Did Going “Soft” Kill Sears (SHLD)?
First, a look at the five-year chart for SHLD.
The slide in Sears has been rather impressive. It seems like only a few short years ago they were being lauded for their “brilliant” strategy of promoting soft lines, like clothing. Then they expanded even more, including grocery items and more. I suppose the idea was to capture the entire family business with the stereotypical male going for the hardware items such as Craftsman tools, the the stereotypical female purchasing clothes, groceries, appliances, etc.
In reaching for an ever-larger percentage of the family shopping basket, it appears Sears has lost more and more of it.
Sears now is selling its premium brand Craftsman tools, riding lawn mowers, etc. at steep discounts.
This has been going on since at least before Christmas. Our local Sears sits in a huge new building and includes an automotive center. Almost any day you can go there a see very few people inside, and even fewer buying very much. The soft good are OK, but nothing to get excited about. Tools have been heavily discounted for the past several months. The electronics section is a real yawner, poorly organized, over-priced, with few items to get excited about. It is not surprising at all then, with this as background, what the 1-year SHLD stock price chart looks like.
After a relatively brief period of overbought insanity, SHLD bounced off the declining white price resistance line and is now heading back to earth.
It appears that SHLD may over-correct into oversold territory, knocking the stock price down further.
In light of the steep discounts on its premium Craftsman line, it appears Sears is in trouble. If Sears does ultimately fail, or becomes a pale shadow of its former self, it will likely be because Sears tried to be too many things to too many people. Going “soft” may kill Sears.
Disclaimer: The above is for informational purposes only. This should not be considered investment advice. Any investment decisions are your own and should be made after conducting your own independent research and / or in consultation with a professional investment advisor.
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Looks like the Dow Jones Industrial Average is topping out. Check out the post below from Peter L. Brandt for charts and all the details.
McEwen Mining (MUX) Hits Buy Trigger
I have been following McEwen Mining (MUX) the past few days on the blog. Today it just hit my buy trigger closing at $4.44, two cents above the 21-day exponential moving price average of $4.42. I will be looking to purchase Monday morning.
MUX has been in a long-term uptrend as you can see from the 5-year chart that follows.
More recently, during the past year, MUX has been staying within the bounds of an ascending Andrew’s Pitchfork. Each time the price has neared the bottom of the pitchfork, it has bounced either on the bottom of the pitchfork, or off the white sell trigger line.
The detrended 21-day exponential price oscillator had dropped below the bottom of the channel, but has now just climbed back within it.
Overall, I am anticipating MUX to continue to move upward in price.
As stated previously, MUX has been in a long-term upward price trend as seen in the chart to the left. It had reached a seriously overbought level as evidenced by the 21-day exponential moving price average remaining outside the top of its channel for a prolonged period of time.
However, more recently MUX has re-entered the price channel. For purposes of determining whether to purchase MUX or not the upper chart covering the past year is more relevant – as far as the buy trigger, than the longer-term chart.
Overhead price resistance is visible around the white lines at approximately $6.00 and $7.50.
The next chart (in black and white) provides a slightly different perspective on MUX.
It shows that MUX temporarily dipped below a sell trigger, but then crossed above that trigger and has now-re-entered the ascending Andrew’s Pitchfork. The price also managed to break above a downtrend that had been in place before March began.
My current strategy is to purchase MUX with a limit order of $4.50 per share. I will look to sell should MUX close below the 21-day moving average. Should this strategy change I will post an update.
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RIMM Reversal of Fortune
As a former BlackBerry user, I have watched with fascination as Research in Motion (RIMM) has managed to lose its position as market leader.
Unfortunately, for the RIMM stock price, the company has waited for too long to face the grim facts.
Research in Motion’s inability to face the challenges that faced it, led to a dramatic reversal of fortune. First, let’s look at the shorter-term chart.
For a short time it looked as if RIMM might bounce off the bottom and begin to ascend in price. However, RIMM dropped through support and is now in a descending price channel.
The view is even more dramatic looking back over the past year.
Who could have seen this coming? Well, perhaps, those who switched from BlackBerry to an iPhone or Android phone. Oh yeah, and Reggie Middleton.
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