The bellweather stock I will watch to see how the US and global economy is doing
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I live near something called the Clarksburg Premium Outlets in Maryland. (Note “outlets“ are no longer what they were in the beginning, selling old stock and slightly imperfect items at reduced prices) Don’t go often but it’s always got plenty of people and on Black Friday the cars were lined up out onto the highway, it was insane. Had to redirect to another exit to get around it.
I get there are economically depressed areas. This isn’t one of them.
jeff
Yes, the real outlet stores, back in the day, were great. Now they are nothing but another store just with the word outlet somewhere in the name.
Starbucks stock is overvalued. You can watch it, and it may follow some cycle or another, but what will you do with that? It's no real reflection on the economy, fake numbers and useless slacker homeless clowns infesting cities with zero will to crack down on crime.
And there is no one stock that is anything proof. WMT? TGT? Pffft
Starbucks, everyone BITOG hip is just going to criticize the coffee - wow I am shocked I tell you! - Hey another starbucks is charbux thread, and maybe deservedly so, but how the heck does the BITOG cognoti opinion weigh overall on Starbuck's customer thoughts and Starbuck's revenue?
My wife buys a chai latte. I like their Italian roast beans, if I know an outlet has high enough turnover to have fresh beans. So?
The heck, we did get 5 pages pronto. That's pretty cool. Way to go @GON
And there is no one stock that is anything proof. WMT? TGT? Pffft
Starbucks, everyone BITOG hip is just going to criticize the coffee - wow I am shocked I tell you! - Hey another starbucks is charbux thread, and maybe deservedly so, but how the heck does the BITOG cognoti opinion weigh overall on Starbuck's customer thoughts and Starbuck's revenue?
My wife buys a chai latte. I like their Italian roast beans, if I know an outlet has high enough turnover to have fresh beans. So?
The heck, we did get 5 pages pronto. That's pretty cool. Way to go @GON
Same thing could be said for bringing lunch with you. (FTR I bring both lunch and a thermos of coffee to work, too much of a snob to drink the free coffee.)
Fun fact, there are 2 Starbucks in the Tropicana Atlantic City. One in the Quarter, and another near the boardwalk. I'm also guessing that it's not the only place with 2 Starbucks.
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I was thinking you would be researching salt water taffy shops in Atlantic City instead of Starbucks.....
I don't think I would watch the stock as much as listen to the quarterly report where they discuss forecasting.
So that way I would get the upcoming "predictions" for sales and volume.
So that way I would get the upcoming "predictions" for sales and volume.
I agree. Its a poor stock to call a "bellweather" for the US and Global economies.
I use something like this. Easy-to-use. https://a.co/d/f0rTxd4
Golden Nugget in Vegas also has two
Upper income avoid Walmart here. Target is packed while Walmart is steady at best. Been to other areas and Walmart is definitely busier but areas not as expensive as here.
I don't understand
If you see a coal train with distributive power set up like that in the Kansas area then its simply 2 coal trains put together, doesn't have anything to do with breaking knuckles perse. On subdivisions with more mountainous grades they will run coal trains 4x4x2 etc but they are actually quite small and well under 100 cars. Middle DP has been around for a long time (long before they started doubling up trains and making them ludicrously long)
I assumed for inflation!
This stock market has been going sideways for almost 4 years now. I’m not sure if I like it or not but I’m getting used to it so won’t mind if it stays this way.
Pretty much everything is a rotation and reasonable money to be made speculating on categories or just safety of solid companies.
My biggest wonder is, are we building a strong base or will we be a sideways “Japan” scenario for one to two decades.
I only wonder the sideways thing because of the unprecedented amount of national debt that still is unrestrained
Pretty much everything is a rotation and reasonable money to be made speculating on categories or just safety of solid companies.
My biggest wonder is, are we building a strong base or will we be a sideways “Japan” scenario for one to two decades.
I only wonder the sideways thing because of the unprecedented amount of national debt that still is unrestrained
For recession watchers, this just came in on the Canadian media. The Canadian economy shrunk in the third quarter. This is blamed mostly on reduced exports to the USA. It’s a canary in the mineshaft like empty flatcars in North Dakota.
