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Here are two cheap retailers that fill three requirements, they have a large amount of cash, little or no debt and have sold off significantly the last year. Can they get cheaper? Sure, but as a former co worker of mine used to say, "you got to own something."

The first up is Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. (CHIC) - it has $125 million in cash, or about $5.00 per share, as of 3/29/08. After the quarter ended, CHIC bought back 16% of its shares for $73.4 million. This reduced its cash balance to $52 million, still a nice nest egg, and no debt. The stock has lost about half its value over the last year, and is at $17.87.

The second stock is Christopher Banks (CBK). The company has $78.5 million as of March 1, 2008. Unfortunately for them, another $24.5 million is locked up in Auction Rate Securities. The share count is 35 million, so depending on what you use as your numerator, the company has either $2.00 or close to $3.00 per share in cash. The stock peaked at $30 and is now at $10. No debt either for them.

Disclosure - No position in either of these stocks.

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    Yeah, they're cheap and gettin' cheaper!

    How's the recession going?
    www.marketwatch.com/ne...

    Recession? What recession? Bush says the Economy is STRONG, just like our Dollar!

    Hahaha!

    Just the facts, please:

    * All five of the key indicators used by the NBER researchers are below their peaks.
    * The index of coincident indicators, which includes four of the five indicators, has not risen since October.
    * Payrolls down by a total of 260,000 in the past four months.
    * Payrolls have fallen at an annual rate of 0.5% in the past three months (Payrolls need to grow about 1% per year just to keep up with population growth)
    * After adjusting for inflation, real average weekly wages are down 1% in the past year.
    * Industrial production peaked in January and has fallen at a 4.9% annual pace in the past three months.
    * Total business sales have plunged at a 7% annual rate in the three months ending in February.
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    May 20 10:52 PM
    special1person: A democrat let's all vote for Obama he will make everthing better talk about funny he can't even fight his way out of a paper bag maybe he can with those big ears of his.Because it is all Bush's fault they will probably blame Kennedy's brain tumor on him too.seeksomething.com
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