tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post4250674752945952897..comments2008-07-10T10:06:36.856-04:00TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-86761471084655293412008-07-10T10:06:00.000-04:002008-07-10T10:06:00.000-04:00I have told all my friends to look for Steve Barry's store closings..<BR/>there are lot here in Kansas and Missouri..<BR/>Got great deals from Linen and things..I know its sad that people are loosing their jobs...other than my sympathies..nothing we can do other than taking advantage of low prices near closing stores.Passionate Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667970151880837018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-12525623272048564582008-07-10T09:36:00.000-04:002008-07-10T09:36:00.000-04:00First, it's straight up in a month - just like financials - they will eventually bounce. See chart post January, see chart post March. If you are in them at the wrong time you get your head ripped off.<BR/><BR/>Second, its top component is Walmart (WMT) the biggest beneficiery of pooring of America. And its next largest component is McDonald's (MCD) yet another beneficiery of pooring of America.<BR/><BR/>It is a very imperfect object. Overlay its chart versus shorting a JCPenney or Sears or Nordstrom or Macys or Whole Foods Market or a boating stock or a Las Vegas gambling stock. <BR/><BR/>It is a very imperfect tool for what I'd like to short. Dominating at the top by the companies that will benefit from this trend in fact.TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-34839755961357857412008-07-10T09:28:00.000-04:002008-07-10T09:28:00.000-04:00why not more SCC or SZK if consumers are not/can not spend more on products/goods since they are using it on food and energy?nomar5better2http://openid.aol.com/nomar5better2noreply@blogger.com