Market Mad House

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

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Market Insanity

Amazon the Growth Continues

Amazon is an incredible success story and a fast growing money machine but it is still a lousy investment. There are better ecommerce stocks out there that cost less and offer better returns.

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The Death Spiral

Is Staples Close to Death?

Two interesting buyers would be Walmart and Amazon. Walmart would buy Staples for its brand and online market share. Amazon might be interested in Staples’ 1,600 brick and mortar locations as pickup points for merchandise. It needs such points to counter Walmart which has already opened 600 such pickup points.

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The Death Spiral

The Retail Apocalypse Hits Wall Street

With numbers like these, one has to wonder if Macy’s and Dillard’s businesses are sustainable. These companies will have to make major numbers of store closings and other cutbacks just to stay in operation.

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