Market Comments From TheStockMasters

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

One of our favorite ridiculous companies RedEnvelope Inc. (REDE) had its CEO throw in the towel. Yesterday Chief Executive Ken Constable resigned to "pursue other business opportunities", translating to bailing before the company goes under.

Shares of REDE are down 11% today and $1 away from a new 52-week low, with shares trading around $7.25. To truly appreciate this company you just have to visit their website (which is very well designed) and just browse through all the over-priced gifts. They currently have a lavender lab + blanket for baby that is only $60. Better yet, Neato Giftsince it’s almost Easter, go all out and buy their Easter Cactus for only $48.
Nothing says Easter more than a cactus plant, so spend away America. I was thinking of getting my lady friend a cute easter bunny and chocolates, but a $50 cactus would be much more romantic, don’t you think? "Here hunny, hug this!"
Well, better luck next time REDE. Despite the bashing, people actually do buy their crap, they brought in $113M last year in revenue but their net income of -5.6M didn’t help anything but put them in the Red. Clever I know.
RedEnvelope should just sell out to Amazon (AZMN) or Overstock (OSTK). But if you think they can turn it around, help them out by purchasing that Easter Cactus.

http://www.thestockmasters.com/index.asp

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

HPE Vol: 153,197,465
ENPH Vol: 8,360,053
GLW Vol: 18,152,646
APTV Vol: 6,761,325

Top Losing Stocks

TTD Vol: 21,905,513
INTU Vol: 7,383,018
CTRA Vol: 73,319,495
CBOE Vol: 5,000,011
HP
HPQ Vol: 29,259,826