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daniel July 14, 2015 IS big oil still a value investment, Is the energy industry being disrupted, Is the oil industry being disrupted., What will replace oil., Why did Buffett dump Exxon?, Why is Sears closing, XOM

Energy Disruption: Why I Won’t Buy Oil Stocks Now

My prediction is that the energy industry is about to go through a process of disruption similar to what the computer industry went through in the 1980s. In 1980 the computer industry consisted of a few companies such as IBM that relied upon giant centralized systems. By 1990 the industry had become decentralized as new competitors like Apple sold smaller, cheaper machines that diffused computing power to everybody.

Market Insanity The Death Spiral

daniel July 9, 2015March 26, 2016 Are Malls a Good Investment?, beginning of the end at Sears., death spiral at Sears, Does Sears have a future, Eddie Lampert, Is Sears Doomed, Is Sears Dying?, Is Seritage a good investment?, Retail Apocalypse, Seritage Growth Properties, SRG, Wall Street junk heap?, What are Seritage Shares worth?, When will Sears Shut Down, Why is Sears closing

Seritage Will Not Help Sears Avoid Death Spiral

One also has to wonder what Seritage investors are actually buying. Seritage purchased the properties from Sears for $2.72 billion, yet it only raised $1.6 billion through the IPO. It is unclear how it will generate revenue because all but 11 of the properties it owns are leased back to Sears, a company that’s losing $2 billion a quarter. There’s no guarantee that Sears will be able to cover those lease payments.