One reason John Buckingham is excited about stocks right now is that most investors aren’t. Moreover, the mutual-fund manager sees many of those opportunities in the large-cap arena.

Bed Bath has a number of appealing store franchises, but it will be some time before sales are significant.

Ever notice that when you really need a computer to move fast it’s slow as the day is long? Sometimes I think Ballmer and the folks at Mister Softee really do have it in for me.The Hang Seng got thumped overnight and ended down 2.52%. However the Nikkei was up 1.67%. European stocks were in negative territory earlier this morning. And here in the US we’re currently trading higher.Here’s what I’m seeing this morning:General Mills (GIS): Eat that! The food giant released its first-quarter numbers yesterday and I didn’t get a chance to weigh in. There were actually three ...

Retail stocks fell Thursday after existing home sales in August unexpectedly declined for the first time in five months. A broker downgrade and a CEO resignation also weighed.

On the day Springsteen turned 60 maybe the market was bound and Born to Run out of gas. Stocks up immediately after the Fed’s interest rate announcement abruptly turned tail to slip for the second time this week. Indeed yesterday’s tea leaves were uniformly tough to read; Carnival (CCL) was both upgraded (Raymond James) and downgraded (Credit Suisse) poetic justice saw Jarden (JAH) (+4.25%) and Darden (DRI) (-4.62%) move in opposite directions and weight loss leader NutriSystem (NTRI) shed 9.79% even as Interleukin Genetics (ILI) beefed up 270% after patients responded positively to its diet program.A paean to profits opened to mostly negative reviews ...

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