Department Stores Stock...Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Question

I need opinions on some stocks. I need to know if you would BUY, SELL, OR HOLD the following stocks:

1. Kohls

2. Macys INC

3. J.C. Penney

Please provide valid reasons for your choices.

Answer 1

Your answer depends upon unprovided facts:

    Are you currently owning any or or three companies? Are you thinking about investing in these three companies? Is your

decision to invest or sell arising out of short term (1-year) parameters, medium term (3-5 year) parameters or longer range parameters.

       You have selected three well known, popular U.S. based retail businesses. An important part of each of the firms is the real estate controlled under each of the stores. Likely this will eventually produce a greater impact on life-time stock performance than annual retail sales.

        U.S.  Retail sales look to be weak over the next few years until oil prices stabilize and the dollar firms against foreign currency. Short to medium term, there are businesses that expect to do well (better) over this period. Stock prices are likely to either remain at present levels or even decline. if you are on the automatic stock purchase plan, this gives you a fine opportunity to increase your investment while prices remain relatively low. Happy days will be here again.....

     All three of the stores are likely to be open by the time you need to look for wedding gifts for your grandchildren. By that time at least one or more will be sold at an attractive premium over current value and transferred to a new (likely foreign) buyer.

Answer 2

Give me the ticker symbols and I can tell you accurately .

what would be in your best interest.