Target Corporation (TGT)

Late yesterday I had some positive words for retail stocks: The one invest-able area that is an immediate beneficiary of Italy's debt crisis is the retail space -- as the second order impact is to result in lower inflation, reduced interest rates an...

The one invest-able area that is an immediate beneficiary of Italy's debt crisis is the retail space -- as the second order impact is to result in lower inflation, reduced interest rates and an improvement in disposable real income. These factors wi...

Kohls , which leaped by over +$4 in premarket traders is now -$1.50 as the company reveals that there was a 320 basis point benefit from a friends/family shift. So real comps at the retailer actually missed. This is a lesson to traders - always thor...

First Boston has reduced its price target on and has downgraded the stock based on the expectation of comp and EPS miss. I have recently added to my KSS short. KSS was placed on my Best Ideas last month (along with ) at $63.38 and is now trading at ...

Today I continued to accumulate shares of retailers (research downgrade) and  , and I am still short , and .

I have traded Dillard's successfully (in a relatively large way) on 5-6 occasions in the last year and a half. I am a buyer today with a scale lower. At $65 I would have a very large position for this relatively debt free retailer that is taking its...

* I would not extrapolate yesterday's market recovery from the lows * If we move towards the top end of the trading range I would again be a seller "As I mentioned earlier in the week - for the time being, we seem to be stuck in the S&P Index range ...

"Stock-market activity is now dominated by passive strategies like ETFs, as well as by quant strategies and products such as risk-parity portfolios, volatility-trending trading, etc. Active management (especially hedge funds) seems like it's going t...

At $70.92 and $59.65, respectively, I have covered a portion of my Target and Kohl's shorts. With this move I have moved down to small sized from large sized -- reaping some profits.

Here are some recent trading and investment moves: * I have added to my  short and I initiated an Alphabet trading short rental last week. * In retail I remain net short but I reestablished my and (acting suspiciously well in the last few days) long...

I have large shorts in Walmart , Kohl's and Target (all of which reside on my Best Ideas List, short). Weeks ago I took large gains in Macy's and Dillard's longs (both are also on my Best Ideas List, long). Today I reestablished small longs in M and...

The decline in the shares of Apple is intensifying and this has become a very profitable trade. I have added to my short today, as expressed previously, and I have no current intention to cover any of this short position. As well my view that the Na...

It is a good day to be short bonds ( , the ten year yield is 2.92%) and retail ( , and ), and to be long banks ( , , and ). Apple is breaking down to new daily lows (a new trading short rental). In terms of the markets, Nasdaq indeed looks overbough...

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...