With J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) up 5 percent last week, has the department store turned a corner? J.C. Penney up 5 percent in one week While J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) is still down over 1 percent on the year, the retail sector may experience a headwind from consumer confidence and the weather, according to a Sterne Agee report. Sterne Agee notes consumer confidence, weather Consumer confidence has been rebounding strongly since January 2009, and the latest readings fit right in with that trend, with the latest reading at 83.0, up from 81.7 in April. The average reading has been 84.5…
Is J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Finding A Long Lost Shimmer?
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.