Food Distributors

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX (NYSE: FXG) is up more than 20% year to date. The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index. Top holdings include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR),...

Click here for a FREE Trading Course The High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio has been updated for July.  I will have an in-depth article published on the portfolio tomorrow on Seeking Alpha. The link will be posted as soon as it is available. The two purchases for this month are MGE Energy (...

Piper Jaffray made a number of updates in a research report published today. Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU) had its rating maintained at Overweight. At the same time, its price target was raised from $49 to $53. On Tuesday, CYOU closed the day at $45.32. Conway (NYSE: CNW) had its rating reiterated...

In conjunction with the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, MSNBC's "The Ed Show" will join forces with the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) to bring free health care and treatment to New Orleans on Monday, August 29, 2011. To bring awareness and care to those in critical need, MSNBC...

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...

Shares of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) are higher on the session by 1.02%, currently trading at $30.76. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while...

United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) today announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with L&R Distributors, Inc. to divest the Company's non-foods and general merchandise lines of business. This strategic transaction will allow UNFI to concentrate on its core business of the...

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on jobless claims and sales data from retailers. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28 points to 12,302.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 4.10 points to 1,316.20. Nasdaq 100 futures surged 10....

Cascade Corporation (NYSE: CASC) is estimated to report its Q1 EPS at $0.82 on revenue of $113.33 million. SAIC Inc (NYSE: SAI) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.33 on revenue of $2.71 billion. The Descartes Systems Group Inc (NASDAQ: DSGX) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.12 on...

Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: OPTR) shares surged 7.24% to $13.92 at 10:40 am. The volume of OPTR shares traded was 815% higher than normal. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its antibacterial drug Dificid to treat Clostridium difficile. The Medicines Company (NASDAQ:...

Shares of China Real Estate Information Corporation (NASDAQ: CRIC) gained about 8% after the company released its results for the first quarter. CRIC reported its Q1 non-GAAP income from operations at $5.8 million, versus $9.7 million, in the year-ago quarter. Its non-GAAP net income attributable...

G. Willi-Food International Ltd (NASDAQ: WILC) released its results for the first quarter on Tuesday. Willi-Food reported its Q1 operating income at NIS 6.8 million (US$ 2.0 million), compared to NIS 10.5 million (US$ 3.0 million), in the year-ago quarter.Willi-Food's net income dropped to to NIS...

Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) today announced that it has acquired Goldberg & Solovy Foods, Inc.. The acquisition was effective as of May 24, 2011. The management team and employees of G&S will remain with the company.

Spartan Stores, Inc., (Nasdaq: SPTN) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 30 percent increase in the quarterly dividend rate, from $0.05 per share to $0.065 per share. The Board also authorized a five year share repurchase program for up to $50 million of the Company's...