Fueled by gift-card redemptions, clearance sales and almost pitifully easy comparisons, the nation’s retailers seem, on balance, to have posted their fifth straight monthly sales gain in January, according to sales figures. Target's a notable laggard.

Shares of major S&P 500 components Cigna, Burger King and GlaxoSmithKline could be on the move on Thursday.

Editor's Note: This article was written by Richard Suttmeier chief market strategist at ValuEngine.com which is a fundamentally-based quant research firm in Princeton New Jersey that covers more than 5 000 stocks every day.Weekly Key ReversalsLast week we saw weekly key reversals for the Dow and S&P 500 which continue with lower weekly closes this week and next with the Dow below 10 173 and the S&P 500 below 1115.1.The prior week we had weekly key reversals for the SOX EEM QQQQ and crude oil and had lower weekly closes last week continuing the overall key reversals. These key ...

Wal-Mart is a much more prodigious cash generator than archrival Target.

Ross Stores had a tremendous quarter, and it continues to be a dynamic player in its discount retail space.

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