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Costco’s Sales Update Slams the Stock. Strong Grocery Sales Aren’t Enough.
Stock in Costco dropped Thursday as its same-store sales fell short of expectations, a rare miss for the warehouse club owner that highlights how strong sales of groceries aren’t enough to make up for...
The PC boom has gone bust, and we are about to see the results ahead of Black Friday
The pandemic-fueled personal-computer boom has ended, so how will that affect demand and pricing for PCs and the retailers that sell them this holiday season? A sense of the fallout will be provided i...
Retail Discounter TJX Is Thriving as Inflation Pressures Consumers
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Retail analysts foresee holiday-season sales growth. Now we’ll hear from retailers themselves.
Even as price increases squeeze shoppers, analysts expect holiday-season sales to increase this year. With Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and discounters TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc. reporting results in...
These 27 stocks can give you a more diversified portfolio than the S&P 500 — and that’s a key advantage right now
You probably already know that because of market-capitalization weighting, a broad index such as the S&P 500 SPX, -0.80% can be concentrated in a handful of stocks. Index funds are popular for goo...
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...
Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...
Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...
Nvidia, Macy’s, Zoom, Costco, Snowflake, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited First-quarter earnings season winds down this week, but with more than a dozen S&P 500 companies left to report. Economists will be watching the latest Federal Reserve meeting...
Nvidia, Macy’s, Zoom, Costco, Snowflake, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited First-quarter earnings season winds down this week, but with more than a dozen S&P 500 companies left to report. Economists will be watching the latest Federal Reserve meeting...
Dollar General and Dollar Tree Earnings Are the Next Big Test for Retailers
Text size Dollar General and Dollar Tree report earnings next Thursday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General and Dollar Tree report earnings next week, but the stocks got crushed well in advanc...
Dollar General, Williams-Sonoma, and 3 More Stocks Whose Dividends Are Going Up
Text size Dollar General raised its quarterly dividend by 31%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General , Williams-Sonoma , and Equity Residential were among the U.S. companies that said this week ...
Zoom, Salesforce, Target, Costco, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
U.S. stock and bond markets will have plenty of action on the last day of February with earnings from HP Inc., Lucid Group, and stay-at-home play Zoom Video Communications expected on Monday. Earnings...
14 dividend stocks that rose 100% or more in 5 years as the payouts doubled
In basketball, a double-double is a combination of at least 10 or more of the following in a game: points scored, rebounds, assists, blocked shots or steals. For dividend stocks, you might find a scre...