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Your Stock Market Nightmare Isn't Over:
7 Reasons Why the Market is Not Going up Anytime Soon
PLUS, 3 Trades to Make Money From the Market Now

Michael Shulman, January 14, 2009 Free Trading Guides

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Trade #3: Short the Retailers

What retail sales? Specialty retail sales -- not including the discounters like Wal-Mart (WMT) -- dropped an amazing 18.3% in December versus the year-ago period after a 20.2% decline in November. Luxury goods sales fell whopping 27.6% and, even when you exclude jewelry, luxury goods still fell 20.5%.

And have you shopped at a Sears (SHLD) lately? I didn't think so -- not many of us have. An obvious choice in retailing for short-side investors.

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