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Profit from the Recession: Four retail stocks to buy now

“I definitely began to think less about ‘what if we go into a recession’ and more along the lines of ‘What should I do with my money now?’” — Wayne Mulligan Blogger’s note: Wayne Mulligan is the founder of Tickerhound, a Web site that’s best described as Yahoo Answers for investors. If that [...]

TFN Gains Summary: Smith & Wesson (SWHC:Nasdaq), Boeing’s August 90 Calls, Dollar Tree (DLTR:Nasdaq), Rex Energy (REXX:Nasdaq)

“TFN’s closed positions have averaged 42.48% since January 1.” — J. Christoph Amberger by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Over the past 7 days, we closed out four stock recommendations and added them to our official TFN Track Record. (For long-term TFN members, we only include picks we made as of Jan. 1, 2008 in that [...]

Sell Dollar Tree (DLTR:NASDAQ) for 40% gains

by Laura Cadden Baltimore (TFN): Dollar Tree Stores Inc. (DLTR:NASDAQ) has released its first quarter results: comparable-store sales increased by 2.1% and total sales went up 7.8% as compared to Q1 last year. The news has propelled the share price past $32. If you took advantage of our recommendation back in mid-January of Dollar Tree Stores Inc., you’ve [...]

Retail Stocks: Costco (COST:Nasdaq) is up 19%. Dollar Tree (DLTR:Nasdaq) soars

Update 05/08/2008 10:55 AM: Laura Cadden has just issued a recommendation to sell DLTR for a 40%-plus gain. Read’em and weep! By J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Early retail sales reports issued this morning indicate that shoppers focused on basic consumer goods over the past month and bought at discounters and wholesale clubs. Wal-Mart Stores [...]

Dollar Tree Posts Higher-Than-Expected Profits: TFN viewers score 26%-plus profits

Baltimore — (TFN): Dollar Tree Stores Inc (DLTR) announced today that quarterly profit fell by 3 percent. But this drop in profits was due to there being one less week than in the year-earlier period. Still, results beat analysts' estimates, and the company's shares jumped by as much as 15 percent, crossing $30 in early-morning [...]

Contrarian Retail Stock Speculation: Buy Dollar Tree Stores Inc (DLTR:NASDAQ) at current levels!

A Today’s Financial News Research Report: This company’s new operational structuring will allow it to compete with the larger discount retailers for the more sophisticated bargain-hunting consumer. It may not be replace Target and Wal-Mart as main lower-end retail markets, but it has the strong potential to grow sales as its higher-end competitors see volume decline. [...]