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Three of my twenty-five short positions are retail. It’s interesting to me that all of these are down nicely today, even while the market in general is (yet again………) entirely green and at the highest prices in the history of the human race. I am hoping to hold on to these shorts for the long-haul.
Although I was too nervous to dare short such a well-managed company, Costco (COST) got zapped after earnings last night. The stock peaked way back on February 13th and looks poised for much, much lower prices.
I never would have guessed that almost 200 million Americans are paying subscribers to Amazon Prime.
The largest shopping mall in the city of San Francisco is the aptly-named San Francisco Centre (the “r” preceding the “e” indicating it is elegant and marvelous). It opened in 1988 and expanded in 2006, and it was connected directly to the BART station (which is our local subway system). For years, the place was jam-packed and one of the most successful malls to ever exist.
There was a time when Target (TGT) held its own quite nicely against Walmart (WMT). Over the past year or so, however, as this WMT/TGT ratio chart plainly shows, Walmart has curb-stomped its slightly classier competitor.
