Author: Jeffrey Fischer
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Our Very Profitable Long TGT/Short WMT Pair Trade
Back in late-September of last year, The Investment Editor’s Cut (IEC) presented our one and only official pair trade idea**. Jeffrey Fischer, CFA, owner and operator of the IEC, paired left-for-dead Target Corp (TGT) with its mighty (seemingly) can-do-no-wrong peer Walmart (WMT). Let’s first revisit the factors that powered the decision to invest in Target…
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Cue Up The “Big Retail” Pair Trade
(This investment analysis is published exclusively at The Investment Editor’s Cut) A Pair-Trade Idea Featuring the Stocks of Walmart Inc. (WMT) and Target Corp. (TGT) I tend to be skeptical of companies/stocks that market participants, in large part, deem “bulletproof”. In my view, there’s always a cannonball out there that can bring down a fortress. Ignoring black…