Though Fossil's latest earnings were anemic, its solid fundamentals makes it a good long-term play.

Retail stocks rise after the Commerce Department reported better-than-expected October sales, giving hope that consumer spending may hold up heading into the holiday season despite a record-high unemployment rate.

“Sell in May and go away" turned out to be not such good advice this year, but we're approaching what historically has been stocks' best six-month cycle. Here are five market sectors worth examining.

Slim gains on vacation volume still sufficed to send the Dow Jones Index up for a sixth successive session as it and the Standard & Poor’s 500 closed at fresh highs for the year. While 1 100 represents a pesky resistance point for the S&P bulletproof bullion has blown past $1 100 and gold futures are on a nine-session streak unseen since ‘82. See also Dollar Tops As Precious Metals Bottom. When the closing bell tolled for Toll Brothers (TOL)  its shares were up 16.42% good for its biggest gain in 17 years. Fifth Third (FITB) (+3.29%) also put ...

The weekend is upon us! Asian stocks rebounded overnight. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei were up 2.4% and 1.45% respectively. European stocks were mixed early this morning. And here in the US we’re currently trading lower.Here’s what I’m focused on this fine Friday morning:Las Vegas Sands (LVS): Excluding items the casino company put up $0.03 in its third quarter. That was ahead of the penny-per-share loss the Street was expecting. My feel:1. Obviously it’s better than expected and I can’t be too upset with that. But at the same time it's $0.03 and the company is only expected ...

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Ridgewater Equity (RWE).

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Benchmark Journal.