Company: Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Following are mid-day movers you might have missed. Find out what’s going up, what’s going down and whether our traders would double down, fade or run in the other direction!   Read More

Happy Friday! With a parade of major retailers and some smaller tech firms on tap to post earnings next week, check out what analysts expect and how to trade some of the top companies.    Read More

Since the S&P 500 touched a multi-year high on April 2, the index is down about 3.8 percent.  Should investors use the selloff as a buying opportunity?   Read More

Consumer-staples retailers are undergoing abrupt changes to their industry. The latest example is the battle over Americans' grocery purchases being waged by traditional supermarkets, dollar-discount stores, big-box department stores and wholesale clubs.    Read More

Family Dollar earnings beat the Street on Wednesday, prompting analysts to weigh in. Trouble is, they don’t at all agree. Here’s where the two sides stand.    Read More

Technology stocks have been gaining momentum in 2012, up eight of the last nine weeks.  However, over the last 12 months, consumer discretionary and health care companies have really powered the rally.   Read More

Could there be a correlation between leap years and market performance?    Read More

Drivers aren't the only group growing concerned as gas prices tick upwards. Most retailers and consumer discretionary businesses consider $4 gasoline the tipping point, where consumers begin to pull back on their discretionary spending. A look at how the retail sector has held up during recent gasoline price spikes.   Read More

Although selecting the best of breed in the dog show may be a mysterious science to some, picking outliers in the stock market is vastly more straightforward.     Read More

Despite a flat year for the S&P 500, nearly 84 percent of the index components reached a new 52-week high at one point in 2011. Here's a list of the ones with the most days traded at yearly highs.    Read More