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- Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
- Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
- Was Friday's Rally Just a Hedge Fund Short Squeeze? [view article]
- Comparing This Past Week to the '87 Crash [view article]
- What are McDonald's and Wal-Mart Telling Us? [view article]
- Wal-Mart: Moving Beyond Low Prices [view article]
- Buffett's Berkshire: 14 Stocks That Have Gone Up [view article]
- The Year of the Bear [view article]
- 36 Opportunities for the Beginning of the Bull [view article]
- Attractive Values - Fast Money Recap (10/7/08) [view article]
- Options Trader: Which Way Wednesday? [view article]
- Raw Data Report: Coach, Wal-Mart, Williams-Sonoma [view article]
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- Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing
- Was Friday's Rally Just a Hedge Fund Short Squeeze?
- Comparing This Past Week to the '87 Crash
- What are McDonald's and Wal-Mart Telling Us?
- The Year of the Bear
- Target Stronger in Apparel, Wal-Mart in Electronics
- Options Trader: Which Way Wednesday?
- Attractive Values - Fast Money Recap (10/7/08)
- Raw Data Report: Coach, Wal-Mart, Williams-Sonoma
- Walmart Stock Price Looks Slightly Expensive
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Greenlight Puts Red Light on Financials - Fast Money Recap (5/23/08) [view article]
David Einhorn sure gets the media attention he does not deserve. He is an inverate short seller who truly believes he can talk down the prices of his short sale holdings and thereby profit. Must you folk be the tools he uses to do this??? ReplyGreenlight Puts Red Light on Financials - Fast Money Recap (5/23/08) [view article]
Jakel sounds a little too emotional to be spewing in a blog like this; perhaps he is long LEH and and has under water options? Take it to senior management, Jakel: they created this mirage in the desert! ReplyGreenlight Puts Red Light on Financials - Fast Money Recap (5/23/08) [view article]
RE: Greenlight or greenhorn, whatever, his comments as a short seller at the ripe old age of 30 somethings have been sued, challenged and defeated by hisgtory for at least ten years. That you give his comment 1/8" of space is BAAAaD Judgment. He is to be ignored like dog doo on the corner wshere he pontificates/ ReplyMisleading April Retail Numbers: Invest In Discounters [view article]
Howard....with what you write....please get out of the Sun...the heat is getting to you. Cheap crap is what got America into this mess and until the American consumer starts thinking made in America...it's only gonna get worse. ReplyRetailer Earnings Will Continue to Worsen [view article]
well...Michael...I'll tell you what I told Todd...duh!....Thinking Locally! only if everyone lives in China. The nice people in China have no choice but to support their currency if they shop at a Wal*Mart.
quote***Wal-Mart firmly believes in local procurement. We recognize that by purchasing quality products, we can generate more job opportunities, support local manufacturing and boost economic development. Over 95% of the merchandise in our stores in China is sourced locally. We have established partnerships with nearly 20,000 suppliers in China. At Wal-Mart, we always work with our suppliers to grow together. In August 2007, Wal-Mart once again secured the top spot of the 2007 Supplier Satisfaction Survey conducted by Business Information of Shanghai. Additionally, Wal-Mart directly exports about US$9 billion from China every year. The export volume by third party suppliers is also estimated to be over US$9 billion.***end quote!
dang! 95%....so! that only leaves 5% for the other 182 country's that make items to sell to the World....including the United States of America.
Todd, you may be long on this company but your a little short on common sense. In order to have a strong currency that currency has to work for the people of that country. Now, the yuan in China works its a!! off by floating around China but with the American people "having to" buy imported items the US dollar gets sent overseas only to be stuck in a foreign bank. The company you praise is the largest in America but it makes nothing and if most all the things that the American consumer buys is outsource to a foreign land it leaves the United States of America holding the bag...cause "we the people" have nothing to sell in order to get all those US dollars back.
Fifty years ago foreigners would had given their left nut for a US dollar or a Hershey chocolate bar and today they have Uncle Sam and the American consumer by both all the while Hershey is moving the chocolate factory to Mexico.
Young people of today need to realize that "cheap" is not what the few fat farmers with the penmanship of a poet wrote about in 1776 .....it was the American dream and the word "cheap" will never put the American worker back to making items to sell to the World as long as the American consumer puts that word first.
It's the currency and to have a strong US dollar put it back in America floating from town to town cause the company that has the star in the name and no longer the hyphen above the door does exactly that in China with buying locally and supporting their export and all that so-call "cheap" items that the American consumers "have to" buy is going up in price because the yuan currency is going up in value.
Wake up!....America is $54 trillion in debt....think made in America for a change. Reply
Walmart Stays Ahead by Thinking Locally [view article]
duh!....Thinking Locally! only if everyone lives in China. The nice people in China have no choice but to support their currency if they shop at a Wal*Mart.quote***Wal-Mart firmly believes in local procurement. We recognize that by purchasing quality products, we can generate more job opportunities, support local manufacturing and boost economic development. Over 95% of the merchandise in our stores in China is sourced locally. We have established partnerships with nearly 20,000 suppliers in China. At Wal-Mart, we always work with our suppliers to grow together. In August 2007, Wal-Mart once again secured the top spot of the 2007 Supplier Satisfaction Survey conducted by Business Information of Shanghai. Additionally, Wal-Mart directly exports about US$9 billion from China every year. The export volume by third party suppliers is also estimated to be over US$9 billion.***end quote!
dang! 95%....so! that only leaves 5% for the other 182 country's that make items to sell to the World....including the United States of America.
Todd, you may be long on this company but your a little short on common sense. In order to have a strong currency that currency has to work for the people of that country. Now, the yuan in China works its a!! off by floating around China but with the American people "having to" buy imported items the US dollar gets sent overseas only to be stuck in a foreign bank. The company you praise is the largest in America but it makes nothing and if most all the things that the American consumer buys is outsource to a foreign land it leaves the United States of America holding the bag...cause "we the people" have nothing to sell in order to get all those US dollars back.
Fifty years ago foreigners would had given their left nut for a US dollar or a Hershey chocolate bar and today they have Uncle Sam and the American consumer by both all the while Hershey is moving the chocolate factory to Mexico.
Young people of today need to realize that "cheap" is not what the few fat farmers with the penmanship of a poet wrote about in 1776 .....it was the American dream and the word "cheap" will never put the American worker back to making items to sell to the World as long as the American consumer puts that word first.
It's the currency and to have a strong US dollar put it back in America floating from town to town cause the company that has the star in the name and no longer the hyphen above the door does exactly that in China with buying locally and supporting their export and all that so-call "cheap" items that the American consumers "have to" buy is going up in price because the yuan currency is going up in value.
Wake up!....America is $54 trillion in debt....think made in America for a change.
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hamovess
Retailer Earnings Will Continue to Worsen [view article]
it is rarely possible to gauge retail activity by personal inspection of a mall or chain of stores. to say that the retailers aren't attracting the parents is to avoid the decent sales at Macy's, certainly not a youth cult store.what one can see in a mall tour is that some retailers are running lousy stores while others are up to date.
walk into a Sears in any mall and it will be the least attractive main store of any Reply
Oil on Trial - Fast Money Recap (5/21/08) [view article]
"Large oil companies were asked to answer for high oil prices as they testified before the Senate on Wednesday. The companies defended the prices, saying they were based on normal supply and demand…"This is not true; the oil executives said there was ample supply!!!! (source: CSPAN)
"Michael Masters testified before Congress that speculation is driving oil and suggests preventing pension funds from investing in oil and would make it more difficult for financial institutions to forego limits on speculative positions."
This is also 'supply and demand'…the kind that makes you wonder where all of those Enron traders are working now. That story (Enron) is now worth a quick review. The similarities of political and corporate corruption are a little scary when the implications of national consequences are compared to what happened in CA.
Here are a couple excerpts from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... :
After extensive investigation The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) substantially agreed in 2003:[4]
"...supply-demand imbalance, flawed market design and inconsistent rules made possible significant market manipulation as delineated in final investigation report. Without underlying market dysfunction, attempts to manipulate the market would not be successful."
"...many trading strategies employed by Enron and other companies violated the anti-gaming provisions..."
Former Governor Gray Davis: "I inherited the energy deregulation scheme which put us all at the mercy of the big energy producers. We got no help from the Federal government. In fact, when I was fighting Enron and the other energy companies, these same companies were sitting down with Vice President Cheney to draft a national energy strategy."
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Wal-Mart vs. Target [view article]
Target has hugh equity in all its realestate and its net stock vakue is close to just its store dollar value. So this would bad for a continuing downturn in property but a big shot in the arm for recovery of commercial locations, no? ReplyWal-Mart vs. Target [view article]
Target has hugh equity in all its realestate and its net stock vakue is close to just its store dollar value. So this would bad for a continuing downturn in property but a big shot in the arm for recovery of commercial locations, no? ReplyTwo Great American Companies [view article]
This week Brady Corporation announced better than expected results and improved outlook. Its stock completed the first leg of its ascend to a previous high. I took this opportunity to lighten my exposure to the US stock markets, by getting out of BRC on Friday, May 23rd, 2008 at $36.59. My gain is 19.5% (including the April dividend payment and excluding commissions) in just 4 1/2 months. ReplyOil Takes a Breather - Fast Money Recap (5/22/08) [view article]
I agree.I have a couple of Mercedes, and rented a Ford Fusion "SEL" this weekend. I was impressed with the style, fit,finish and driveability.The Edge also looks unique and quality.I think flex fuel/hybrids would be a great idea for Ford.Japanese cars are reliable, but Ford has an "edge" (pun intended) now in styling and getting closer in quality finish to the Japanese competition. Reply
As Dick's Sporting Goods Falls 17%, Expect More of the Same from Retail [view article]
When you make mistakes like this you lose credibility:"Revenue rose 9 percent, to $1.2 billion from $1.11 billion, as greater customer traffic partly offset the effects of inflation"
Go back and re-read the transcript. Traffic was down not up and inflation helped the top-line because they were able to pass along the increases. Not trying to be a dikk, just thought this was a sloppy mistake. Cheers Reply
Jacome
As Dick's Sporting Goods Falls 17%, Expect More of the Same from Retail [view article]
We got smoked on DKS -- our EPS estimates were too high, too -- wish we had stress tested our EPS assumptions and modeled oil prices better.
Live and learn. Reply
Wal-Mart vs. Target [view article]
Wal-Mart power is overseas, which includes being #1 to the North in Canada and #1 to the South in Mexico. Target doesn't have that international presence. If Wal-Mart wakes up, and calms down in the US (not irritating people on so many grounds), it will be able to focus on the whole world--where they are darn good. A move of corporate HQ to China, for example, would change everything. If Halliburton can go to Dubai, and fall off radar, why not Wal-Mart to China? Reply