Both Office Max and Office Depot are downgraded to 'neutral.'
Natural disasters and severe inclement weather create significant opportunities for equities, both positive and negative.
3 home improvement companies to buy before housing takes off.
Yahoo is downgraded to 'market perform,' and SolarCity is initiated with a 'buy.'
These 3 stocks are seeing an added boost in demand in the wake of the superstorm.
With 2012 rapidly drawing to a close and the holiday shopping season in full swing, investors might consider looking at retailers.
Stocks are sharply higher as sales of existing homes rise in October and a gauge of homebuilder sentiment climbs to a 6-year high in November.
The home-improvement retailer seems to emerging from Home Depot's shadow.
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