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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 January 11, 2017 billionaire Donald, Dilemma for Donald, JC Penney (NYSE: JCP), Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Retail Jobs Apocalypse, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Target (NYSE: TGT), Tens of Thousands of Middle Class Jobs are vanishing, the Donald’s promises of millions of new jobs, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart is killing Thousands of Middle-class Jobs, Will Trump Tackle the Retail Apocalypse?

The Retail Jobs Apocalypse Might Doom Trump’s Jobs Agenda

Sooner or later, Trump will have to face the retail-jobs apocalypse, particularly if he wants to get reelected. Although dealing with it might doom his administration, because it might expose just how ineffective his policies might be and how hollow his promises seem.

The Death Spiral

daniel January 9, 2017 Alabama, Can Lampert Really make Money at the Mall?, Eddie Lampert, Geography might doom a Kmart REIT, JC Penney (NYSE: JCP), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Phenix City, potential Kmart REIT, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), selling Craftsman, Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG), TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX), Would a Kmart REIT be a Good Investment?

Sears Investors are about to get Burned…. again possibly by a Kmart REIT

Investors need to say away from a potential Kmart REIT like anything Lampert touches it will lose money. It looks as if another group of investors are about to get burned by another lousy Lampert stock.

The Death Spiral

daniel January 7, 2017 Craftsman brand to Stanley Black & Decker for $525 millio, Eddie Lambert’s latest strategy to “save Sears”, Lampert Loans Sears $500 million, Macy’s (NYSE: M), Macy’s (NYSE: M) is planning to lay off 10100 employees, Sears also reported a “net income” of -$2.194 billion, Sears has closed almost 60% of its stores, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Sears is planning to close 150 stores, Sears Lost $9.4 billion, Sears will need raise $1.5 billion to make it through 2017, Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG)

Holiday Season of Pain begins – Macy’s to lay off 10,100 Sears Closings Accelerate

Those closures are addition to 46 shutdowns the company had announced internally on December 27. If these reports are true, Sears might be closing 196 stores. That’s more than 10% of Sears’ footprint, it currently operates around 1,500 stores.

The Death Spiral

daniel December 21, 2016 A Trying Time for Target and Macy’s, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Anne Dament, Costco Whole (NASDAQ: COST), Disastrous Holiday Season, Disastrous Holiday Season Looming for Retailers, Dollar General (NYSE: DG), Is Amazon Threatening Retailers, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Macy’s (NYSE: M), sales fell by 1.1%, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Target (NYSE: TGT), The Incredibly Shrinking Revenues, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Where are the Customers Going?

Disastrous Holiday Season Looming for Retailers

Investors should pay close attention to what happens at Target and Macy’s this holiday season. Their performance; or lack of it, might show us where American retail is going and what effect Amazon is really having on the market.

The Death Spiral

daniel December 13, 2016 closed Sears and Kmart stores, Diehard and Craftsman, Eddie Lampert, Holly Hill Mall, Jason Hollar, Jeffrey Balagna, Joelle Maher, Kenmore, Kmart Store not on Closing List is closing, Sears Facing Eviction from Mall, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Sears Holdings’ closing list, Sears is losing money by simply staying open, Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG), Shop Your Way, the disaster at Sears

How is Sears Staying in Business?

Sears stockholders had better sell off fast because the final round of the Sears death spiral seems to be beginning. It’ll be a miracle if Sears survives 2017 without bankruptcy or liquidation.

Crazy Stocks

daniel November 22, 2016January 6, 2017 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Can Lowe’s Growth Continue?, Is Lowe’s Making Money?, Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Lowe’s is a Great Dividend Stock, Lowe’s is a Value Investment, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Why is Lowe’s Income falling?

Lowe’s Business Grows as its’ Income Shrinks

Now we come to the $1 billion question; can Lowe’s growth continue? My short answer to that would be yes based on the changes in the retail landscape. There’s plenty of opportunity for growth in Lowe’s sphere and limited competition.

The Death Spiral

daniel October 20, 2016 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon has Killed Staples, Jet.com, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Office Depot (NASDAQ: OD), Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS), Staples' Dividend is Doomed, Supervalu (NYSE: SVU), Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Why Staples Might Shut Down, will it buy it, Would Walmart Buy Staples?

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.

The Death Spiral

daniel October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY), dividend income, Eddie Lampert Strikes Again, Eddie Lampert Strikes Again and Creates another Lousy Stock, real estate investment trust, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG), Seritage has No Value, Seritage’s Worthless Assets, SRG shares

Is Seritage Growth Properties the Worst REIT in America?

This means that the only people who might make money off of Seritage are the owners of demolition companies. They at least will get a paycheck for tearing down all those old Sears and Kmart locations.

The Death Spiral

daniel September 15, 2016 Dollar General (NYSE: DG), Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Inside Eddie Lampert’s House of Horrors, Kmart, Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Macy’s (NYSE: M), revenue shrinkage at Sears is incredible, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Sears' Incredibly Shrinking Revenues

Sears it’s Worse than We Thought

The revenue shrinkage at Sears is incredible, if it keeps up the retail icon might soon be smaller than dollar stores and rival department store operators.

The Death Spiral

daniel July 24, 2016 Kmart is Close to Death, Kmart will declare bankruptcy, Kmart will simply shut down this year, Kmart’s imminent demise, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Sears is Dying Very Fast, shutdown of Kmart is inevitable

Kmart is Close to Death

It might also be a good time to take your kids to see Sears and Kmart. There is a good chance they will not be there next year.