LOW

CANT_MILK_THOSE

IMO a better comp to FND would be specifically the Decor segments of HD/LOW and even more specifically their "Big Ticket" DIY (which have significantly underperformed their house). Those are much more closely tied to housing macro same as FND. I mostly use the Harvard LIRA to get a sense on macro and it's only slightly bullish through Q1 2026. Either way great write up and best of luck to you.

Traditional-Year3847

My thesis is based around structural issues that are worsened with the macro environment. If you see my first post, you can see my full thesis as to why I believe this is the case - this post is simply an update for Q1 2025. I also don't think a PE could buy them since they barely own any of their stores or manufacturing. They would be buying the brand name which... isn't that valuable in my opinion and from the reviews I've read. A strategic buyer would be the only viable exit that could make sense and it would be for the sole purpose of consolidating. Even then, you gotta ask, why would the viable strategics (HD and LOW) pay a premium to buy a company that is heavily leased based when they are more ownership based? They wouldn't exercise 200 store leases... How come no one bought LL or the Tile Shop? cause they are structurally garbage. Actually LL, the Tile shop, FND, HD, and LOW are all considered the same peer group since they all operate in the same environment and are affected by the same drivers. The question you must be asking yourself is why did LL go bankrupt? why is the Tile shop struggling so much to stay profitable? when you do a deeper dive, you see how FND matches their business model closely and deviates a lot from HD and LOW. I do a full comparison of LL and FND in my first post, which you can find a link for at the bottom of this post. I implore you to read it all and then tell me what you think. HD and LOW are consistently doing better than FND.

RaiseAnotherMansKid

They have a demand problem due to macro but the box is not fundamentally broken. The stock is driven by existing home sales which are at trough levels. If existing home sales gets better the stock will go up. Also goes up if the fed cuts rates or if the market gets a hint of rate cuts coming. You're making a call on housing macro which can improve significantly. And people are already quite bearish on the stock. They do outperform their flooring peers and take share from independents -- why they haven't taken a lot more share is a good question. But again housing macro is bad so everyone is getting hammered. HD and LOW are home improvement but flooring is a small part of their revenues, so not an ideal peer comparison. What about... Tile Shop and LL. LL went bye bye. Tile Shop sucks. Who is actually doing better than F&D consistently?

Philbuzzoff

HOW LOW CAN TSLA GO 

ClandestineGK

You've got some big retailers reporting at the end of this month WMT, TGT, HD, LOW, BBY etc. I can't possibly see how we don't see weak guidance or someone pulls it completely with all the uncertainty.

DevilishJoe

# VIX in the LOW 20s. You KNOW what TIME it is. Just a friendly REMINDER!

DevilishJoe

# VIX in the LOW 20s. You KNOW what TIME it is. Just a friendly REMINDER!

Zorna21

AMERICA MOVED THEIR COMPANIES BUT THE JOBS DIDNT VANISH TECHNOLOGY REPLACED MANUFACTURING WHILE LOW TIER MANUFACTURING MOVED TO COUNTRIES LIKE CHYNA WHERE THEY DID SH\*IT APPLE FACTORY JOBS WITH SUICIDE NETS WHILE THEY BOUGHT THE US DOLLAR INCREASING US PURCHASING POWER AND THE US LITERALLY PROFIT FROM CHEAP GOODS. actually insane

-n-i-c-k

Bro how you losing money with all this volatility is you dumb? BUY LOW. SELL HIGH. It’s not that hard kids

Plus_Ad_2338

You're supposed to buy LOW and sell HIGH, dummy.

cybercuzco

LOW TAPER FADE of the economy

dasseredit

One must remember the past, Look at any crash in the past . There is a bell curve distribution of personalty and robotics trading. The bottom of the crash usually occurs when the market has burnt the very most optimistic of buy the dip. Only at that point, when the buy the dip becomes sell the peak Should the bear crash have exhausted. If buying the PUT ensure it is long term But it when the market Vix is LOW < 20-22 Hist V = 102 % Buy Tesla PUT typically when the IV of Tsla is near its lowest IV as volatility will increase. Implied peak historical = 102% Implied Volatility = approx 70% ( this is relatively expensive for a bought option ) . A nice cheaper zone historically would be (40 - 50%) . However typically the implied volatility increases typically . The max pain is roughly 240/250 for the next few contracts and some zones longer = 200. Strategies- ?

ninjagorilla

Look if you want to do jsut statistically the right thing, you’re going to want to make 3 piles with the money. The first is cash you want easy immediate access too. I have no idea if you need cash for business but if you do this plus your emergency fund should go in a high yield savings account or money market fund. This should make you about 4-5% The next chunk should go in high grade bonds. This is basically your safety net. It will grow, it’s low risk, it’ll steady get bigger and you don’t risk anything The last chunk should go in stocks. If you don’t know anything about the stock market jsut put it into an index fund with LOW FEES. A vanguard index fund is probably great. Historically you’ll average 7-8% but it’ll be a lot bumpier with periods of loss and periods od spectacular growth. How much to put in each bucket is gonna depend on several factors like: how old are you, when do you want to retire , how much of a risk taker are you. The closer to retirement you are the higher the percentage in bonds should be because there’s almsot no risk in that going down over the long term. If you’re close to retirement it might be 50/50 stocks and bonds. If you’re young and you have 30 years to retirement it might be 90% stocks and 10% bonds. If you want to have more fun and explore the stock market you can also make yourself a “trading fund” where you pick individual stocks but understand that statistically you will probably do worse than jsut putting it all in an index fund. I would not more than 10% of my “stock” money in this pot. The next part of this is once you put things in the buckets DONT TOUCH IT. Don’t even check on it. Between 1-4 times a year do a check and make sure you’re happy with the % allocated in each pot. But friendly moving money incurs fees which very quickly eat your profits up. All you should do is rebalance from one bucket to another as you get close to retirement. A lot of people are gonna tell you gold or bitcoins or mutual funds etc… but if you’re jsut going with what the pure math says, go index funds. It might be worthwhile to talks to someone if you don’t know what you’re doing . You want a financial analyst who is a fiduciary… that’s an important word that carries a lot of legal responsibilities for that person. If you do make sure you are not paying them more than .5% a year bc they are a fee that eats your growth jsut like everything else.

Chopping_block

People do it though. My ex was selling his Tesla stocks for 120$ back in 2023. He was just so sure the stock was going to go to nothing. I was holding mine and I talked to my dad about it, and he emphasized to me that the stock was LOW from and outsider perspective, and he doesn’t like to give financial advice, but I relayed the info to me ex and he bought back in. Basically in a nick of time. He was so depressed, he was to angry at Elon Musk. My dad and I call my ex an arbitrary indicator now. When he is getting paper hands that’s when it’s time to buy. The market is all psychology, and it’s designed to scare people out of their money. And the more you are holding the harder it is psychologically.

ninjagorilla

1. Save a 3-6 month emergency fund 2. Pay off any debts over 5% 3. Max out any 401k or Roth 4. A LOW FEE index fund like vanguard 5. Don’t touch it for 10 years minimum

CallsOrPutsYES

They will buy HIGH and sell LOW

SPaniardz

$TSLA WEEKEND AFTERNOON DUMP BEGAN... HOW LOW CAN TESLA GO! HOW LOW CAN TESLA GO! HOW LOW CAN TESLA GO! (Steel drum calypso music playing in the background)

LegalizeLife420

As a republican, I'd literally be surprised if they vote in favor... sadly. But Trump did post on twitter or one of the other socials he uses (forget which) that he supports decriminalization. I'm on my 2nd weed charge as we speak so this would be fucking amazing. But in all honesty, my hopes are LOW.

OkSpirit2596

Bulls downvoting everything. EVEN WITH LOW TARIFFS, we’re still entering a recession. Get it through your tiny brains…idiot BOL

KittyLover-7

“LOW VOLUME” “BULL TRAP” “MANIPULATION” “RUG PULL EOD” A ber somewhere right now as he lost whatever little he had remaining anyway

kingofthelost

FAKE PUMP ON NO NEWS! OVERBOUGHT!!! LOW VOLUME!!!! RUG PULL BY EOD!!! Classic ber 

Aggravating_Taro_556

Volume is LOW. 

Aleyla

if ( STOCK_LOW ) { buyLots(); } if ( STOCK_HIGH ) { sellLots(); }

ninjagorilla

ok is this money that you might need access too? or is it long term savings money? how much do you guys make a year? step 1: build an emergency fund. especially since it sounds like the 2 of you are in the same business id make sure you have at least 6 months of expenses in something like a money market or HSA. this will grow a bit, but be accessible quickly if you need it. step 2: pay off any HIGH interest debt like credit cards, your mortgage is VERY low interest and you can likely earn more with the money than youd save by paying it off so just pay what you need to on that but not one penny more. step 3: if this is for long term and you just want it to grow, for the average investor, if you just want to do the statistically best thing, youll want to put it in a LOW COST index fun like vanguard. something were it can just sit an grow gradually. this is gonna be your best way to get any advantages form the market. and congrats, this super volatile market is probably a great time to buy low if youre planning on sitting on it and not touching it for AT LEAST 5 years, probably more like 10-15 years. if you do this however youre not gonna want to have to be touching this money for the business or other expenses. its job is to sit and grow. if this is not what youre needing (you mentioned making cash from it) you can either look at high dividend funds (but watch out, you want to avoid funds that charge fees like the plague, these will seriously eat up your profits. like the vanguard high dividend yield ETF) or find some nice short terms savings bonds that can give you some steady cash yield and be semi liquid. just know statistically you wont do QUITE as well here as you could do in index funds, but it will be less volatile and produce some steady income.

NigerianPrinceClub

The price of eggs is TOO LOW now!!!!

iBeFlying676

Believe it or not, the expectations are SO FUCKING LOW, this shit will moon in the short term when earnings are released. And all my fucking puts will be fucked.

iswearimnotgey

HOW FUCKING LOW CAN YOU GO 

Axwe8

Can we please see **LOW OF DAY** 🤡

halfatankleft

"But that global catastrophe was already there for over a year before Biden arrived" but also "Inflation literally skyrocked two months into Biden." "In the end, it will stabilize, but some will hate the result because it will mean less for those that are used to getting money from the government for things we can't afford on credit anymore." I'll just paraphrase this: "Bootstraps" Or maybe: "Senior citizens who built the very infrastructure I exploit on a daily basis should not be able to retire" Or: "We can't afford to give poor people money when there are so many rich people struggling." $6 trillion in wealth was just migrated from the 99% to th 1% and you have the fucking gall to suggest we can't afford to help people. You are getting fucked too and you are asking for more?! JEsus fucking christ, it's like agreeing that you should shoot yourself in the foot but only if you get to shoot everyone elses foot too. Own the libs at the low LOW cost of $6 trillion! You're not using you retirement savings now anyways! You got nothing to lose! You will never experience a medical emergency! Why would you? You went to church twice last year.

SaltKick2

It will definitely be a "yes" man. Trump thinks he knows how the entire economy works, and basically will order the new person to not raise any rates in order for him to claim that "we've never had rates this LOW! I'm WINNING SO GOOD"

Pleasant-Marzipan723

Im buying $LOW and selling $HIGH

tiufek

Yeah this misconception drives me crazy, the dispute was actually about the taxes on tea being too LOW. But tariffs still suck!

xblueye

No no, you see the OP is actually an insider and is sending a HIDDEN message! Huge BULL trap incoming > China will increase their tariffs > retest ALL TIME LOW > S&P500 crashes in June >> SELL ALL NOW SELL ALL NOW SELL ALL NOW

Pick6_905

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO 

Youre_Brainwashed

Volume is so fucking LOW. What event is the market waiting for?

ghoxen

"BORDER CROSSINGS HIT ALL TIME RECORD LOW IN MARCH!!!**" -** mango

ghoxen

"BORDER CROSSINGS HIT ALL TIME RECORD LOW IN MARCH!!!" He didn't say illegal. Does that simply not mean that international tourism is pretty much dead? XD

justgoingforward42

Buy SPY when it drops 5%+ and keep DCA weekly/monthly and you will be fine. Remember you want to BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Maybe now is your opportunity to buy?

PrecisionOutdoors

I just started buying last couple weeks now that price is SO LOW. Anyone else looking at this? 44% short?? This may be a value squeeze of a lifetime.

BlackAndStrong666

Really only affects the middle working class, The wealthy are not affected by recession as they start buying into stock market as it's LOW, Really Poor people are never affected by a bad economy, they beg and steal or government assistance. Be Really Rich or Really Poor.

breadmann0

NOT LOW ENOUGH 

redegglamp

We have the highest bond yields. Biden's yields? LOW!

DeathStrandingPersia

LMAO WHO THE FLYIN FUCK CARES WHAT A WASHED UP FONZI HAIRCUT GOOGLY EYES LOW TESTOSTERONE TAKING MULTIVITAMIN WITH A SOFT LARYNGITIS SPOKEN GOOFY TONE MAKE OR DO? Lol but seriously kid you didnt make shit this year its very evident dont be mad. Ive been thanking God every day for this year I am blessed I hope you find some success one day yourself.

richbeezy

One stock? Yeah, TSLA is cooked. Not sure why you didn't mention NVDA, or GOOG. Both have historically LOW fwd P/E's. Bottoming is a process, it could take weeks or months. Trying to predict direction in this market is like trying to predict which way your fart will blow in a hurricane.

Automatic-Mountain45

these fktards aren't even keeping up with their tarriff calculations.... HOW LOW CAN THIS GOVERNMENT FALL.

InIce1234

AMAZON CEO SAYS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP PRICES LOW 

bangdatsong

from my litle quick studying.... i think i understood CP= high is no good everyting expensive/RED... LOW CPI good thing.... people wanna spend money/green..... but why tf do i feel like both side gonna run a train on me tmrw???

Dess_Rosa_King

TRUMP JUST FOLDED, WEAK, SAD, LOW ENERGY. OTHER COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO RIP OFF AMERICA. - MAGA. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Alwaysnthered

itty bitty wittle dead **kitten** bounce how cute before we CRATER TO THE DEPTHS OF THE LOW 4000'S ON S AND P

PussyLunch

I got one word for ya. LOW.

AegonTheMeh

BLOOMBERG: NEW YORK STOCK CHANGE HOPIUM RESERVES RUNNING CRITICALLY LOW 

CommunicationKey4602

I dont own any stock and if I could go back in time, I would leave the us, go to Eureope and live with a pension because i know, the country has a LOW debt!! and I will be paid instead of this shit!! [usdebtclock.org](http://usdebtclock.org)

grackula

1. if you are of retirement age then you should not be affected much by this downturn if you follow any kind of basic financial allocation advice. if not then ... who's fault is that? there is risk. always 2. if you are NOT of retirement age then you are currently BUYING THE LOW. 401ks are DOLLAR COST AVERAGING. all the 401ks are buying low right now. enjoy 3. if you are NOT of retirement age then CHILL OUT. you have plenty of time and downturns are expected. if you do not expect downturns then change your allocation. you are not mentally built to handle your allocation risk 4. the market does not ALWAYS go up. accept this fact and enjoy the last few years of much higher than average gains

Pp4U69420

Always remember BUY HIGH SELL LOW LIQUIDATE NOW AND PURCHASE IN 3 YEARS

CaterpillarOk1542

Limbo - HOW LOW CAN WE GO!

whatiwawa

People aren’t aware of what Waymo is doing for San Francisco. It’s a flip phone to iPhone upgrade regarding rideshares and taxi. DO NOT BELIEVE THE LOW HANGING CRITICISM OF WAYMO. The market (and the global population) hasn’t had a chance to feel what kind of service/utility Waymo/Google is providing. The market is not adjusted for that yet.

jdsalaro

# LOW

Disco_Dreamz

Look it’s gonna take some time but soon our sons and daughters will have the capitalist utopian society they deserve! FACTORY JOBS NO REGULATIONS LOW WAGES 120 HOUR WORKWEEKS (Just like daddy Elon) NO BENEFITS NO OVERTIME NO UNIONS NO SOCIAL SECURITY NO MEDICARE NO 401Ks THEYRE GONNA LOVE IT

unhappyreach_

I've been protesting with boomers all-day Im pissed off THE STOCKS ARE TOO DAMN LOW

PrimalPhD

Don’t overthink it. Buy LOW sell HIGH. Market is low, so BUY BUY BUY

BeatsMeByDre

You forgot "TRUMP - LOW PRICES, KAMALA - HIGH PRICES"

girthgod_reborn

Lower…lower… TOO LOW!…….lower

CallsOrPutsYES

Exactly, lets get sole green on the board. MSTR, GME, also surprisingly, NKE, HD, LOW

CallsOrPutsYES

MSTR, NKE, LOW green todayyyyy

CallsOrPutsYES

Cmon get some green on the board, MSTR, NKE, LOW

Sad-Side-8704

Had about 185k myself, down to 150 now and counting. Largely hold QQQ SPY AMD NOVO LOW and some other smaller tech positions.

diefy7321

*Can you talk about the effects of tariffs?* **UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW.** 

LaserGadgets

Clowning started when voting for him a second time...be honest. Can't believe the TRUMP = LOW PRICES KAMALA = HIGH PRICES SIGNS have worked instead of making people laugh and vote for Harris, just for this sign!

IWasRightOnce

Fack, when do I sell. HOW LOW CAN WE GO

EdvardMunch

LOW is like wut?

Tyklartheone

Haven't looked into any of them have you. The fine print of the picture is doing a ton of the heavy lifting. LOW IQ vermin will eat it up right out of his diaper but anyone who isn't highly regarded figured it out almost instantly. Did you not realize it instantly?

kingofthelost

BERS BIG MAD!!!!! MARKET RIGGED! LOW VOLUME! CRASH IMMINENT! 

Exact_Mastodon_7803

Do you know how to read this graph, bud? Record LOW, yes?

LeopardFew3579

TOO MUCH DATA FOR MY LITTLE BRAIN I JUST BUY LOW SELL HIGH https://preview.redd.it/623uguqdr3se1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=cfd10d86b5b6e45f0e0e8d15667d38b33ba53d3a

Remigius

Buy LOW, sell lower

negan90

Going all in on calls for LOW, domestic rope sales about to moon.

Fun_Reporter9086

WTF DOES IT MATTER, LOW-IQ CLOWN? If you haven't learned the all or nothing options bets are going to make you go broke, then I don't know what to tell you. Why do you need to know a specific stock ticker? Are you a real dummy? The outcome is the same; sooner or later you go broke with weekly/daily/monthly options.

oldthickdick

I’m LOW stakes though! New to stock options. Getting the hang of things and slowly building. Very slow! Put in $42 today and sold at $191.

towell420

BUY HIGH SELL LOW!!! That’s our battle cry!

sullymichaels

I think I may sell off some more tomorrow. Moved 12% of my portfolio to cash by selling off some profits (PLTR@90, HD@390, LOW, WMT, KMB, SYY, and others) about 3 weeks ago.

happymaskmonster

Mass protests this summer are bullish calls on $SWBI $HD $LOW $AMBP

CRAAAZYYYY

I love red because I am not planning on selling anytime soon. THANK YOU TRUMP FOR LETTING ME BUY LOW!

fsociety091786

They had actual lawn signs saying “KAMALA HIGH PRICES TRUMP LOW PRICES”. Literal monkey-brained shit

The_kew

Someone smarter than me (hard to believe, but probably all of you, regards) explain why vol is SO LOW ON SPY

SilkyThighs

What do you expect from a LOW float LOW market cap ticker? If you want less volatility, don't trade pennystocks.

johnloc97

BEEN MAKING LOWER HIGH AND LOWER LOW TYPE SHIT 

justhp

ON LOW FUCKING VOLUME 

Axwe8

That's right, **DUMP BACK TO THE LOW**

Xzlk

I worked at $LOW in college. Loved it, so I have a preference. But yes, both are the same stock if we’re being real.

Xzlk

$LOW is gonna be a screaming buy at 225ish

Subinatori

New "Tesla Model LOW T", being made for red hats to spur sales.

Ater0sin

Dear Grasshopper, I'm 70 & have been investing since my 30's. Stay the course with solid stocks and a few gambles. For right now, take a deep breath, & do your research. I'm restocking my tank with these LOW prices - yes even NVDA! I did sell my TSLA in December. Whew! Best regards, The old lady in Oregon

Different-Hyena-8724

That was my thought process. Thanks s week is gonna be interesting to see if the market treats yesterday as "everything is on sale" or if today is gonna be same battering tam we went through yesterday. Personally I had a $300 sell target for LOW. If it goes too much lower it's going to end up blowing through my cost basis, and I may just hold and wait for some lower interest rates to feel it back up since it pays out dividends. Not a worst case scenario. But also not my $300 cake and eat at scenario either.

NW-McWisconsin

RSI (10 DAYS, 70 HIGH, 30 LOW)..... Buy when the stock drops below 30 TWICE... or maybe 3 times. Or at least buy ONLY below 35.... Period . 😁

Foreign-Coconut3500

2 ways to draw it use the dip before kamala krash, connect to current price, which means kamala krash dips slightly below the trendline, no big deal, its a general zone. or connect the dip before Kamala, exactly to the LOW of Kamala Krash, which then leaves lots of room for current price to visit the trendline lower use weekly chart makes it easy to see https://preview.redd.it/bkoul3kaqyne1.png?width=1073&format=png&auto=webp&s=180d3e67d1d016c569e19b71d72c79aff75c6a12

ConfusedKanye

HIT A NEW LOW

BlursedChristain

They will go back up in 15 unless apocalypse (which is an option). DONT PANIC SELL AT THIS LOW..

Different-Hyena-8724

What's everyone's opinion on HD and LOW over the next 365 days? I have some short term vs long term profits considering taking soon and wanted to see the temp of the sub on these. I feel like some of them, once they hit the 365 day mark, and if I'm up 12%, why not sell. Seems like solid gains. Curious what everyones opinion on how politics will shape these 2 stocks (hopefully without making this a finger pointing debate....I only care about the symbol and $$$ in this convo).

CallsOrPutsYES

Good callout and advice, personally Im doing Leaps now, so 12+ calls and/or puts on LOW IV stonks. Hoping even if I pick the wrong direction I win on IV

ssralf

**Bers** BUT THE NUMBER WAS LOW AND HE LIED HE LIED AND HE LIIIIIIED Calm down man it's friday and you were so focused on the cheese 🧀 you forgot about the trap