It’s tough being a brick-and-mortar retailer. Unpredictable, adverse weather can keep shoppers from visiting, and can also cause retailers to stock up on the wrong seasonal...
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May 28 - News
In the financial world, there are plenty of gauges shareholders can use to track the equity markets. A pair of the best are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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May 24 - News
At the moment, there are a multitude of gauges shareholders can use to track stocks. A couple of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading movement.
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May 24 - News
The convenient scapegoat for this morning's drop in the Dow Jones Industrials was once again uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's exit strategy from its quantitative-easing...
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May 24 - News
If you'd ask most stock holders, hedge funds are viewed as worthless, outdated financial vehicles of the past.
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May 24 - News
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) reported revenue of $8.45 billion.
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May 24 - News
Bruce Berkowitz from the Fairholme Funds continues to aggressively buy Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD).
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May 24 - News
Tomorrow, Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 23 - News
I honestly don’t know what to think about Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD), or why people would still invest in it.
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May 21 - News
Today let's look at investing giant Bruce Berkowitz.
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May 21 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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May 17 - News
Since its IPO in the latter half of 2012, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc (NASDAQ:SHOS) has quietly made gains on the markets while the majority of analysts and investors...
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May 16 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE:SVU), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Big Lots, Inc.
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May 16 - Hedge Funds
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) recently reported 1Q13 earnings and provided an update on their business. J.C.
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May 13 - News
The death toll from a devastating fire in a clothing factory in Bangladesh 17 days ago surpassed 1,000 souls Friday, all because of suppliers' complete disregard for corporate...
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May 13 - News
States get their tax revenue from a variety of different sources.
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May 4 - News
Simplicity is king when it comes to a powerful business approach.
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May 3 - News
When investors think of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), they think of negatives and a struggling business that has a low probability of turning itself around.
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May 2 - News
The once proud name of American middle market retailing has had its stockholders played for suckers by a city slicker named Ron Johnson, who thought he could make the old dog ...
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May 1 - Hedge Funds
In recent days, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) added another world-class hedge fund manager to its shareholder list.
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May 1 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has received what seems like nothing but bad news for over a year. Sales have continued to slump.
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April 23 - News
Every so often, life gives us an opportunity that we can either choose to ignore, or reach out and grab. That opportunity for me came this year, in the form of walking away ...
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April 17 - News
I'll admit that when it comes to Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) , I'm not a big fan of the company. I see its death spiral as a slow, painful one for investors.
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April 14 - News
If Kim Kardashian couldn't help Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) turn its retail operations around, what makes it think singer Adam Levine, or rapper-turned-American Idol judge...
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April 12 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN), Hasbro, Inc.
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April 9 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) was in 27 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012.
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April 5 - News
Shopping used to be entertainment, back before the Web was spun. Men and women would enter a store with a rough idea of want or need.
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April 3 - News
Investing should be simple, but not too simple. Theoretically, we could buy an undervalued business and wait for the market to recognize its true value.
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April 3 - News
An investor’s lawsuit against John Paulson’s $23 billion hedge fund over its reported loss of about $460 million in Sino-Forest Corp was dismissed by a federal judge. U.S.
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April 3 - Hedge Funds
Is Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) the right pick for your portfolio? Hedge funds are taking a pessimistic view.
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March 30 - News
Shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) surged Monday, after analysts at ISI Group said that the retailer could create a REIT from 300 of its top stores.
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March 22 - News
When the first Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) store opened its doors on July 2, 1962, nobody thought it would become the largest retail chain in the world, but it did.
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March 21 - News
Edward Lampert, the billionaire hedge-fund manager who controls Sears Holdings Corp.
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March 21 - Hedge Funds
Sometimes companies need to admit mistakes and just move on. Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) has been moving in this direction by closing underperforming stores and ...
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March 17 - News
Sometimes you just have to call them like you see them. I know there was a lot of positive press around Ron Johnson taking the CEO role at J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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March 15 - News
After reporting on the "hot water" that Ron Johnson is in over at J.C.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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March 14 - News
The Motley Fool has been making successful stock picks for many years, but we don't always agree on what a great stock looks like.
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March 6 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)'s recent quarter may have been one for the record books, and not in a good way.
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March 6 - News
It took more than five years, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally made up all the ground it lost in the financial crisis, surging to close at an all-time high today.
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March 5 - News
Filings with the SEC have disclosed that billionaire Eddie Lampert purchased 1.2 million shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) from his hedge fund ESL Investments...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds
When CEO Ron Johnson took over the top post at troubled retailer J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) a year ago, he told the audience, “All it takes is courage.
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March 4 - News
The market has reacted to the imminent sequestration deadline with a lackadaisical shrug.
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March 1 - News
The retail industry had a terrific 2012. However, that has led to high expectations from the Street.
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February 25 - News
When we talk about departmental stores, we naturally tend to think about their relatively stable topline. But that’s not the case with all retail stores and J.C.
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February 25 - News
Everywhere you look there seems to be retail chains with long histories and troubled finances.
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February 20 - News
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) is one of the largest retailers in the U.S.
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February 20 - News
Recently, Bruce Berkowitz, a “Stock Manager of the Decade,” initiated a long position in Sears Canada Inc (TSE:SCC).
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February 15 - News
Activist investor Carl Icahn has won a crucial battle in his fight to remake Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK).
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February 12 - Hedge Funds
During the 15+ years that he's been running the Fairholme Fund, money manager Bruce Berkowitz has been recognized as an accomplished investor, including Morningstar's stock-fund...
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February 11 - Hedge Funds
