Target Corporation (TGT)

I pressed my shorts in retail (Kohl's and Target ) as well as in Facebook and Alphabet today. I have also added to my SPDR S&P 500 ETF short.

* Placing KSS at $63.38, and TGT at $72.82, on my Best Ideas List (short) "Retail is still a falling knife. In the U.S., we have three or four times the amount of retail space per person relative to any other country in the world. Consequently we st...

I plan to add to the following investment shorts on further strength: * Retail ( , , ) * Disney over $105 * Starbucks at $59.50-$60.00 better * over $40 * at $260 or better * at $77 * at $122 I continue to add to the following longs: , and .

I have been adding to my retails shorts (Kohl's , Target and Walmart ). As I previously noted, 4Q2017 personal consumption expenditures likely borrowed from 2018. Real retail sales are now down three months in a row as the savings rate is now climbi...

I have been pressing my retail shorts ( , , and ) for the last three days. Relatedly, in consumer discretionary, homebuilders have become homewreckers - perhaps a foreshadowing of further weakness in Retail.

"Retail is still a falling knife. In the U.S., we have three or four times the amount of retail space per person relative to any other country in the world. Consequently we start with a very great supply. We have built an enormous number of obsolete...

Break in! Nordstrom has ended talks with the Nordstrom family to take the company private. I recently expressed concerns that this would happen -- and it was one of the many reasons why I recently took on a relatively large retail short (VanEck Vect...

Nordstrom has ended talks with the Nordstrom family to take the company private. I recently expressed concerns that this would happen -- and it was one of the many reasons why I recently took on a relatively large retail short (Market Vectors Retail...

Markets are continuing their upside this morning. Retail, (short) Trade of the Week, has turned negative (with , and lower). Tech is the world's fair (particularly of a FANG-kind). Banks modestly higher despite treasury yields at the low of the day....

I am growing more negative on retail given a number of factors discussed below. I see an immediate shorting opportunity. Of grave concern is the continued rise in interest rates (which may accelerate in the weeks ahead), particularly in LIBOR, upon ...

The markets broke out of my 2725-2750 (S&P) price target on Friday. The apparent reason for the impressive Friday ramp (on the ninth anniversary of The Generational Bottom) was the reaction to a much better than expected jobs number coupled with sti...

Two days ago I turned negative on the retail sector and I shorted  , and  . The trade is working much faster than I thought. KSS is -$1.60, TGT -$0.85.  Despite a rising market over the last few days, several retailer charts seem to be rolling over....

For a host of reasons I expanded my retail shorts yesterday. I like this trade based on the following rationale expressed in my Diary on Tuesday:  * I am bearish on the US stock market for the balance of 2018. * Retail share prices have risen apprec...

Broadly speaking (not all inclusive!) my portfolio looks like this: * Short Large Spyders ( ) * Short Large Bonds ( ) * Long Large Gold ( ) * Long Large Pot ( ) - Speculative! * Short Retail ( , , ) * Long Large Selected Individual Equities ( , , ) ...