Slap! Retail Stocks Spanked

Tarjay Investor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:20:17 +0000

What’s the crashing to the floor you hear? Oh ya that’s retail stocks taking a drubbing today in the market. While the market is down around 1.5%, Target stock closed down 3.68%. Wal-Mart also underperformed the market down nearly 2% and Costco was down nearly 3%. Another day like today on Friday and Target could see a 10% decline this week. There may be a decent technical area for the stock to bounce at $50, but is the market telling us something much bigger? Volume on today’s drop was not light, nearly 50% higher than average daily volume, which is not an encouraging sign. How the week ends will be key, but be wary of a bump back on low volume.

Target – Wal-Mart Stock Battle

Tarjay Investor — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:15:43 +0000

Year-to-date the Target vs. Wal-Mart stock battle has gone to Target. In fact, it’s not even close. Wal-Mart is down over 12 percent. Target stock, on the other hand, is up nearly 18 percent. Target also has a leg up on Costco (also down 2009) and DollarTree which is up over 2 percent on the year,

Target Stock » costco

Slap! Retail Stocks Spanked

Target – Wal-Mart Stock Battle