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I don’t think there’s been any stock in Slope’s history that’s received more abuse than Pier One, and with good reason. For the past couple of years, I have been contending it’s going to ape is collapse from the financial crisis. Well, this morning’s 25% drop helps.
Below are a couple of opt-mentioned retail stocks that seem headed for a price closer to zero: Pier One and Chico’s.
Mentioned many times here on Slope. I suspect much lower prices are still ahead.
In honor of Sears’ demise today, may I offer this short idea: the retail exchange-traded fund:
When I was a kid, the “nice” store was Sears and the also-ran was JC Penney. You could kind of tell how nice a mall was by which one of those anchor stores they had. Well, that’s all ancient history now. You can see how these two former giants have ultimately followed each other together into oblivion.
Preface to all sector posts: This weekend I’m organizing charts in a different way. I’ve picked from my existing portfolio of live short positions and have grouped favorite shorts in specific sectors. Here are the selections for this group, and hopefully the markups will speak for themselves.
