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Mar 9th, 2009 |
By Adam Lass |
Category: Featured
Massive unemployment? No problem! Adam Lass of the Taipan Publishing Group says that no one is buying luxury goods right now but he gives us two puts in the retail sector that are playing out well during the crisis.
Tags: Adam Lass, ANN, BBY, CCI, Consumer Poll, DIS, Eastern Europe, Great Depression, JWN, luxury goods, Massive Unemployment, retail sector, SKS, SSL, Stock Market, WMT
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Dec 29th, 2008 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Financial News
If there’s a proverb that captures the outlook for the U.S. economy in the New Year, it’s the one that says: “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”
Tags: AIG, American Economy, BAC, Barack Obama, BX, credit crisis, DB, Economic Slowdown, Fed Funds Rate, FNM, FRE, Gdp, GPS, GS, Hilton Hotels Corp, HOT, JCP, JWN, KSS, LEHMQ, LTD, MCO, MER, MS, Pension Funds, Retail Sales, Shah Gilani, TGT, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc, US Jobless Rate, US recession, WMT
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Nov 10th, 2008 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Politics & Economics
By all reasonable measures, we are already in a recession, says Shah Gilani. Deflation has become today’s number one threat. But massive government rescues mean another bout of inflation looms on the horizon. Shah says investors should look to short vulnerable stocks in 2009. But in 12-18 months, they should be prepared for a “generational opportunity” to make a fortune.
Tags: AIG, BAC, Barack Obama, BX, credit crisis, DB, deflation, FNM, FRE, Global Downturn, government bailout, GPS, GS, HOT, JCP, JPM, JWN, KSS, LEHMQ, LTD, MCO, MER, MS, RATE, Shah Gilani, short stocks, stock bargains, TGT, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc, US Banking, US housing crisis, US inflation, US Jobless Rate, US recession, US stocks, WMT
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Nov 10th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
China unveiled yesterday (Sunday) what it described as a “massive” economic stimulus package – a planned capital infusion of $586 billion that it plans to use to reverse its slowing growth, to loosen credit and to offset slowing global growth by stoking domestic demand.
Tags: ADP, ANF, Capital Infusion, China stimulus, Chinese Economy, CSCO, economic stimulus package, Ford Motor Co., Global Recession, Gm, GS, International Monetary Fund, JCP, JPM, JWN, Macy’s Inc., MER, NWS, Retail Sales, TWX, William Patalon III, WMT
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Nov 3rd, 2008 |
By Adam Lass |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Adam Lass says the vast majority of retailers are ripe for shorting as a new era of thrift grips the US. Aside from bargain stores like Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and the 99 Cents Only Store (NYSE:NDN), Adam says investors should buy put options on retail firms. And the best time to do this is when they talk of “better times to come”…
Tags: Adam Lass, consumper spending, F, Gm, JWN, KSS, NDN, put options, retail slump, Shorting Stocks, stock investing strategy, US stocks, WMT
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Sep 8th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
Analysts are trumpeting the recent drop in oil prices as a step toward normalcy. But is this celebration premature? Or perhaps even misplaced? After all, we all know that over the long haul, energy prices are headed in only one direction – higher.
Tags: , ANF, Crude Oil Prices, Emerging Markets, Ford Motor Co., Gm, GOOG, GS, HBC, Hedge Fund Research Inc., JCP, JWN, Korea Development Bank, LEH, MER, MSFT, Opec, Ospraie Management LP, PPI, TM, Ubs, US dollar, US elections, US inflation, US Jobless Rate, US stocks, William Patalon III, WMT
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Sep 5th, 2008 |
By Jennifer Yousfi |
Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing
The U.S. markets took a beating yesterday (Thursday) as retail sales sputtered and jobless claims surged. At the New York close, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Index had posted a loss of 344.65 points (-2.99%), to trade at 11,188.23. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 74.69 points (-3.20%), to reach 2,259.04. And the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 38.16 points (-2.99%), to settle at 1,236.82.
Tags: Jennifer Yousfi, JWN, US Jobless Rate, US stocks, WMT
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Aug 11th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
With oil trading near a three-month low (and corn now at a four-month low), U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers may have just the ammunition they need to hold the line on interest rates for the foreseeable future – or at least until their Sept. 16 policymaking meeting.
Tags: AIG, Citigroup Inc, CSCO, Federal Reserve, FIG, FNM, FRE, GPS, JCP, JWN, LTD, Macys, MER, PG, SKS, Ubs, William Patalon III, WMT
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