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In part four of an ongoing series, analyst Sean Williams explores clothing retailer True Religion, a small-cap stock whose solid bottom-line, combined with its expansion into brick-and-mortar stores makes it a highly promising buy.

You know it's an especially painful downturn when even the better-off among us stop shelling out for luxury brands. The last time we went through a recession upscale retailers like Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) actually held up pretty well. This time? Not so much. That's why the company's second-quarter...

After a month filled with more financial turmoil than most of us can stomach, there is good news at the end of the tunnel: The first batch of Black Friday ads have begun to surface. In spite of -- and likely because of --the dour retail predictions extending through the third quarter of next year,...