9 Safe High Yield Dividend Stocks To Buy For 2023

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The Critique That Best Buy Is Just An Amazon Showroom Is Staid And Boring

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Black Friday Sales And Holiday Outlook

| AFP via Getty Images Key Takeaways Best Buy was able to beat analyst predictions for profit and revenue in a surprising earnings report for the third quarter. Despite fears of a looming recession in...

3 Reasons Why Best Buy’s Virtual Store Is A Brilliant Idea

NILES, IL – JANUARY 31: Best Buy employee Walter Slavnov (R) assists Nick Hehn as he shops for … [+] flat-panel wide screen televisions at a Best Buy store January 31, 2006 in Niles, Illin...

Dividends In The Bargain Bin! 4 Cheap Yields Up To 9%

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Retail Has Endured Quiet Quitting For Years. Is It Worse?

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Is Best Buy Stock Undervalued? Analysts Say It Is

| Getty Images Key takeaways Best Buy stock has fallen 30% in 2022, some analysts believe the stock is undervalued. The company is working hard to reenergize itself after the pandemic and widespread s...

Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year

Freight rates on the main ocean trade routes are sinking during what is typically the industry’s peak season after cargo owners shipped holiday goods early and inflation dented consumer demand. The co...

Retail Stocks Got an Earnings Boost. Why There’s No Comfort in That.

Text size Many retailers are still struggling with the high inventories, with profits dragged down by pricier supply-chain and transport costs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors breathed a sigh of ...

Lululemon Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

Text size Lululemon’s sales fell short of estimates in the fourth quarter. Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Lululemon Athletica Lululemon Athletica will report second-quarter results on Thursda...

A Look At Some Of The Earnings Coming The Week Of August 29

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Inventory Pileup, Uneasy Shoppers Put Retailers in Jeopardy

For retailers, it is a season of discontent. From Walmart Inc. to Nordstrom Inc., retailers have a glut of inventory and are discounting items to clear out space for holiday goods. Many have already l...

U.S. Stocks Poised Fall on Monday

Stocks are poised to open lower on Wall Street on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are poised to open lower on Monday as investors look toward Friday’s report on August jobs...

Stocks in September Have Often Struggled. The Good News: The Selloff May Have Already Begun.

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size The stock market’s worst month—September—will soon be upon us. The S&P 500 index has averaged a 1% loss in September dating back to 1928, says Dow Jones Marke...

Questioning The Wisdom Of Best Buy’s Latest Round Of Lay-Offs

Best BuyBBY is laying off an unspecified number of associates in stores across the country in what is widely seen as a cost-cutting move after the chain last month lowered its annual sales and profit ...

Retailers Like Best Buy Already Flocking To Join Drugstores To Sell Hearing Aids This Fall

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Refurbished Products At Walmart? Why Not? They’re Everywhere Else.

WalmartWMT has launched a program selling refurbished appliances and consumer electronics that it says will offer high-quality products at a fraction of the cost of buying them new. “Good as new” is t...

Dow’s Cash Flow Increases The Safety Of Its Dividend Yield

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Best Buy’s Challenges Abound – Will Sales Rebound?

Levittown, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Getty Images It is always a challenge for a retailer that sells merchandise keyed to special occasions or seasonal events such as the Olympic...

Target Inventory Warning Portends Retail Bloodbath

Target ’s inventory problem is turning out even worse than it expected just a short time ago. Its latest warning could portend a promotional bloodbath among retailers this summer. The retailer on Tues...

Best Buy’s New Environmentally Sound Service Will Cost You

Best BuyBBY recently became the first national retailer to offer a service that picks up old tech from customers’ homes to be recycled. The price of the service, at $199, however, may come with some s...

Best Buy Founder Richard Schulze Bought a Big Block of Stock

Text size People shopping in a Best Buy store. Richard Schulze, Best Buy’s founder, bought $20 million in shares of the electronics retailer. Valentin M Armianu/Dreamstime.com Best Buy stock has tumbl...

Best Buy’s Cash Flow Increases The Safety Of Its Dividend Yield

CHICAGO – MARCH 30: A Best Buy store is seen March 30, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Best Buy Co. … [+] Inc., the nation?s largest consumer electronics retailer, reported a 13 percent increas...

If There’s a Recession Coming, Not Even the Fed Could Stop It Now

The word recession is on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Influential investor and philanthropist George Soros is talking about it in Davos. The Federal Reserve, on the day minutes are published, is cons...

Best Buy Believes Time Is Ripe To Double Up On Outlets

Best Buy BBY is moving forward with its plan to double the number of outlet stores it operates over the next year. The consumer electronics retailer said it is opening four new outlets this summer and...

Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm

Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...

Retailers Look To Expand Warehouse Capacity, With Some Converting Store Space

Photo by: John Nacion/STAR MAX/Photo in New York City 12/23/21 John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx Best Buy has converted many of its stores to be a combination of selling space and warehouse space. It enables t...

Best Buy Stock: Earnings Reveal Tough Christmas Quarter. Company Raises Dividend.

Text size Best Buy is contending with short-term headwinds, but the electronics retailer is expecting business to pick up by fiscal 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images Best Buy stock rose Thursday despite ...

Shoppers Returned To Stores For The Holidays

Shopper visits to physical stores for 2021 were far ahead of 2020 numbers and slightly above 2019 … [+] levels for some retailers. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) Getty Images Shopper tr...