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Good Lord, this is just sad……….
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Kind of makes you wonder just how overpriced this crap is in the first place!
The title “Walmart Deep Dive” sounds like you’ll need to spray yourself with disinfectant afterward, but fear not. I just thought it would be interesting to look under the hood considering WMT’s drop last week.
Yesterday, I bought puts in the clothing manufacturer/retailer Gap (GPS). I based the trade on the resistance line I’ve drawn below, and it was made easier by the surprising fact that this seller-of-jeans-and-t-shirts has a P/E of almost 50!
Search. Click. Pay. Collect.
While the online shopping market segment has seen a bit of normalization since the decline of the pandemic; e-commerce continues to dominate the retail market, quite literally. In fact, the pandemic years were only the beginning, as it’s looking to be yet another eventful year ahead for some of the biggest and most successful names in the business.
Don’t believe me? Well, listen to the numbers talk. Globally, there are more than 26 million e-commerce sites. In the United States, there are already more than 9.5 million e-commerce platforms, and the number is only growing.
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