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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Costco warning kicks off the retail sale

 Jul 23, 2008 08:30 AM UTC
Return Risk
-20.88% LOW
Tracked Blogger
Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
COST Positive 07/23/08 -24.13% --
SVU Positive 07/23/08 -58.18% --
WMT Positive 07/23/08 +4.17% 09/02/08
SWY Positive 07/23/08 -20.68% --

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Filed under: Industry, Wal-Mart (WMT), Market matters, Safeway Inc (SWY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks

TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says these stocks will be taken killed today, and attentive investors can get them on the cheap.

Oh my, Costco (NASDAQ: COST) (Cramer's Take). I didn't expect that one. That's the best -- it's a shocker. I can't recall how many years it has been since I have seen the words "well below" and "Costco" together.

You can see how it happened: Costco held out. They didn't raise price. Almost everyone else is raising price and many are losing customers -- look at Safeway (NYSE: SWY) (Cramer's Take) or Supervalu (NYSE: SVU) (Cramer's Take). But two held out: Costco and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) (Cramer's Take).

When you lump in the ridiculous price hikes that Costco had to take in its gasoline business, you see tha...



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