"IPOs have been a disappointment this year." Yet all three examples you give are currently trading above their IPO pricing. One at more than 50% above IPO. Not sure what your definition of disappointing is.

Jim is still stuck in the old school "bigger is better" must-be-constantly-growing paradigm. Sure Wal-Mart has become a retailing monster that can print money. But you know what?? For all the people who buy stuff there, no one really LIKES shopping at Wal-Mart. They do it because they have to after all the other retail...more

Only about 20% of Leno's material is funny. Give him a once a week time slot for an hour and distill his 5 days of material into just one.

One big point of the article is that retail brands create merchandise that many consimers cannot tell apart from "designer quality" I believe the reason for that is there is not a particularly big difference between the quality of designer and moderately priced lines. The $450 coach bag certainly has nice leather and h...more

The article asserts that "the upfront costs would be low" .. This is hardly the case. Most of these houses listing for $1 have been stripped of all major systems, and are severely compromised. It would take at least $50,000 per unit in repairs/upgrades to even get an occupancy permit, much less meet today's building co...more