Before I head out on vacation, I want to discuss one of my favorite pairs trades…
It involves two retailer stocks in particular, one of which I’m super bearish on that many of you may own because it’s a popular stock, so I figured it would be a good time to discuss it: Target.
As I said, I’m super bearish on Target , even after it’s already fallen a staggering 45% in just two month’s time. Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) was at $250 a share back on April 20 and by lunchtime Friday, it was sitting at $140.
Target is generally a great stock so it’s probably a good time to buy, right? Wrong… Here’s the thing…
Target can go so much lower.
If we blow TGT’s chart up and look back, it was $100 a share just two years ago in 2020.
And we’re entering a recession, so it’s easy to see why I’m super bearish on Target. I see things getting really tight in retailers like this.
Since I’m bearish on Target, let’s look at the other side of this trade… Dollar Tree Inc. (Nasdaq: DLTR).
Dollar Tree gapped up and it’s been sinking again. BUT… it has a much better looking chart than Target, especially from a one-year perspective…
Notice we have a bounce right at that 100-day moving average line and I think it’s back off to the races.
As I’ve mentioned before, think of these retailers as being in a pecking order, and stuff rolls downhill. Say you have Target at the top… Target shoppers are feeling the pinch of inflation, so they start shopping at Walmart… whose shoppers have downgraded to the dollar stores like Dollar General and Dollar Tree.
And that’s the key behind Link Trades… pairing two stocks where one company is preparing to eat the other’s lunch. And that’s exactly what’s happening right now with Target and Dollar Tree.
Keep in mind, Monday is Juneteenth, now an official federal holiday, so the market is closed!
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