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This Retail Stocks forecast is designed for investors and analysts who need equity research predictions for the best stocks to invest in the retail estate sector (see Retail Stocks Package). It includes 20 stocks with bullish and bearish signals:

• Top 10 Retail stocks for the long position
• Top 10 Retail stocks for the short position

Package Name: Retail Stocks
Recommended Positions: Long
Forecast Length: 14 Days (3/31/2020 – 4/14/2020)
I Know First Average: 11.55%

10 out of 10 stock prices in this forecast for the Retail Stocks Package moved as predicted by the algorithm. BBY was the top performing prediction with a return of 16.9%. AMZN and WEN also performed well for this time horizon with returns of 16.26% and 14.7%, respectively. The Retail Stocks package had an overall average return of 11.55%, providing investors with a premium of 3.20% over the S&P 500’s return of 8.35%.

Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) operates as a retailer of technology products, services, and solutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company operates through two reportable segments, Domestic and International. Its stores provide consumer electronics, such as home theater, home automation, digital imaging, health and fitness, and portable audio products; computing and mobile phones, including computing and peripherals, networking, tablets, smart watches, and e-readers, as well as mobile phones comprising related mobile network carrier commissions; and entertainment products, such as gaming hardware and software, movie, music, technology toy, and other software products. The company’s stores also offer appliances, which include refrigeration and laundry appliances, dishwashers, ovens, coffee makers, blenders, etc.; and other products comprising snacks, beverages, and other sundry items. In addition, it provides services, such as consultation, design, delivery, installation, set-up, protection plan, repair, technical support, and educational services. The company offers its products through stores and Websites under the Best Buy, bestbuy.com, Best Buy Mobile, Best Buy Direct, Best Buy Express, Geek Squad, Magnolia Home Theater, Pacific Kitchen and Home, bestbuy.com.ca, bestbuy.com.mx, and Geek Squad brand names, as well as through call centers. As of January 30, 2016, it had approximately 1,200 large-format and 400 small-format stores. The company was formerly known as Sound of Music, Inc. Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.

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Algorithmic Stock Forecast: The table on the left is a stock forecast produced by I Know First’s algorithm. Each day, subscribers receive forecasts for six different time horizons. Note that the top 10 stocks in the 1-month forecast may be different than those in the 1-year forecast. In the included table, only the relevant stocks have been included. The boxes are arranged according to their respective signal and predictability values (see below for detailed definitions). A green box represents a positive forecast, suggesting a long position, while a red represents a negative forecast, suggesting a short position.

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