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I guess I don't understand why after 9 years of Lampert repeatedly proving he has absolutely no idea how to run a retailer, people continue to think there might be some kind of turnaround on the way and pile into the stock. I get the real estate value argument, but Lampert has no idea what to do with that either.

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There is good news here.  A number of board members posting in this thread just a couple months ago lamented the fact that the stock had run up and if they only had the chance to buy around $40 they'd back up the truck.  The Wizard of Sears has granted your wish. 

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doesnt look like he will give up yet tho.

If anyone wants a catalyst on this, we got one now

The crashing of SHLD 's retail business is *the* catalyst now - they have to react

 

Now I look like a fool b/c I bought at $49

 

cheers !

 

ouch, down 15% in aftermarket!

 

Time to average down!

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they probably don't have time

they probably don't have time to slowly liquidate, yet a quick liquidation is not a choice

 

 

doesnt look like he will give up yet tho.

If anyone wants a catalyst on this, we got one now

The crashing of SHLD 's retail business is *the* catalyst now - they have to react

 

Now I look like a fool b/c I bought at $49

 

cheers !

 

ouch, down 15% in aftermarket!

 

Time to average down!

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Where are the losses coming from??? Has to be cleared out inventory right at cheap prices? or something non-cash.

 

Cash end of Q3 was $600 Mill + $450 anticipated from Canadian sales

Cash 1/4/2014 is $1000 Mill + $300 anticipated from Canadian Sales.

 

Cash Availibity from borrowings:

Revolver in Q3 - $1000 mill availability Domestic  + 725 million + $340 Commercial Paper

Revolver in Q4 - $1.8 mill availability Domestic + 500 milloin + $494 commercial paper

 

so + 980 in cash for the quarter? minus what in net inventory? 

 

 

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I guess I don't understand why after 9 years of Lampert repeatedly proving he has absolutely no idea how to run a retailer, people continue to think there might be some kind of turnaround on the way and pile into the stock. I get the real estate value argument, but Lampert has no idea what to do with that either.

 

Exactly.

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Now I look like a fool b/c I bought at $49

 

cheers !

 

ouch, down 15% in aftermarket!

 

Time to average down!

 

lol. that comes up about every 5 pages on this thread. :)

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wait a sec. didn't somebody just report they saw lots of people around the registers looking engaged and asking Lots of questions about SYW?  ???

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Has Sears previously provided updates on quarters like this?  I know they did in October -- but prior to that, did Sears provide these updates?  It's curious that ESL is doing that.

 

it's another ESL mystery, no doubt bullish.

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wait a sec. didn't somebody just report they saw lots of people around the registers looking engaged and asking Lots of questions about SYW?  ???

 

No, I think they were asking for directions which can be broken down into 3 categories:  (i) where is the bathroom, (ii) how do I get into the main mall and (iii) where is the food court?

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Has Sears previously provided updates on quarters like this?  I know they did in October -- but prior to that, did Sears provide these updates?  It's curious that ESL is doing that.

 

it's another ESL mystery, no doubt bullish.

 

The sarcasm is strong in this one -- but seriously though, I can't recall this happening before.

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wait a sec. didn't somebody just report they saw lots of people around the registers looking engaged and asking Lots of questions about SYW?  ???

 

I did!  Clearly not representative of the whole company.  I'll take the blame on that one.  Sorry.

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Has Sears previously provided updates on quarters like this?  I know they did in October -- but prior to that, did Sears provide these updates?  It's curious that ESL is doing that.

 

it's another ESL mystery, no doubt bullish.

 

The sarcasm is strong in this one -- but seriously though, I can't recall this happening before.

 

really it doesn't matter. he is a disaster. the company is a disaster. his motivations here are not to create value.

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wait a sec. didn't somebody just report they saw lots of people around the registers looking engaged and asking Lots of questions about SYW?  ???

 

I did!  Clearly not representative of the whole company.  I'll take the blame on that one.  Sorry.

 

lesson: less anecdotes. more 10qs.

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Where are the losses coming from??? Has to be cleared out inventory right at cheap prices? or something non-cash.

 

Cash end of Q3 was $600 Mill + $450 anticipated from Canadian sales

Cash 1/4/2014 is $1000 Mill + $300 anticipated from Canadian Sales.

 

Cash Availibity from borrowings:

Revolver in Q3 - $1000 mill availability Domestic  + 725 million + $340 Commercial Paper

Revolver in Q4 - $1.8 mill availability Domestic + 500 milloin + $494 commercial paper

 

so + 980 in cash for the quarter? minus what in net inventory?

 

The loss is adjusted loss, so I bet it doesn't include non-cash numbers. I am quite surprised that this could happen in a Q4

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