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Amazon Earnings Report Card

Amazon fails to explain AWS relative underperformance

Yesterday I wrote, "Amazon famously doesn't care what it reports from quarter to quarter, but as a shareholder, I certainly do".

Boy, is that biting me in the ass this morning. Amazon looks set to open 8% lower despite yet another quarter of...

August 1, 2025
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Amazon Earnings Preview!

Expectations are high for Amazon tonight. Here's what to expect

Amazon famously doesn't care what it reports from quarter to quarter, but as a shareholder, I certainly do.

With the Everything Store set to report tonight on the heels of blockbusters from Microsoft and Meta, and $AMZN shares underperforming...

July 31, 2025
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5 Charts to Watch

5 Charts I'm watching today

VFC is Screaming Higher!

 

 

The owner of Vans, Columbia and Timberland (among other things) came in better than expected despite yet another decline in the Vans division, which fell by 14%. There's a...

July 30, 2025
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Starbucks Report Card: Good Enough for Now

Starbucks gets a pass from Wall Street

Starbucks got away with one on Tuesday.

The company missed on EPS, posted a 6th straight quarter of negative comps and still has little to show for 12 months of work CEO Brian Niccol has put in since he was plucked away from Chipotle for a cool...

July 29, 2025
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Why I Bought AEO

One campaign won't save AEO... but it can move the stock

I couldn't stop thinking about AEO's new campaign. Not because of the actress or the fake(?) controversy being kicked up online. My interests are artistic, historic and pecuniary. 

I wrote about the...

July 27, 2025
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Falling into the Gap

Abercrombie took the pipe, Foot Locker was predictably lousy. Where I'm looking now as we grind through Mall Store Earnings,

Some of the best trades I make are the ones I pass on entirely. So it was for $ANF which into earnings this...

March 5, 2025
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