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Odd goings ons at the Home Depot

sanguinesil...@gmail.com (periphreal Visionary) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:06:43 UT

Is Home Depot in trouble? Here are some interesting things that are
occurring in their stores;

A. Stores have been capped at how much inventory they can order each
day ($ amount). One department can easily hit this cap trying to order
Velocity code A items.
B. Stores are now constantly transferring merchandise by rented box

Re: Martha Stewart

mcpeak.ja...@gmail.com (Magnus) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:48:43 UT

Yeah, I dislike Martha Stewart on many levels. What I have really
noticed is that any retailer that sells her product, has outrageous
prices on it. I don't think it'll be that popular an item. Martha
Stewart is probably getting a huge chuck of stock for free for doing
it. Lately allot of people have noticed that HOME DEPOT buyers are

HD after hour sell OFF?

ockrone...@gmail.com (options) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:28 UT

whats going on with HD afterhours down 3.5%?

Re: Martha Stewart

mysto...@live.com (profits) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:56:01 UT

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acquisition in the Western Canadian Basin which includes existing
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Re: Fast Money

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com (Jerry) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:31:44 UT

Did you ever walk in a Home Depot store lately...the customer's are
just buying small ticket items like: furnace filters, light bulbs,
lawn fertilizer...etc. No big ticket items like windows, doors...etc.
Nothing like it used to be but their expenses are still the same. It
reminded me more of Circuit City with employees just standing around.

Re: Martha Stewart

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:17 UT

Re: Martha Stewart

1582...@gmail.com (67mustang427SOHC) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:25:58 UT

Maybe the queen bee wants a toolbox?

Martha Stewart

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:34:19 UT

Any idea why HD is going to sell Martha Stewart stuff and why this
will help HD's stock price? Seems odd to me.

spam

1582...@gmail.com (67mustang427SOHC) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:40:53 UT

Blam

On Oct 18, 10:15 am, SandraThomas <sandrazscho...@googlemail.com >
wrote:

Re: $24.28 buy point

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:01 UT

$26 ok.

Fast Money

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:03:25 UT

One of the traders recommended HD as a better spec play on the housing
turnaround than the home builders. A little bit of a green light for
HD....

Re: HD is still waiting on the consumer

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com (Jerry) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:41:44 UT

It’s more than just credit holding back the home improvement sector
today. The consumer is hesitant about putting more money in their home
while it’s still a shrinking asset. There is NO guarantee anymore that
the price of the home will go up after the improvements. When you
think about how ridiculous putting more money in the banks home (if

HD is still waiting on the consumer

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:56:24 UT

Consumers are increasingly not getting the credit they want to finance
bathroom, kitchen, media room and outdoor upgrades:

"Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer credit fell in August for a
seventh straight month, as banks kept restrictive lending terms in
place and job losses made households reluctant to borrow. "

$24.28 buy point

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:03:40 UT

I'm looking to buy HD if it gets down to $24.28. I think it has
limited downside at that price. the upside may have to wait until
2010, but the dividend is good enough to sit on for awhile.

Re: Foreclosures still a big problem

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:39:04 UT

sales eventually pick up (overseas demand in particular due to a weak
dollar) but with inventories so lean companies need to hire back
workers to restock. will most likely be a very slow process. home
buyers overcome some of their fear and start buying a little.

Re: Foreclosures still a big problem

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com (Jerry) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:19:36 UT

How is that going to happen?

Re: Foreclosures still a big problem

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:29:12 UT

no way the economy comes roaring back by year end. well managed
company that will eventually come back but we are talking well into
2010.

On Sep 18, 9:25 pm, Short whatever i buy <doug.sar...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Re: Foreclosures still a big problem

doug.sar...@gmail.com (Short whatever i buy) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:25:46 UT

If foreclosures were the only factor, I'd agree. Not to mention
unemployed / under-employed folks.

The thing is, a lot of people still have a house. A house with a
leaky sink, or a broken dish washer. So I think there is a core
income that is non cyclical.
Then add the fact that the management is progressive and proactive in

Re: Foreclosures still a big problem

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:57:51 UT

I think once the $8k first-time-buyer incentive expires and the next
wave of foreclosures hit, HD will head south by quite a few points.

Re: Foreclosures still a big problem

arubin...@yahoo.com (arubino99) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:37:06 UT

I'm actually surprised that HD is trading over $23.00 right now. But I
expect a drop as the winter season comes. I might pick up some then.
Past performance is no indicator of future performance, though. I just
usually see it drop around winter every year.

Foreclosures still a big problem

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:58:38 UT

Housing still has serious problems and HD is going to have to muddle
through for a long time:

"The result is that responsible homeowners across America are
grappling with the possibility of foreclosure and displacement.
Analysts project that more than 6 million families could face
foreclosure over the next three years. "

Re: Mad Money

1582...@gmail.com (Chris Armitank) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:35:48 UT

Well if Cramer told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

Re: "Home Depot 2Q profit beats expectations"

n8sc...@gmail.com (n8scstm) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:17:28 UT

"...it’s the worse they ever seen it but our government
thinks different."
A sphincter says what?

Spam

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:45:33 UT

Re: Markets for the Week of 07/13

metro_isabe...@yahoo.com (tolits) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:54:41 UT

The President will begin to push the market higher. He didn't want to
fail his administration and take his second term.

Home values in N.E. Philly are skyrocketing!!!

bigfish1...@verizon.net (Bob) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:07:20 UT

I've paid very close attention to home values the past 5 years and
have noticed that after a small drop in value last year (2008), prices
have rebounded to new highs in most areas. I can't explain what is
happening, but I can assume that all those people who made 50K a year
and purchased $400,000 homes (and lost them) are scrambling to find

Re: Home Depot is going to suffer in mid run

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:42:39 UT

I think housing is close to bottoming out and may actually be in
recovery mode as far as getting sales back to normal. I don't think
prices will go up this year or first half of next year.

Re: Why doesn't the HD stock react to good news?

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:40:16 UT

HD is close to a 4% yield, it almost makes sense to buy some here,
earn the dividend and wait for a housing market recovery. HD yields 4%
at $22 a share. I have been watching this stock forever and it just
never gets any traction.

Re: Why doesn't the HD stock react to good news?

frank1...@gmail.com (Frank) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:27:45 UT

I think there are concerns that any housing market recovery has been
stalled out by the recent increase in mortgage rates. I am waiting for
a little bit better yield to tide my over while waiting for a housing
recover, i.e. on my watch list but not in my portfolio.

Why doesn't the HD stock react to good news?

jeffreykarls...@gmail.com (Su Family Forum) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:02:14 UT

Why isn't the stock going up? Isn't May's housing start data positive?

Re: Home Depot is going to suffer in mid run

n8sc...@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:59:41 UT

HD's two largest markets, Cali and Florida have already begun to see
signs of a bottom formation and subsequent bounce off of that level.
I'm going out on a limb and suggesting that the housing troubles will
only get better from here on out. Home prices in my local econonmy
stabillized a year ago and have not dropped since. You still get the

Re: Something is wrong here….

n8sc...@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:56:02 UT

It's called TRANSPARENCY! HD has been cautious, because they didn't
want to be overly optimistic and disappoint. As soon as it became
clear that things weren't going to be as bad as their worst case
scenario, they updated their guidance. What's wrong with that? HD
has two very important things going for them.

Re: Something is wrong here….

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:12:16 UT

uh Marc5 I am not talking about what moves the stock price in one
company like HD, but the whole market like it did today. Usually what
moves the market is inflation, interest rates, oil prices etc…this one
event was the upshot of the market this morning…that’s more about
manipulation and Obamanomics than anything else. In my view

Re: Something is wrong here….

kweln...@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:05:14 UT

OMG- Go shorters GO!!!

I want to go long in HD so drive her down with your BS.

Actually - are you the same posters that had a friend working at Citi
6-8 months ago? Drove that from 50 to almost zero...
All the people are lining up for their money!!! WaMu is falling (you
got that one) - same story here now?

Re: Something is wrong here….

marc5...@hotmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:51:18 UT

uh actually forecasts have always made stocks rise and fall. This has
been happening since the inception of the stock market. I dont think
they had "Obamanomics" back then. The reports serve several purposes
including helping analysts with their estimates, and giving a heads up
to shareholders. As a shareholder I like to know what is happening

Re: Something is wrong here….

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:56:47 UT

I realized that but future projections never made the stock market
rise till Obamanomics. They are trying to squeeze any positive to
enhance consumer confidence and it’s NOT working, it just makes us
more suspicious and uncertain. You can lead a horse to water but you
can’t make him drink!

Re: Something is wrong here….

badinves...@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:40:22 UT

That's called forcasting and EVERY business in the world does it. Take
a page from the US gov't how many trillions of dollars are spending
that we don't have? I personally think HD does a better job budgeting
and forcasting than the White House.

Re: Home Depot is going to suffer in mid run

badinves...@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:06 UT

I have to disagree. If you can't sell your house what are you going to
do (that is of course assuming you don't let the bank have it)? Fix it
up! Paint the walls maybe redo the kitchen like you always wanted to
do. I think HD will do fine through this depressed economy. HD knows
their business well. They don't make money on large sales in that

Re: Something is wrong here….

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:34:51 UT

My projected earnings next year after I win the lottery will be well
over 2 million dollars. I would like to borrow against my future
earnings…my bank said NO! Home Depot should wait till they earn it
then report it. What kind of NONSENSE is this?

Re: Something is wrong here….

badinves...@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:30:13 UT

That's one HD in one city and three employees. The new CEO Mr. Frank
has taken the organizations by the reigns and is bringing back to it's
roots. Of course traffic is going to be less, have you seen gas
prices? or heard about the state of the economy? But people are still
buying. Why wouldn't you cut OT pay in a down economy? Labor is your

Something is wrong here….

jerryspringh...@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:42:55 UT

I live next to a big Home Depot and know 3 people that work there and
I see the traffic noticeably less than last year. They cut all
overtime pay so everyone would have a job and now they say earnings
are up. Seems like there is shenanigans going on.

I'm a moron

mlkierst...@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:09:03 UT

Re: Buy HD - Home Depot, they paying dividend of $96.00 if you own them by the end of day today!

diazthetechexp...@gmail.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:59:27 UT

spam

Buy HD - Home Depot, they paying dividend of $96.00 if you own them by the end of day today!

ztar...@gmail.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:28:47 UT

buy

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frank1...@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:43:03 UT

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frank1...@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:43:09 UT

Re: Dividend Question

frank1...@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:42:40 UT

The stock goes down the day after it is "paid". Option market makers
do try to arb this with in-the-money options that trade with no
discount (mispriced) to try to capture the dividend with no stock
price risk. You need close to zero commissions to do this. Otherwise,
the day after the dividend is "paid" the stock can go up or down with

Dividend Question

chris.fern...@gmail.com (cbfernald) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:16:48 UT

OK, so HD has announced a 22.5 cent dividend payable at the end of
June. If you hold stock on 6/11, you get the dividend.

In a perfect world, if I bought on 6/10, given no up or down, I'd make
a 22.5% profit by month-end. However, I have to assume that the
dividend comes into play in the price somehow.

5 Pharma that can double your money in a few days are: OCLS, ANPI, KERX, INSV and PPHM. Plus HD is giving Dividend to share holders as of 06-09-09!

ztar...@gmail.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:23:31 UT

What do you think?

Re: What HD really needs to do....

frank1...@gmail.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:10:59 UT

I'm looking to get in on HD speculating that the housing market is
going to turn around soon. I'm hoping for a $22 handle. I know, hope
is a bad investment strategy but I want to minimize my downside since
it may take awhile for HD to get traction on the upside. Nice dividend
though for a stock with some upside.