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

daniel September 5, 2017 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon is Growing but is it Making Money?, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Is Amazon Making Money?, Macy’s (NYSE: M), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), Why Amazon Needs Whole Foods

Amazon is Growing but is it Making Money?

Amazon has some value-investment characteristics including a lot of cash and the ability to generate vast amounts of cash on a regular basis. The problem is that unlike companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Alphabet, and Apple, it cannot keep that cash around.

Grocery Wars

daniel June 28, 2017 Aldi, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), Dollar General is Bigger than Sears, Dollar General is making less money, Dollar General’s (NYSE: DG) sales a, Dollar General’s Cash has improved, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), How a Brick and Mortar Amazon Threatens Dollar General, Is Dollar General Making Money?, Kroger, Sorry Dollar General, Walmart, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), Why Dollar General might Collapse, You’re Not Amazon Proof

Dollar General is Bigger than Sears

A milestone has been reached in the world of American retail; Dollar General’s (NYSE: DG) sales are greater than those of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD).

Opportunities

daniel June 27, 2017 Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Barnes & Noble has no value beyond its real estate, Barnes & Noble joins the Walking Dead, ge of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), How Amazon can Use Barnes & Noble, How and why is Barnes & Noble Surviving?, Is there a Future for Barnes & Noble?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), possible future for Barnes & Noble, Some indications that Barnes & Nobles is among the walking dead, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM)

How and why is Barnes & Noble Surviving?

The age of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) presents many mysteries to analysts, one of the greatest being; how is Barnes &

Cryptocurrency

daniel June 27, 2017 60 new U.S. banks and credit unions, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon does not take Apple Pay or Android Pay, Android Pay Adds 60 Banks in a Day, Android Pay is growing like a weed, credit unions, Credit Unions Love Android Pay, Google and Apple, new financial institutions on Android Pay, Rock Canyon Bank, The next challenge for Android Pay, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM)

Android Pay Adds 60 Banks in a Day

Typical examples of the new financial institutions on Android Pay include the Rock Canyon Bank, the North Texas Credit Union and the Libertyville Savings Bank. The major coup for Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) here is getting all the credit unions signed up.

Grocery Wars Opportunities

daniel June 20, 2017 Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) $13.70 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), BJ’s Wholesale Club, Brick and mortar is very cheap right now, Deliv, Going brick and mortar will let Amazon accept cash payments, Instacart, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Office Depot (NASDAQ: ODP) and Staples (NYSE: SPLS), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM), Supervalu (NYSE: SVU), The Everything Store, There are several good reasons for Bezos to go shopping for brick and mortar acquisitions, Uber Technologies Inc., Wegmans, What Brands will Amazon Acquire Next?, What Will Amazon Acquire Next?, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM)

What Will Amazon Acquire Next?

The question we need to ask is: “what companies will Amazon acquire next?” Some probable candidates for Amazon acquisition include:

Grocery Wars

daniel June 19, 2017 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon has Bought Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Expect more Major Grocery Acquisitions, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Kroger is winning the Grocery Wars, Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM), Victory for Kroger, Walgreen Boots Alliance’s (NASDAQ: WBA), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), What Will Amazon Buy Next?, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), Why Did Amazon Buy Whole Foods?

Kroger is winning the Grocery Wars; Amazon has Bought Whole Foods

Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are winning the grocery wars. Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) has given up

Grocery Wars

daniel February 4, 2017 Android Pay, Apple Pay, Apple Pay has failed to penetrate the online retail market, Apple Pay has not penetrated the app economy, Apple Pay is a tough sell even online., Apple Pay is even a tough sell at the Apple Stor, How Long will take Apple Pay to go Mainstream?, The affluent are slightly more likely to use Apple Pay, TXN, Walgreen Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), Where Apple Pay is used, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), Whole Paycheck, Why Walmart and Kroger are Saying No to Apple Pay

Whole Foods, Walgreens subsidiary biggest beneficiaries from Apple Pay

The numbers show us that Apple Pay is far from the mainstream. Unless some sort of radical paradigm shift occurs; it will be well over a decade before average Americans even consider this solution.

Grocery Wars

daniel January 3, 2017 A Shrinking Market, Amazon Go, An Industry in Turmoil, Are Low Supermarket Margins an Opening for Amazon?, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), Grocers will Survive Amazon, is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) really a threat to grocers?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Kroger and Whole Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM), Supervalu (NYSE: SVU), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM)

Is Amazon Really a Threat to Grocers?

My take is that the major grocers; and high-end grocers like Whole Foods, will survive but many of the regional and discount chains will not. Instead of being a direct threat to grocers, Amazon will be an indirect threat taking some business and providing another headache for grocers.

Long Ideas

daniel October 3, 2016 ABB Group (NYSE: ABB), ABB is a Good Income Investment, ABB is making money, How ABB will Cash in on Electric Cars, How Pizza Could Make Robots a Value Investment?, Is ABB Making Money?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA, Warren Buffett i, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), Why Robots will take over the Kitchen, Zume, Zume Pizza

ABB Group the Value in Robotics

With a labor shortage a growing problem in the restaurant industry; and the $15 minimum wage almost a certainty in much of the U.S., there’s a lot of incentive for restaurants to automate. The market for restaurant robotics is there, and ABB is certainly in a good position to fill it.

The Death Spiral

daniel September 29, 2016 does Fast Food Still Payoff for Investors?, How Supermarkets Threaten McDonald’s, Is McDonald’s in the Death Spiral?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), McDonald’s is a Good Income Investment, McDonald’s is still making a lot of money, McDonald’s is Still Making Money, McDonald’s still has a lot of float, McDonald’s Still has a Lot of Value, problem at McDonald’s is that its revenues are in freefall, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM)

McDonald’s, does Fast Food Still Payoff for Investors?

The problem at McDonald’s is that its revenues are in freefall; and have been for some time. Over the two years between June 2014 and June 2016, revenues under the Golden Archers fell by $3.17 billion, or by around 11%. McDonald’s reported revenues of $28.3 billion in June 2014 and $25.13 billion in June 2016.

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