading at historical all-...
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Market Wrap For March 27: Markets Lower Following Mixed Economic Data
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 5:39pm | 2145Read More...U.S. stocks were slightly lower as positive labor market data clashed with fourth quarter GDP estimates that showed the economic expanded less than economists had expected. Major indices finished slightly lower as the Nasdaq index continues to see its losses fall sharper compared to the Dow and...
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Lululemon Earnings Preview: What the Analysts are Saying
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 4:11pm | 662Read More...Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) will report its fourth quarter results on Thursday before the market opens. The company is expected to report an EPS of $0.72, on revenue of $516.8 million. The last time Lululemon reported its quarterly results was on Dec, 12. At that time, the company...














