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Retail Stock to Short #5: Harley-Davidson (HOG)
Technically, Harley-Davidson (HOG) isn’t a retailer, but who needs a motorcycle? This terribly
managed company has a broken balance sheet thanks to loaning money to customers to buy its bikes, falling sales and rising interest payments on heavy
debt. The stock has more than doubled since March, in part due to short covering, but is headed back down.Buy put options on HOG. A word of caution: HOG is one of the five most shorted stocks on the Street, and short
squeezes can make your life very uncomfortable when you are holding puts.Learn more about why the ride is over for HOG.
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5 Dead-End Retail Stocks to Short
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