Home Hunting
Home Depot Price (2/8/00): $61

February 9, 2000

Do you bleed Orange? Home Depot <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: HD)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: HD)") end if %> has grown to become the world's leading home improvement retailer. With over 900 stores, no one would want to sand down the company's prospects, right?

Wrong. We're Dueling Fools. It's what we do. Bill Barker (TMF Max) and Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMF Edible) cross screwdrivers over the company's future. Bill is a fan of the hardware superstore. Rick is not.

Who is right? Your vote will help decide. Then, if you enjoyed Bill and Rick duking it out, check out our Duel Flashback segment. These two Fools were also arguing about CMGI <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: CMGI)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: CMGI)") end if %> six months ago.

The Bull Argument...
Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer, with about 900 stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Chile and a new one going up every other day. If for some reason you aren't already familiar with the big-box company, start with this -- it has made for one of the best performing stocks over the last decade.
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The Bear Argument...
So, let's take all of this and toss it into a wood chipper. You have higher interest rates likely to bring same-store sales down. You have a domestic market that is on the verge of being tapped out in terms of expansion. Internationally you have fickle tastes that do not seem to align themselves with this specific steroids-fed hardware blueprint.
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The Bull Argument »

 This Week's Duel

  • Introduction
  • The Bull Argument
  • The Bear Argument
  • The Bull Rebuttal
  • The Bear Rebuttal
  • Vote Results
  • Flashback: CMGI

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