Cramer: Why Sears Keeps on Rising

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Why did Sears(SHLD Quote) spike today? It certainly wasn't anything I saw about the substance of the business; remember, its earnings report Thursday was far from spectacular.

I think it spiked because of the share count. Two numbers tell the story: 153.7 million and 152,492,175 shares. That's the number of shares that were listed in the quarterly release and the number of shares listed in the 10q just released today. That means Eddie Lampert bought back 1.2 million shares between May 5 and May 25. ...