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Why Is Sears So Hated?

By Jim Cramer

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 It is time to speak the truth about Sears Holdings . All of the disaster scenarios did not come true. All of the stuff on TV and in the press about what was supposed to happen -- a true debacle -- didn't happen. In fact, the opposite. Now, I want you to put aside a couple of negatives: Eddie Lampert, a friend, who runs the company, should not have bought stock all the way up. That was a mistake. He admits it. Put aside the fact that the stores may not be what you want to shop at. I have a nice one, but it is often empty. Forget for a moment that Lampert "missed the window" of selling lots of real estate at higher prices. But let's look at what is happening here. Sears made money in the fourth quarter. In fact, it made pretty much what it...

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