Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘ KSS ’

3 Retailers (KSS, WMT, DLTR) To Dodge Holiday ‘Bloodbath’

Nov 17th, 2008 | By Marc Lichtenfeld | Category: Featured

This holiday season will be a “bloodbath” for retailers, according to Marc Lichtenfeld. But there are still some companies that will dodge the downtrend. Marc says Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS), Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Dollar Tree (Nasdaq:DLTR) are well placed to weather the crisis. And they could even benefit from the demise of the competition.



How This Crisis Could Make You A Fortune

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.



Retail Stocks Are Ripe For Shorting

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”…



How To Bag Triple-Digit Returns With Put Options

Oct 24th, 2008 | By Watson-Gomez | Category: Stock Market Investing

Adam Lass says the US economy looks “dreadful” in the short term. And it faces long-term monetary ruin. But somewhere in between, he expects a new bubble to form. One that will make some investors huge profits. To survive until then, Adam says you must use put options on “deadbeats” like Kohls (NYSE:KSS) to hedge long positions on proven “survivors” like Macy’s (NYSE:M).



These 4 Stocks Will Suffer as Spending Dives

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Adam Lass | Category: Featured, Financial News

Consumer spending was flat in the US in August. Adam Lass says this zero means more than the much-hyped $700 billion figure currently grabbing the headlines.

The bottom line is consumers are running scared, and that is bad news for retailers and manufacturers.

Adam says Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) are in for a particularly rough ride. Even ’safe’ stocks such as Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD) or Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) could seriously hurt your portfolio in the coming months.