I know – blasphemy in Boulder to say anything negative about CROX.  However, I’m just channeling Howard Lindzon, the founder of WallStrip and stock trader extraordinarre.  I don’t know jack about trading in public markets so I just ignore them and let other people do it for me, but it’s fun to watch what guys like Howard write.

In Crocs (CROX) – Case Study … Supply Trumps Demand Howard offers free advice to the management team of Crocs for how to get out of the ditch.

  1. Split 8 for 1. That will confuse and frighten short-sellers.
  2. Give away Crocs at airports all over the world. $20 million worth of Crocs in a weekend bonanza. Just hand them out as people approach the X-Ray machines. Instant customers. Instant.
  3. Announce a share buyback.
  4. Fire their Bankers for no reason. Just say the whores wanted us to dilute you, our wonderful common shareholders in a big public display. Use a Pinata that looks like the Goldman Sachs logo as you ring the opening Bell.

Howard made these suggestions last May .  He then predicted that the stock would roundtrip, which it did .  Wheeee!