The once proud name of American middle market retailing has had its stockholders played for suckers by a city slicker named Ron Johnson, who thought he could make the old dog ...
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May 1 - Hedge Funds
In recent days, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) added another world-class hedge fund manager to its shareholder list.
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May 1 - News
Times have been tough at J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) recently.
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April 26 - Hedge Funds
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has received what seems like nothing but bad news for over a year. Sales have continued to slump.
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April 23 - News
I'll admit that when it comes to Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) , I'm not a big fan of the company. I see its death spiral as a slow, painful one for investors.
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April 14 - News
If Kim Kardashian couldn't help Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) turn its retail operations around, what makes it think singer Adam Levine, or rapper-turned-American Idol judge...
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April 12 - News
Shopping used to be entertainment, back before the Web was spun. Men and women would enter a store with a rough idea of want or need.
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April 3 - News
Investing should be simple, but not too simple. Theoretically, we could buy an undervalued business and wait for the market to recognize its true value.
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April 3 - News
Shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) surged Monday, after analysts at ISI Group said that the retailer could create a REIT from 300 of its top stores.
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March 22 - News
When the first Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) store opened its doors on July 2, 1962, nobody thought it would become the largest retail chain in the world, but it did.
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March 21 - News
Sometimes companies need to admit mistakes and just move on. Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) has been moving in this direction by closing underperforming stores and ...
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March 17 - News
Sometimes you just have to call them like you see them. I know there was a lot of positive press around Ron Johnson taking the CEO role at J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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March 15 - News
After reporting on the "hot water" that Ron Johnson is in over at J.C.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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March 14 - News
The Motley Fool has been making successful stock picks for many years, but we don't always agree on what a great stock looks like.
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March 6 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)'s recent quarter may have been one for the record books, and not in a good way.
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March 6 - News
It took more than five years, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally made up all the ground it lost in the financial crisis, surging to close at an all-time high today.
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March 5 - News
Filings with the SEC have disclosed that billionaire Eddie Lampert purchased 1.2 million shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) from his hedge fund ESL Investments...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds
When CEO Ron Johnson took over the top post at troubled retailer J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) a year ago, he told the audience, “All it takes is courage.
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March 4 - News
The market has reacted to the imminent sequestration deadline with a lackadaisical shrug.
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March 1 - News
The retail industry had a terrific 2012. However, that has led to high expectations from the Street.
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February 25 - News
When we talk about departmental stores, we naturally tend to think about their relatively stable topline. But that’s not the case with all retail stores and J.C.
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February 25 - News
At Insider Monkey, we track the equity portfolios of more than 450 hedge funds and other prominent investors.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
Everywhere you look there seems to be retail chains with long histories and troubled finances.
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February 20 - News
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) is one of the largest retailers in the U.S.
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February 20 - News
Recently, Bruce Berkowitz, a “Stock Manager of the Decade,” initiated a long position in Sears Canada Inc (TSE:SCC).
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February 15 - News
During the 15+ years that he's been running the Fairholme Fund, money manager Bruce Berkowitz has been recognized as an accomplished investor, including Morningstar's stock-fund...
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February 11 - Hedge Funds
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) started this week a little under the weather, which didn't surprise me, since it had quite an eventful weekend.
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February 7 - News
Near the end of 2012, former department store legend turned mall wasteland Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) segregated its high-value segments into one quickly growing...
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February 4 - News
Online shopping has grown increasingly competitive over the years. Many retailers have started to follow the trend to capitalize on the online marketplace, but they still have...
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February 1 - Stock Analysis
The CEO of J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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February 1 - News
Since its October 12 spin-off from parent company Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), shares of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc (NASDAQ:SHOS) have performed roughly...
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January 22 - News
Billionaire Eddie Lampert, the chairman and CEO of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), has purchased a significant amount of the company’s shares.
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January 22 - News
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) saw its stock climb over 13% last week, and over 6% on Friday, October 26th alone.
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October 29 - Stock Analysis
Edward Lampert's ESL Investments was the a top performing hedge fund during the third quarter.
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October 24 - Hedge Funds
In an amended 13D filing last week, Eddie Lampert and ESL Investments announced they were downsizing their Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, the Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ...
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October 1 - Hedge Funds
THE world's most famous investors are using the depressed markets to build up sizable stakes in US blue chips, which have been undervalued due to negative sentiment about the ...
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September 10 - Hedge Funds
Sears Holding Company has had its membership in the S&P 500 revoked.
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August 30 - Hedge Funds
Recently in Bloomberg's Inside Track, Scarlet Fu discusses the hedge fund managers that have had the biggest gains so far this year.
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March 31 - Hedge Funds, The Smart Set
Hedge fund managers make a fortune calling the shots for their funds.
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March 26 - Hedge Fund Analysis
The gold doomsayers have found their champion in the media's favorite financial adviser and one of the world's richest men.
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March 6 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Dominic Chu report that Warren Buffett, the former hedge fund manager who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Warren Buffett bought oil stocks near the peak of an energy boom, declined to spend $35 million on a growing television station and swapped a Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 24 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme had a terrible 2011. The fund lost more than 32% over the year, and only remains less than $7 billion under management. (more…)
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January 31 - Hedge Funds
Redemption requests by hedge fund clients have fallen to the lowest monthly level on record as improving market sentiment combined with a typical seasonal lull in asset re-allocation...
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January 23 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Billionaire Carl Icahn has purchased debt from Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc.’s bondholders as the satellite-broadband-service provider struggles to start service, two...
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January 20 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Eddie Lampert, founder and manager of ESL Investments, owns over 60% of Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD) between his personal portfolio and the ESL Investments portfolio.
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January 13 - Hedge Funds
Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme Capital Management reported yesterday that the firm now has 718 thousand shares of Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp (OSH), giving a 14.9% passive...
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January 11 - Hedge Funds
Bruce Berkowitz, founder and manager of the $8 billion Fairholme Fund, had a rough 2011.
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January 2 - Hedge Fund Analysis
Tiger Global’s Chase Coleman is one of the more successful tiger cubs.
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February 25 - News