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Wal-Mart and Target are set to release July sales figures and give back-to-school forecasts tomorrow. MasterCard reports this is the weakest back to school season they have ever seen.
AUGUST 6TH RECAP
- Better Energy Play: Futures or Equities?
- Forget Freddie, The Bottom May Be In
- Back To School Bounce For Retailers?
- Commodity-Related Stocks Starting To Show Cracks
- What The Charts Are Saying About Stocks
- Pops & Drops: News Corp, CarMax & The Mile High Club
- The Good And Bad of Dell
- Schein-ing Through A Rough Economy
- Web Extra: The Trade On Blackstone & Whole Foods
- Your First Move For Thursday August 7th
What kind of a summer was it for the retailers?
Karen Finerman doesn't think the numbers will be that horrific. She has a bet in play with Abercrombie & Fitch [ANF
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On Walmart [WMT
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Guy Adami sees big short interest in Abercrombie and expects we could start to see a rally for the shares into earnings when they report later this month.
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On Aug 6, 2008, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the Fast Money traders; Macke Owns (MSFT) (IMAX) (COST) (WMT), Macke Is Short (TM), Finerman's Firm Is Short (IYR) (IJR) (SPY) (MDY) (IWM),Finerman's Firm Owns (ANF) Call Spread, Finerman's Firm And Finerman Own (C) Leap (FLS), Finerman Owns (GS), Finerman's Firm Owns (MSFT) (SUN) (TSO) (VLO), Finerman's Firm Is Short (XLF) (BBT) (COF), Adami Owns (AGU) (C) (BTU) (GS) (INTC) (MSFT) (NUE), Terranova Owns (YHOO) (CME) (SA) (VLO) (KOL) (RIMM) (IYT) (GOOG) (SU) (FCX) (INTC) (XLF) (BNI), Terranova Is Chief Alternatives Strategist Of Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., Terranova Is Co-Portfolio Manager Of The Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO Phoenix Investment Partners Owns More Than 1% Of (ABD) (ARE) (BRE) (CNTY) (CLB) (OFC) (DLR) (ESS) (EXR) (FL) (IAT) (IGE) (LNET) (MAC) (OIIM) (PSPT) (DBC) (DBV) (SLB) (SKT) (BLV), Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO Owns (IGE) (DBC) (DBV), WIDGET EXTRA: Terranova's Firm Owns (X), Brad Hintz Owns (MS) (CME) (ETFC) (RJ) (AMTD), Accounts Over Which Bernstein And/Or Affiliates Exercise Investment Discretion Own More Than 1% Of (GS), (LEH), (MER), (MS) (GS), (LEH), (MER), (MS) Are Or In Past 12 Months Were Non-Investment Banking Clients (Securities Related Services) Of Bernstein, Which Received Compensation, An Affiliate Of Bernstein Received Compensation For Non-Investment Banking-Securities Related Services From (GS), (LEH), (MER), (MS)
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