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The Retail Apocalypse Gets Worse

Retail Apocalypse skeptics are not reading or watching the news or studying earnings reports. Both news and earnings reports show

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Is Macy’s dying?

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 daniel Is Macy’s dying?, Is Macy’s Making Money?, Macy’s (NYSE: M), Macy’s is not Dead Yet, Macy’s will Stop Selling Fur, Why Macy’s Cannot Compete with Amazon

I think the retail apocalypse and Amazon doom Macy’s, but Macy’s is far from dead. In fact, Macy’s (NYSE: M) paid a 37.75₵ quarterly dividend on September 12, 2019.

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How Much Money is Salesforce.com making?

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 daniel Could Competitors squeeze Salesforce.com out of the Cloud?, Does Microsoft Own the Business Cloud?, How Much Money is Salesforce.com making?, Is Salesforce.com making Money?, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Oracle Corp (NYSE: ORC), Salesforce has a lot of Value, Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), The Risk at Salesforce.com

I think Salesforce.com still has a lot of value because of its ecosystem

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America could have a Non-Christian Majority by 2039

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 daniel America could have a Non-Christian Majority by 2039, America’s Paradigm Shift in Religion, American Protestantism is Collapsing, Non-Christian Majority by 2039, Post-Christian America, Post-Christian America is coming in 2039, Post-Christian majority, Post-Protestant America, Should we Fear Post-Christian America?, Will Post-Christian America persecute Christians?

If that trend continues the percentage of Christians in America could fall to 52% in 2029 and 39% in 2039. Consequently, 61% of Americans could be non-Christian by 2039.

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Is Clorox Making Money?

October 7, 2019October 10, 2019 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon is Coming for Clorox, Can Clorox Compete with Amazon?, Clorox Co, Clorox Co. (NYSE: CLX), Clorox is a Value Trap, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), How Amazon Threatens Clorox’s Survival, Is Clorox Making Money?, Is the Clorox Co. Making Money?

Therefore, Clorox is a value trap you need to avoid. I define a value trap as a stock that meets some value criteria but no cash. Hence, that stock could succumb to the death spiral. The death spiral occurs when a company does not generate enough cash to pay its debts.

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Lessons We can Learn from Pearl Harbor

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 daniel Drone War, Drone Warfare, Lesson Two: Prejudice Will Shape National Policy and Military Decision Making, Lessons We can Learn from Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, The Drone Age

Abqaiq and Khurais could mark the beginning of the Drone Age and the end of complex manned weapons systems. Thus, digitally controlled decentralized weapons (drones) are replacing manned military vehicles (planes and helicopters) as the primary means of attack.

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Can Comcast Survive 5G and Cord Cutting?

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 daniel Cable Television is dying - can Internet Save Comcast?, Can Comcast Survive 5G and Cord Cutting?, Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA), How 5G can Make Things worse for Comcast, Is Anybody Watching Cable TV?, Is Comcast a Value Investment?, Is Comcast Making Money?, Verizon (NYSE: VZ)

Strangely, there is a lot of good news for Comcast these days. For instance, Comcast added 181,000 wireless customers and 209,000 internet customers in 2nd Quarter 2019, Cord Cutters News claims. Plus, The Philadelphia Inquirer estimates Comcast added 375,000 broadband customers in 1st Quarter 2019.

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Yes, Television is Dead, and Is DISH Network making Money?

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 daniel and Is DISH Network making Money?, AT&T (NYSE: T), DISH could become the Fourth Largest US Wireless Provider, DISH is dumping Television for Survival, Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH), DISH Network’s Audience is dying off, How DISH Network plans to survive the Death of Television, Is DISH Network a Value Investment?, Is DISH Network Making Money?, Is Fortnite more popular than Network or Broadcast TV?, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is now America’s largest “television network”, proof television is dead, Sprint (NYSE: S), Television is Dead, Television is dead but video lives, There is proof television is dead

Ergen wants out of subscription television, because he understands TV is dead. I think Charlie believes traditional television will soon no longer attract enough subscribers to be a profitable business.

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29% of Americans think the American Dream is Unobtainable

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 daniel 29% of Americans think the American Dream is Unobtainable, Are Americans Losing Faith in America?, Dream is Dead, the American Dream is unobtainable, Why Americans think the Dream is dead

Disturbingly, pessimism about America’s future is growing dramatically among some groups. For instance, 42% of women between 18 and 49 believe the American dream is unobtainable.

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See the Retail Apocalypse at JC Penney

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 daniel How is JC Penney staying in Business?, Is JC Penney’s in the Department Store Death Spiral?, JC Penney (NYSE: JCP), Retail Extinction is Heating Up, See the Retail Apocalypse at JC Penney, The Retail Apoclaypse the Worst is Yet to Come

Moreover, JC Penney’s debt was over 10 times the size of its July 2, 2019; market capitalization of $345.33 million. Given these figures, I cannot see how JC Penney can pay off those debts.