Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE:WSM)

Stock is down 12% because of reduced outlook for Q4_12. Announcing increased div and buy back. ValuePro val around $45 with 5% growth, Quicken val around $40 with 10% growth.
It should be around $40

12/18

My wife and all her friends love these brands. They are expensive brands for a questionable economy but that isnt stopping them

Will grow nicely as the economy bounces back.

People are slowly going back to the excess lifestyle where this company has their feet planted.

Just beat quarterly earnings, but PE and PEG was high relative to the industry average so folks are selling on the good news. Need to wait until it reaches the 50d Moving average (which is right now actually to get back in).

Have to think long-term here. This stock will only increase as the economy improves. Not many people are going for the luxury products that WSM has to offer.

I am definitely late to this party, but there are plenty of drinks and gals left to have a good time. Going up!

Recent earnings reports show this company is recovering from the recession. The stats and charts look good. If you're cautious about buying into retail at this early stage of economic recovery, buy on a pull back from the $21 level as of the 12/4/09 market close. Also note that this is a higher end retailer that doesn't have to compete with the mid stream retailers in the home goods market segment.

Why has my Brookstone catalog stopped coming?

a good home retailer

Reload. From a previous post:
"I need some pottery to spruce up my section 8 housing. This thing is finished in five years. Americans, of which I am one, make me laugh."

WSM recently reported dismal earnings and lower revenue yet the stock price jumped. In fact the stock price has nearly doubled during the last few months. WSM is a provider of non-essential goods to higher income shoppers. They are going to lose a lot of potential customers due to dismal macroeconomic factors.

This company will figure out how to adjust.

good place to shop for your home

Pottery sells garbage for high prices as if it's a luxury item. Eventually this is going to catch up with them.

Retail's in a bad spot. WSM is way overvalued.

starting to scale in some longer term short plays

Luxury retailer that sells easily downtradable kitchen products
Insiders dumping shares like they have the plague (5 million and counting!).