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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Jim Cramer’s Stop Trading! - Buy Sirius Satellite	Cramer told investors to buy Costco (COST) on CNBC’s “Stop Trading!” show Wednesday. He said the stock is rarely put on sale and long-term investors now have an opportunity to get in. Moving on to the merger news for XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Cramer said the combined companies are going to be a powerhouse. However, he said investors need to be careful because the new company will need to refinance and dilute shareholders, plus pay a $20 millio...	July 23, 2008
Closing Bell: Earnings keep gains coming	Filed under: After the bell, Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Market matters, AT and T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Costco Wholesale (COST)Today we saw another market gain, but several key stocks gave back some recent gains. The oil inventories report as well as reports Hurricane Dolly only took down a max of 8% of Gulf of Mexico and nearby production, helped lower oil prices over $3.00 to under $125.00 per barrel. Today was rather light on the economic front so the market was led higher mostly tha...	July 23, 2008
Costco's Biggest Discounted Store Item: Its Stock (COST)	Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) is taking a drumming this morning after it earnings warning. What is interesting is that if you overlay the customers of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	July 23, 2008
Costco warns of quarterly profit that will be 'well below expectations'	Filed under: Forecasts, Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST)Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) warned Tuesday that profit for the quarter ending in August would be "well below expectations." That statement comes as a surprise. The company that should be benefiting greatly from customers buying in bulk and "trading down" to lower-priced goods, issues lower guidance in the thick of a depressed U.S. economy.The wholesaler said that analyst estimates of a $1 per share profit would not be met, ...	July 23, 2008
Wal-Mart Supplier ETF Getting Boost From Slow Economy?	One of the areas that has demonstrated strength during this economic downturn is consumer spending on necessities, which might be benefiting the Wal-Mart supplier exchange traded fund (ETF). Any strength shown among consumer spending in recent months has mostly been attributed to spending and discount retailers, such as Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco (COST) and Target (TGT). In fact, the most recent figures that showed a 4.3% jump in retail sales last month, it was Wal-Mart and Costco that reaped the re...	July 21, 2008
A "Depression Era" mentality takes hold of consumers	Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST) The Associated Press reports that a "Depression Era" mentality is taking hold among consumers. This matters to the overall economy since 70% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth depends on consumer spending. Maybe this is good news because it will make people care more about spiritual matters, and less about material ones. AP bolsters its consumer mentality shift with excerpts from a Nielsen survey that interviewed 50,000 consumers by e-ma...	July 20, 2008
Discount merchants benefit from high sales in June	Filed under: Forecasts, Products and services, Consumer experience, Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), Economic data, Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)Some of the country's largest retail chains had good June sales, benefitting from consumers looking for a place to spend their tax rebates, but this was not the case for higher-priced department stores. Retailers offering big discounts were among the privileges ones as consumers chose to stay away from high prices.Consumers spent on the basics, looking f...	July 11, 2008
Retail Sales Lift ETFs In June, But It’s Not Frivolous Spending	If you took that rebate check and went shopping, give yourself a hearty pat on the back, because you just might have helped some retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) in June. Retail sales overall rose 4.3%, reports Anne D’Innocenzio for the Associated Press. Wal-Mart (WMT) and Costco (COST) in particular benefited from the spending, likely because people whose dollars are already stretched by soaring gasoline and food costs wanted to use the extra dough to stock up on necessities and 10-gal...	July 10, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round	Lightning Round Bullish First Solar (FSLR) and Costco (COST). Bearish Evergreen Solar (ESLR), Johnson Controls (JCI), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Office Depot Inc (ODP), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) and Exxon Mobil (XOM). This thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) SOLAR CELL manufacture may be the next FSLR! Read the free research report available today...	July 09, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Am I Diversifed	The first caller had the following stocks: Costco (COST), Raytheon (RTN), Joy Global (JOYG), Proctor & Gamble (PG), and Chesapeake Energy (CHK). Cramer said this portfolio was diversified. The next caller was long: Alcoa (AA), Apple (AAPL), Harley Davidson (HOG), Ford (F) , and Solarfun (SOLF). Cramer told this investors to sell Ford and buy Raytheon (RTN). Join the fastest growing community of small cap investors at Stockhideout.com...	June 25, 2008

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