Why Investors Should Take A Purchasing Pause When It Comes To Retail Stocks

Things in the retail sector look good: on a macro level, it gave a 7.7% boost to the S&P 500's earnings per share growth during the fourth quarter of 2014. On a micro level, companies like Macy's and the TJX Companies posted earnings results that beat their own guidance while others -- primarily Target -- have announced massive savings plans and job cuts for fiscal 2015 that should be a boon to the business' bottom line. But according to a new research note from S&P Capital IQ, investors might w...