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With the upswing in inflation and the massive job losses that we are seeing, Starbucks is going to pay the price.  I've decided that I'm going to short them for the long run.  Just go to your local Starbucks and notice how few people are dropping in. 

Also, the upper management at Starbucks don't have a clue.  When they first came on the scene they were cool.  No people go because they remember when it was good.  With the rise of inflation, the incompetent management, and the general pullback on cash in the pocket of consumers Starbucks is going to take a big dump in its value.  Just

With the upswing in inflation and the massive job losses that we are seeing, Starbucks is going to pay the price.  I've decided that I'm going to short them for the long run.  Just go to your local Starbucks and notice how few people are dropping in. 

Also, the upper management at Starbucks don't have a clue.  When they first came on the scene they were cool.  No people go because they remember when it was good.  With the rise of inflation, the incompetent management, and the general pullback on cash in the pocket of consumers Starbucks is going to take a big dump in its value.  Just

With the upswing in inflation and the massive job losses that we are seeing, Starbucks is going to pay the price.  I've decided that I'm going to short them for the long run.  Just go to your local Starbucks and notice how few people are dropping in. 

Also, the upper management at Starbucks don't have a clue.  When they first came on the scene they were cool.  No people go because they remember when it was good.  With the rise of inflation, the incompetent management, and the general pullback on cash in the pocket of consumers Starbucks is going to take a big dump in its value.  Just

Filed under: Earnings reports, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Starbucks (SBUX)

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) says it is doing fine. It said it expects its earnings to stay strong. That should carry over to other PC and printer companies as what is good for one is good for all. But it looks like that logic is wrong this time. In the case of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) it may be so wrong that investors might wish Michael Dell would have stayed in retirement. When his company was in trouble almost two years ago, he stepped back into the CEO job.

Dell comes out

Shock. Denial. Anger. Acceptance

Psychologists often use these words to describe the emotions people experience when dealing with grief. The words could also be used to characterize the current “unrelentingly bearish” mindset.

Last week was a terrible one for the US consumer and Consumer Discretionary stocks. Consumer Discretionary companies were front and center given their late reporting calendar and particularly disappointing results. Firms that missed 3Q2008 consensus EPS expectations during the past week included bellwethers Starbucks (SBUX), Ford (F), Walt Disney (DIS), and News Corpora

Filed under: Earnings reports, Starbucks (SBUX), Penney (J.C.) (JCP), Agilent Technologies (A), Best Buy (BBY), Nortel Networks (NT), Toll Brothers (TOL), Tyson Foods'A' (TSN), Wells Fargo (WFC)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

• Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) topped estimates but offered an outlook below expectations.
• Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) warned that it many not be able to maintain its earnings momentum.
• Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: CHIC) was upgraded because of its growth potential.
• Focus Media Holding Ltd