On November 20th we wrote about Tesla (TSLA). As always we tried to differentiate between what we think about the company, its products, ambitions and its founder (we’re fans) and what we think about the …
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Earlier (below) I closed the March 65/67.50 call spread that I entered nearly one month ago in Macy’s. The original trade was to express a bullish view into the company’s Q4 earnings. As I stated in …
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A little less than a month ago I made a bullish trade with the idea that Macy’s would re-test its prior highs. The thought was that there was plenty of short term bad news in …
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Macy’s has had an interesting 24+hours. Following the release of their Q4 earnings report the stock seems to be a a bit confused.Initially it opened unchanged but quickly came under pressure yesterday, getting as low …
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A couple weeks ago I took a look at Macy’s (read below) after strong sales results for Kohls, another U.S. retail that should get the benefit from no strong dollar exposure and a consumer that …
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Yesterday in my MorningWord (Retail Therapy) I discussed the investor push and pull for U.S. retailers between those with little to no exposure to a strong dollar that benefit from lower oil (both from the benefit to their consumers and …
Continue readingLumber Liquidators (LL) is a retailer that gets 100% of its sales from the U.S. The company sells hardwood floors for home-building, and refurbishment is having a SALE, if you couldn’t tell by the company’s …
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MorningWord 2/8/13: Last night LNKD reported Q4 sales and earnings that handily beat Wall Street expectations and raised Q1 guidance which could prove to be conservative if the company maintains current quarter over quarter growth rates. …
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MorningWord 2/7/13: With S&P 500 earnings more than two thirds complete for Q4, the data suggests a fairly healthy beat rate by most of the super-sectors in the index. Yesterday, Bespoke ran a chart showing 64% of the companies …
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MorningWord 2/6/13: Since the June 2011 announcement that AAPL’s retail head, Ron Johnson was leaving to become JCP’s CEO, the stock and its investors have been on a wild ride. The announcement alone sent the …
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