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Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. This past week, some insiders added to their stakes in REITs, a specialty retailer and a packaged foods giant. Some insiders were making return trips to the buy window to increase their stakes....

Three prominent food makers are on deck to report quarterly results this holiday week. Wall Street expectations vary for each of these earnings reports. A handful of other prominent companies are also on deck to report during this shortened trading week. Those looking forward to the Thanksgiving...

Two industry leading tech companies are expected to take their turns on the earnings stage this week. Wall Street analysts are looking for some earnings growth, but smaller revenues from each of them. One of them has had a better record of exceeding consensus earnings estimates in recent quarters...

A recent article in USA Today by Bruce Horovitz, "What's behind the food stock frenzy" focused on the heavy takeover activity in the food sector. Horovitz noted that companies in the sector must buy or be bought, explaining: "Perhaps that's why even giant Tyson Foods got into the melee...

Quarterly reports from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this holiday-shortened week. A handful of other retailers and a couple of Chinese solar companies are scheduled to report as well. Below is a quick look at what analysts...

The start of the retail earnings season last week was a mixed bag. Quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) ranged from so-so to disappointing, while J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) posted a larger-than-expected net loss. Macy's (NYSE: M) was the standout,...

It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of this year's top performing consumer goods stocks that pay dividends, such as Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO), Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL)...

U.S. markets are closed on Monday for the Presidents' Day holiday, and many of the S&P 500 have already posted results for the most recent quarter. But PC makers Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) step into the earnings spotlight this week. Also, the world's largest retailer...

Perhaps it is apropos to hear from some processed food giants this week, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Last Friday J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) posted in line second-quarter results. Tyson Foods is scheduled to share its fiscal fourth-quarter results first thing Monday...

After J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) posted higher fiscal second-quarter results and lifted its outlook on Friday, more big food processing companies are on the schedule to share earnings this week leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. They are Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), H.J....

Last week, big-box retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said their earnings and sales rose in the most recent quarter, and they both boosted their full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance. More earnings reports are due from retailers this week, highlighted by second-quarter...