Nike Is Returning To Double-Digit Earnings Growth

Even with a sluggish U.S. retail market dragging it down, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) stock still managed to deliver a 20 percent gain for investors in the past year. Now that analysts see signs of stabilization in the U.S. athletic apparel market, Nike has several positive catalysts that could drive the stock to new highs in 2018.

Facebook Stock Doesn’t Need Fixing

Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to “fix” Facebook Inc (Nasdaq: FB) in 2018. Zuckerberg’s New Year’s resolution sounds simple enough, but investors will be watching closely to see if he sticks to his pledge and how it may impact Facebook’s business.

The Situation Is Getting Desperate For Sears

Sears Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: SHLD) is closing another 103 stores in an effort to keep its business alive in an increasingly difficult environment for department store retailers. The store closings are part of Sears’ multi-year cost-cutting efforts, but the company’s core business continues to deteriorate.

Square Stock Is Worth Every Penny

With Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) stock up 175 percent in the past year, it’s understandable for investors to be concerned about the stock’s ballooning valuation. However, Buckingham Research Group analyst Chris Brendler says Square simply has too many positive long-term trends for investors to get hung up on its steep share price.

More Stores Close on Poor Macy’s Earnings

Macy’s Inc (M) investors likely want to forget about most of 2017, but the stock has gained some traction in the past three months on investor optimism that the company could produce some relatively strong holiday shopping season numbers. On Thursday, Macy’s announced yet another round of store closings as part of its cost-cutting initiative and…