M fell in trading on Tuesday after a note was being passed around that Dealreporter stated "several financial sponsors that evaluated Macy's concluded a turnaround in the company's performance would be too difficult, citing sources familiar with the matter. We found these comments yesterday to be completely irrelevant, we remain confident in our DCF analysis of the core business, and we added to our position.

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We used the opportunity on Tuesday to add to our shares. We wanted to explain her reasoning for doing so as well as briefly critique the comments from Dealreporter.

Those that have read us recently know that we are optimists about Macy's being able to get a deal done that unlocks the value of its real estate for its shareholders. Whether the deal is a joint venture or spin off regarding the real estate, or a full on buyout as was rumored earlier in the week, we don't know. However, we do believe the likelihood of a deal eventually getting done is good. We have really simple reasoning for believing this.

Most times when a buyout deal is rumored, the only thing to take in consideration is how the company will perform in the future. For more on this, see Dealreporter's comments.

But in this case, that is being considered but only as a secondary asset or a call option after the real estate that the company owns. Make no mistake about it, any buyout or joint venture would likely be looking at the real estate first and the cash generated from the business second.

We broke down why a deal like this would make sense not only for Macy's shareholders but also for potential acquirers in our last Macy's article that we wrote just days ago. One point that we didn't mention in that article and would like to stress further is that the current CEO stands to benefit significantly if he can get a deal done during his tenure, before handing over the reins of the stock market vs fed balance sheet which he is what happens to unvested stock during a buyout to do in just months.

WSJ reported on February 3. The package, valued as of Jan. It also includes postretirement medical benefits and life insurance. We love seeing things like this. It helps us get into the mindset that the executives are currently in and it gives us yet one more common sense reason that we may see a deal in a relatively short term.

If that was our pay package, and we knew the board was going to get taken over as soon as we left the CEO position, I'm pretty sure we would be evaluating as many deals as possible also before we left.

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While there has been speculation around Hudson Gambling addiction stock trading, we certainly don't think that there is any shortage of potential bidders for the company.

CEO Lundgren said about a year ago on CNBC that he had deals and proposals "all over his desk" when asked about strategic alternatives.

It is simply trying to consider a plan which that will be the best what happens to unvested stock during a buyout shareholders that may be what is taking some time. We understand the skepticism, not only from Dealreporterbut from others. However, people need to stop looking at this as a potential sale of a retail company and start looking at it as the sale of the real estate portfolio with a cash generating retail company as an add on call option.

The sooner that skeptics start to understand that, the sooner they can do away with the paradigm that this is somehow about turning around the retail business. It isn't, it's about value creation. We bought more Macy's yesterday because the lower the price goes, the more attractive the company looks to a potential acquirer. Yes, operational metrics are not heading in the right direction, but that doesn't change the value of the company's real estate.

All an acquirer would need to do is separate the real estate and make some drastic cuts at Macy's that would allow the company to continue to be a cash generating entity for years to come. With strategic cuts and an eye on balancing the business between online and in-store, we think that this is more than possible.

We added to our position yesterday and will continue to do so on dips. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions.

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