Christopher Growe

• Selective Standouts

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  May 24, 2012

  Certain consumer companies continue to outshine their counterparts.

• Above-Peer Performance

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  November 23, 2011

  Before the market open on November 3, CVS Caremark reported solid 3Q’11 results. During 3Q’11, retail same-store sales were 2.3 percent, and the company appears to be tracking nicely to its full year guidance of 1.5-2.5 percent. Notably, front-store comparable sales increased 2.0 percent, which is the strongest performance in...

• Consumer Sectors: Healthy Outlook

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  June 1, 2011

• Opportunities for Investing in Consumer Sectors

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2009

  Research Consumer-Sectors Companies: CVS Caremark Corp., Kellogg Co. Andrew Lazar Barclays Capital 212-526-4668 andrew.lazar@barcap.com Food: We continue to look for around -10 percent deflation on an unhedged basis for the...