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Market Mad House

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

daniel September 13, 2016 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Business and tax revenue fell by €1 billion, Dollar General (NYSE: DG), Dollar Tree Stores (NASDAQ: DLTR), How ISIS could make the Retail Apocalypse Worse, Income Inequality is Squeezing Dollar Stores, Macy’s (NYSE: M), SIS attack on Black Friday, Target (NYSE: TGT)

How Terrorism could Help Amazon, Dollar Stores squeezed by Income Inequality

A terrorist attack would wreak real havoc on US retail at a time when Macy’s (NYSE: M) is closing 100 stores and Target (NYSE: TGT) reported a $920 million decline in revenue. It would also accelerate trends that are pushing Amazon.

My Thoughts

daniel May 8, 2016May 9, 2016 Class Warfare, Digitalization, Hard automation, How Technology Drives Income Inequality, Income inequality increases, killed large numbers of jobs, made income inequality worse, Technological underemployment, Technological Unemployment, Technology creates income inequality, technology destroys jobs, Technology Drives Income Inequality

How Technology Kills Jobs and Drives Income Inequality

The idea that technology destroys jobs, impoverishes people and makes income inequality worse is a hard one to swallow, particularly

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daniel April 28, 2016 Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS), Is Nordstrom a Value Investment?, Macy’s (NYSE: M), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN), Nordstrom Immune to the Amazon Effect?, Nordstrom’s Customer Base, Nordstrom’s Customer Base is Growing, Revenue at Nordstrom, Revenues Fell During the Holiday Shopping Season, Target (NYSE: TGT), the Amazon Effect, TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX)

Nordstrom Profits from Income Inequality and Bucks the Trend in the Department Store Business

The demographics indicate that Nordstrom’s customer base is growing and that those customers have more money. This retailer is in a very enviable position given America’s current state but is it a good investment?

Long Ideas Stocks Thrift

daniel April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 43.01% return on equity, 53% return on equity, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), dividend of 13.55¢, dividend of 26¢ a share, How Income Inequality Helps TJX, JC Penney (NYSE: JCP), Mr. Market, Mr. Market Has Noticed, Ross stock, Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST), TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX)

TJX Profiting from Income Inequality

That indicates we could be moving towards a serious disconnect in American retail; with upper-income Americans shopping at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), while the increasingly cash-strapped working class turns to brick and mortar discounters. This could be a huge opportunity for investors that can identify which retailers are best-positioned to take advantage of this trend.

Long Ideas

daniel January 27, 2016 Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), DRI, Eddie V's, Income Inequality, Middle Class Broke, Middle Class Declining, Middle Class Poor, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Restaurant Investing, The Capital Grille, The Yard House, Value Investing

Is Income Inequality Killing Darden Restaurants?

The latest crop of Darden financial numbers, those from November 30, 2015, definitely do not justify the $61.93 a share the company was trading at on January 22, 2016. Some of the numbers are so bad they even cast doubt on Darden’s whole business model.

My Thoughts

daniel January 1, 2016February 24, 2016 Alaska Permanent Fund, Alaska’s basic income experiment, Alaska’s Possible Solution to Income Inequality and Insecurity, Answer to America’s Income Inequality, Average Americans Are Getting Poorer, Basic Income, Could Alaska’s Basic Income Experiment Work Nationwide?, Guaranteed Income, Income Inequality, Income Insecurity, national basic income program, nationwide basic income scheme

Could Alaska’s Oil Payment Be the Answer to America’s Income Inequality?

If Americans are serious about alleviating poverty and income inequality, we need to take a close look at Alaska’s basic income experiment. We should ask ourselves if something like the Alaska Permanent Fund could work on a nationwide basis.

Politics

daniel October 4, 2015March 5, 2016 Class Warfare, Class Warfare and Race, Class Warfare in Colorado, England’s Class Warfare, England’s Class Warfare Is America’s Future, Income Inequality, Income Inequality and the New Class Warfare, Income inequality could be the most destructive force in the United States today, New Class Warfare, Sudden Influx of the Poor, Targeting the Middle Class, The Majority of Americans Are No Longer Middle Class, the New Class Warfare

Income Inequality and the New Class Warfare

You can see the recipe for class warfare here. Most Americans can no longer afford the American Dream. The potential for social unrest and violence, particularly from those that fall through the cracks, is great. One result is open class warfare, often with ugly racial overtones.

Long Ideas The Death Spiral

daniel September 6, 2015January 31, 2016 Bernie Sanders, debt peonage, he percentage of Americans identified as “upper income” was lower in 2013 than it was in 2000, Income Inequality, Income Inequality is a threat to Economic Growth, Income Inequality is Real, nearly 10% of Americans can no longer quality for a credit card, Nearly half of all US Households admitted they could not cover an unexpected expense of $400 or more without selling something or borrowing money, Payday Lending, percentage of Americans with no credit cards, Predatory Lending, student loans, The percentage of Americans identified as lower income was higher in 2013 than in 2000, unbanked households

Some Numbers prove that Income Inequality is real and more destructive than you think

The percentage of Americans with no credit cards in 2014 was 29%, up from 22% in 2008 and 20% in 2006, according to a Gallup Survey cited at creditcards.com. If these numbers are correct nearly 10% of Americans can no longer quality for a credit card or feel they cannot pay off the balance.

The Death Spiral

daniel July 22, 2015February 11, 2016 Apparel sales fall, COST, Costco, DG, DLTR, Does JCP Penny have a future, Income Inequality, Is JCP Penney Doomed., JCP, JWN, M, Really cheap stocks, Why is JC Penney Closing?, WMT

Falling Apparel Sales Show Income Inequality Hurting Retailers

It looks as if basic retail and our economy could be in serious trouble. The present economic policies in the United States are not looking good and need to be changed now before we see large-scale collapse in many sectors.

Politics

daniel May 11, 2015March 28, 2016 Annaly, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve, Income Inequality, NLY, QE2, Quantitative Easing, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Thomas Piketty

Is the Federal Reserve to Blame for Income Inequality?

There is some merit to Denahan’s arguments; quantitative easing does drive income inequality in two ways