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The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended positive alongside vaccine optimism and a retail sales beat. Remember This: “Regardless of who may win the election, we think the continued economic rebound will support future equity gains,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market...

What Happened Sturm Ruger & Company Inc (NYSE: RGR) and American Outdoor Brands Corp (NASDAQ: AOBC) were on the rise Monday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported both month-over-month and year-over-year increases in February firearm background checks. Notably, nearly every month...

Following a strong run last year, gun sales are off to a slow start in 2017 with a 20 percent year-year drop and 26 percent decline from December 2016 levels. In fact, it was the first year-over-year January decline since 2014, and only fifth time it happened since data began being recorded....

Before reports were even in for December 2016, firearm background checks for the year had already surpassed the previous annual record by more than 1.5 million. By the time the final numbers came in, 2016 beat out 2015 by a 2.9-million margin. With 52,306,187 total checks, every month saw year-...

MKM Partners said strong gun/ammunition sales following the nightclub shooting in Orlando should aid Cabelas Inc (NYSE: CAB)'s second-quarter results, which come amid M&A speculations. Cabela's, which is a specialty retailer and a direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor...

American consumers are breaking records this summer in a controversial category: gun sales. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its background check data late Friday, data which is used as a proxy for the level of gun sales, and the numbers suggest to CNN Money that 2016 is on track to...

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) is absolutely booming after Thursday's big beat and record sales. The stock is up more than 20 percent year-to-date and 6 percent on Friday alone. This success, and the success of peer Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) both follow...