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Thursday, 08/21/08
Posted 08/21/08, 08:49
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(Scroll down to see Jim's
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Today's date:
Thursday, 08/21/08 |
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Dow Jones: |
11,430 |
+ 12 |
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- 8 |
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S&P 500: |
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1,277 |
+ 3 |
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Final Segment
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'The Sell
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Featured
Stock(s): |
Target (TGT)
Wal-Mart (WMT*)
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After this segment, you
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Sudden:Death picks
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Jim: The
Sell Block has a new
inmate!...
And, if you're caught aiding
it and abetting it, or
worse, owning it... you
could be in a lot of
trouble... and the stock
is... Target (TGT)!
I'm being serious here...
TGT.
This one deserves some
actual punishment...
So I'm going to say
something that, a year ago,
would have been thought of
as the ultimate humiliation
for TGT...
I don't want to say it out
loud... it's just between
you and me...
I want you to sell it, and
swap into
Wal-Mart (WMT*)...
I said it!
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The Bottom Line!:
I blew it on Target (TGT).
At least I got it right about
Wal-Mart (WMT*)...
but I blew it... I want TGT in the
Sell Block. And, if you want
another retailer, join me in
my charitable trust... Swap
into Wal-Mart*...
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WMT* |
58.50 |
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Final Segment
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'Mad Mail'... |
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CALM |
41.96 |
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Mad Mail
Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (CALM)
Q:
Have you by any
chance been
following CALM
lately?
After
approaching (and
briefly
exceeding) their
52-week-high, it
seems like the
shorts have
really targeted
this stock, with
short interest
equal to 96% of
the float for
this stock.
How should I
play this as an
individual
investor?
How would you
assess the
liklihood of a
short squeeze
developing here?
Jim:
It is already a
short squeeze,
sir. Now,
I know that we
had Richard
Bond, who's the
CEO of
Tyson Foods (TSN)
yesterday and
the egg business
is a good
business, but
CALM is a short
squeeze, and
that's why you'd
play it...
you're trying to
game a short
squeeze...
that's always
too hard for
this guy.
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EBAY |
24.52 |
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Mad Mail
eBay Inc. (EBAY)
Q:
Regarding your
comments about
EBAY's changes
in pricing...
Did you happen
to see the worst
part of it?
Starting this
fall, as part of
the move, checks
and money orders
will no longer
be accepted on
eBay's
electronic
checkout.
Won't that be
knocking out the
very people that
really need to
shop on eBay?
Jim:
Now, here's the
deal... EBAY's a
troubled
company. I
don't really
understand what
they're up to,
but you're
absolutely
right.
Anything that
would try to
eliminate more
customers is
exactly the
opposite of what
they should do.
This company has
made so many
wrong turns, it
is frightening.
And the fact
that John McCain
is being advised
by Meg Whitman
(CEO) is also
frightening...
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SBUX |
15.68 |
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Mad Mail
Starbucks Corp.
(SBUX)
Q:
Is now the time
to get into
SBUX.
Howard Schultz
(CEO) seems to
be making good
changes that
very well could
turn the
company, and its
stock, around
over the next
year or so.
I'm wondering
what advice you
could give those
of us who are
thinking of
buying SBUX
right now.
Jim:
I'll tell you
exactly what my
advice is.
I told it to
Howard Schultz
himself
personally.
At $15, I said
the stock's done
going down.
I want to buy
the stock.
I think it's
going to be an
18-month
turn(around).
I think it could
be similar to
the turn that
McDonald's
(MCD*)
had, and that
took a long,
long time, and
no one believed,
but then it
started. I
don't know when
it's going to
top... but $15
is my floor, but
I would start
buying SBUX and
I do believe in
Howard Schultz,
and he is always
welcome on Mad
Money.
Price target to
buy SBUX:
$15.00
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