5 Stocks for the Memorial Day Weekend

Stookle submits:These securities have been constantly losing price value within the past 90 trading days but are now showing signs of an uptrend. While the S&P 500 index lost 2.46%, these securities lost in between 30.72% & 19.07% during the last 90 trading days. Click to enlarge:

Last Monday, Dollar General, the nation’s largest dollar-store chain, posted better-than-expected profit, helping boost the company’s stock, which is up 15% year to date. And earlier this year, the discount retailer announced plans to open its 11,000th store by the end of the 2013 — an impressive figure for a discount retailer. The only other companies to boast store counts that high are fast food chains like McDonald’s and Subway. And Dollar General isn’t the only dollar chain to have had success in recent years.

Last Monday, Dollar General, the nation’s largest dollar-store chain, posted better-than-expected profit, helping boost the company’s stock, which is up 15% year to date. And earlier this year, the discount retailer announced plans to open its 11,000th store by the end of the 2013 — an impressive figure for a discount retailer. The only other companies to boast store counts that high are fast food chains like McDonald’s and Subway. And Dollar General isn’t the only dollar chain to have had success in recent years.

Sears Holdings Corp said late on Monday Chief Executive Louis D’Ambrosio will step down for family health reasons after the U.S. retailer reported a 1.8% decline in quarter-to-date sales at stores open at least a year. Edward Lampert will assume the role of Sears CEO in addition to his current role as chairman, Sears said in a statement late on Monday. Lampert’s hedge fund, ESL Investments, had a 34.14% stake in Sears Holdings as of Nov. 30, according to Thomson Reuters data.

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Office Depot (ODP) Q1 2011 Earnings Call April 26, 2011 9:00 am ET Executives Brian Turcotte - Vice President, Investor Relations Charles Brown - President of International Kevin Peters - President of North American Retail Division Neil Austrian - Interim Chairman, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee and Member of Finance Committee