Kevin_S

What Green Mountain's Results Mean for Starbucks and McDonalds

Companies that make a lot of cash even in weaker market - SBUX, AAPL, INTC, MSFT, PFE, MCD, .... so you don't really lose any money if you hold those stocks. When the market begins to turn, you can't buy them cheap anymore.

Analysts Disagree on Starbucks' Future

I am addicted to Starbucks, both its coffee and setting (with free wifi). I guess starbucks will make a lot of money going forward. It's hard to find a better retailer now and in the future.

Starbucks Will Restructure and Rise Once Again

People in my workplace are holding starbucks cups; I don't see them holding Mac Donald cups at all. No question starbucks is a better coffee, but people are choosing to look expensive, not cheap.

When I was still a university student, that sense was even stronger - you definitely don't want to look cheap walking around campus!

Starbucks Stops Paying the Rent

Well, I don't own starbucks, but this is easy to understand. You share room and you used to pay too much. Now, you can rent or even buy much cheaper, so why not negotiate first. This is actually a constructive step.

If the other side (landlord) doesn't want to negotiate, then he/she really got lost with all things going in real estate market.