The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

• Are Heroic Measures Necessary for These Companies?

  By AnnaLisa Kraft - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, SHLD, BONT

  If you heed only one piece of my advice, let it be this: never watch "House" before you undergo surgery. The bumbling residents put their puzzling patients through at least five unpleasant, life-threatening, and/or painful procedures before the lightbulb goes on for diagnostic genius, Dr. House. Several retailers seem to be in need of a Dr. House--or even a Dr. Feelgood.

  Bon-Ton (NASDAQ: BONT) , J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCPmore »)

• Crestwood vs. Bon-Ton: Which Moody's Downgrade May Experience Solvency Issues?

  By Michael Nolan - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: CMLP, BONT

  With the recent downgrading of two major corporations – Crestwood Midstream Partners (NYSE: CMLP) and Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT)– by Moody’s (both companies were downgraded to Caa1, or, as defined by Moody’s, “rated as poor quality and very high credit risk,”) which one has potentially worse solvency issues? Which is at higher risk of default? Using three metrics to measure potential solvency issues, we can try to see which more »

• Why the Smart Money Believes in J.C. Penney

  By Dana Blankenhorn - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, SHLD, BONT

  JCP (NYSE: JCP) is a whipped dog.

  The once proud name of American middle market retailing has had its stockholders played for suckers by a city slicker named Ron Johnson, who thought he could make the old dog cool again with some ribbons and a strategy born in Silicon Valley.

  Unfortunately, Penney's was selling knives and clothes, not iPads. The strategy was imposed from the top-down, all at once more »

• And You Thought J.C. Penney Was Scary

  By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, M, BONT

  There are few department store retailers who are doing as badly as J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), but one that comes close is Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT), which bears some scary similarities to J.C. Penney besides stock performance. J.C. Penney is down over 30% in less than a week, and Bon-Ton is off from a high of $14.99 a few months ago to be trading in the more »

• Firms Drop Billions to Enter Fast-Growing "Algorithm Hiring" Market

  By Chris Marasco - October 11, 2012 | Tickers: IBM, ORCL, SAP, BONT, XRX

  News about high-frequency traders (HFTs) is littered throughout the media.  Did the HFTs cause the Flash Crash in 2010?  Are they ruling the markets today, creating an uneven playing field for investors?  It’s a testy subject. 

  But algorithms are also gaining traction in a myriad of other markets.  Bon-Ton (NASDAQ: BONT), for example, began using software made by Kenexa, which will soon be owned by IBM (NYSE: IBM), to more »

• Death of a Mall

  By AnnaLisa Kraft - September 12, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, M, JWN, BONT

  If you thought the house on the hill in 'Psycho' was creepy you should visit a dead mall. There’s one near me with only two stores open in the 600,000 sq. ft. facility. Located on a busy thoroughfare locally called, ‘The Golden Mile’ where making a left turn can take two full songs on the radio it should have been thriving. Instead, it’s an object lesson in more »

• 9 High Yield Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week (January 9 - 15)

  By DividendYields - January 9, 2012 | Tickers: ARR, SAN, BPT, CNSL, FSC, MVO, SBR, SNH, BONT

  Dividend stocks are wonderful because they increase my cash with regular payments. One major date in relation to the payment is the ex-dividend date. If you own a stock before this date, you get the next payment. This is very interesting because in the case of a high yield stock, I can earn at least one percent in cash for a short period of investing.

  I screened stocks with ex-dividend more »