CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF-Free Report), Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:ATVI-Free Report), The TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX-Free Report), Bon-Ton (Nasdaq:BONT-Free Report) and Kirkland's (Nasdaq:KIRK-Free Report).
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How's Your Black Friday Portfolio?
Sure, there were doubters whether starting Black Friday a day early -- on the actual Thanksgiving holiday, and not waiting until midnight -- was going to be worthwhile. These people are now eating crow for breakfast (after turkey all day yesterday). Starting the retail holiday shopping season on Thanksgiving was an unmitigated success. One major retailer actually had 41,000 transactions per minute on Thursday. Wow.
So expect this as a standard practice for the retail industry going forward, and perhaps the beginning of Thanksgiving as a holiday celebrated only by those with enough money to not have to work on that day. (The lesson here is, clearly: stay in school, kiddies.) That said, today is still Black Friday, when retailers across the spectrum see their first overall profits of the calendar year. How's your retail exposure?
Here's a list of retailers you may wish to consider, either to increase your exposure to the retail space or replace some of your holdings that aren't really bringing home the goods.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF-Free Report), Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:ATVI-Free Report) and The TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX-Free Report) are all Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stocks, and each has received an upgrade from Hold in the past week. The high-end jeweler, video game maker and discount department retailer all posted positive earnings surprises in their most recent quarterly reports, most notably ATVI's 600% surprise (7 cents vs. 1 cent earnings per share).
But Northern department store Bon-Ton (Nasdaq:BONT-Free Report) and specialty furnishings retailerKirkland's (Nasdaq:KIRK-Free Report) are riding high with Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) designations. Both have also received upgrades in the past week, and both expect big numbers in their January quarters. Consider either or both if you're looking for more "pop" from your holiday shopping investments.
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