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Dec 14, 2016
     
        
      Around Retail: Aspirational Brands Battle Consumer Perception 
  Aspirational and luxury brand makers continue to wrestle with a difficult operating environment and other market threats. We’ll go around the horn in retail, identifying pockets of weakness and strength. Nov 10, 2016
     
        
      Assessing Reactions to Trump’s Victory 
  Image Source: Gage Skidmore. Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States of America. Let’s dig into some of the reactions across the market. We’re keeping our cool. May 12, 2016
     
        
      Fundamental Strength To Outweigh Short-Term Volatility 
  Image Source: texasfeel. Let’s take a look at recent events impacting a few Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio holdings. Apr 7, 2016
     
        
      Debt, Debt and More Debt 
  Image Source: Michael Fleshman. A shocking statistic in education, an important “hidden” data point on auto sales, trouble at the malls, tracking the commercial aerospace cycle, and our thesis on banking equities continues to ring true... Feb 25, 2016
     
        
      Kohl’s Dividend Mostly a Distraction 
  Kohl's continues to struggle along with many of its peers. Nov 19, 2015
     
        
      Mixed Bag at Department Stores 
  The multiline retail industry has not performed well as of late, and recent share price routs have echoed investor sentiment. Are J.C. Penney stores falling apart? Dec 1, 2014
     
        
      Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Were Weak… 
  …but we expect overall holiday sales to grow from last year. Nov 9, 2014
     
        
      Sears Has Stopped Shrinking But Is This Really Good News? 
  The struggling retailer said that EBITDA in the third quarter of 2014 would be equally as poor as that of the same period in 2013. Oct 8, 2014
     
        
      The Correction: The IMF, Oil, Department Stores, and the Fed 
  The Fed bailed out the markets today. Sometimes, bad news is good news for traders. Latest News and Media The High Yield Dividend Newsletter, Best Ideas
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2016 was an abysmal year for major department and general merchandise stores, and the holiday season offered little relief. 2017 may very well not be any different for the group.