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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Sears Holdings Responds to Fitch Action	Let's just call this what it is, the rating agencies, tired of looking like duplicitous dopes in the current credit environment, are going to cut a swath through businesses downgrading or putting them on "watch" in a classic "CYA" move. Sears Holdings (SHLD) Responds:Today Fitch Ratings ("Fitch") issued a press release in which it downgraded the ratings associated with certain of Sears Holdings Corporation's ("SHC") outstanding debt obligations. SHC does not agree with Fitch's action given our ...	September 21, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Energy Trade Ratigan moved the conversation into the energy sector. Adami pointed out that Baker Hughes (BHI) is now trading at 9 times forward earnings and trades near a 52-week low. He also likes Schlumberger (SLB) which he mentioned is trading at trough valuations. “I think you will wish you owned these stocks come December,” he said. Adami mentioned that FedEx (FDX) raised their first-quarter guidance but he wouldn’t buy the stock here. Najarian told ...	September 10, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Financial Take Lee turned the conversation towards the financial complex. Karen Finerman said investor shouldn’t try to be a hero in Lehman Brothers (LEH). She said her hedge fund is still short some of the big banks like Capital One Financial (COF), Wells Fargo, BB&T and Wachovia (WB). Finerman said more pain is coming for the financial stocks. Macke explained the Wells Fargo news is scary because it proves the banks can’t raise capital. Oil Moves Next...	September 04, 2008
More Thoughts on Sears' Quarter	Retails is lousy now, we know that and Sears is in the unenviable position of being both a clothing retailer and a housing supplier (appliances, tools etc.). With the expected downturn there, how did we hold up and are the reason we invested in the company still valid?? In a word yes. Here are the key take-away points (more will be available when the 10-Q is filed Friday). Remember, I expected a small loss- $500m inventory reduction- Added 65 net stores since last year which consist of Home Appl...	August 28, 2008
Murphy Leads Gap Above Expectations.......Again..	I think people may look back at at the Gap trading around $15 earlier this summer and in time it may turn out to be the steal of the summer.. Before Glenn Murphy was even hired by Gap I said that if the new CEO was in the Edward Lampert at Sears (SHLD) or Julian Day at RadioShack (RSH) mold, shareholders would really benefit.After he was hired I was positive on the choice based on his track record and continued to think he could produce there.After Murphy announced his plans for the company, I c...	August 22, 2008
Target Merchant Retailer or Financial Institution	Target (TGT) announced slightly better results than anticipated and management is rightfully encouraged despite the very tough economic circumstances. They claim to continue “delighting” their customers with bargains. But yet same store sales are dragging and but when you include new stores sales overall revenues are up.Target needs to decide if it’s a merchant retailer or if it’s a financial institution. Credit card loses are becoming a major factor in explaining earnings. When you look...	August 19, 2008
Option Update: Retailers volatility flat into EPS & outlook	Filed under: Target Corp. (TGT), Gap Inc (GPS), Options, Limited Brands (LTD)Target (NYSE: TGT) is scheduled to report Q2 EPS on August 19. TGT September & October option implied volatility of 43 is near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement. Gap (NYSE: GPS) is scheduled to report Q2 EPS on August 21. GPS September option implied volatility of 47 is near its 26-week average of 43, suggesting slightly larger price movement. Limited Brands (NY...	August 18, 2008
Supermodels Outperform the Dow	Three top celebrities, Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, and Angelina Jolie, all of which had celebrity stock indexes created by Fred Fuld at Stockerblog.com and implemented a Stockpickr.com, have had their indexes updated and compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The one thing that these three women have in common, other than the fact that they are wealthy, successful celebrities [two supermodels and one movie star who was also a model], is that all three of their indexes have outperformed ...	August 18, 2008
The week in preview: Expectations for home improvement, tech, apparel	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Home Depot (HD), Target Corp. (TGT), Gap Inc (GPS), Lowe's Cos (LOW)Rival home improvement chains Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) are scheduled to report quarterly results this week. Not surprisingly, given the ongoing housing slump, analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial on average expect both companies to post earnings lower than in the same period a year ago. For Home Depot, that's 61 cents per s...	August 17, 2008
Ackman goes against shorts betting on Sears, Target	Bloomberg article on Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management. Discusses some of his investments, including Sears (SHLD) and Target (TGT). Article points out that Sear and Target,".. reached record levels of short interest as a percentage of publicly traded shares in the last month. Sears led the Standard & Poor's 500 Index with 55.9 percent as of Aug. 12, according to Bloomberg data. Target's reached 7 percent."Memorable quotes by Whitney Tilson founder of T2 Partners:"It's ea...	August 16, 2008

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