S&P 500 index company earnings for the second quarter were certainly better than expected, but it’s debatable whether overall results were actually good, given that year-over-year growth was due o...
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What this week’s retail earnings tell us about Costco, Amazon and Apple
Target (TGT) missed on earnings. Lowe’s (LOW) provided mixed results. Home Depot (HD) fared better. Walmart (WMT) beat estimates but warned its customers were focusing more on lower prices. Resu...
Deere, Foot Locker, Bed Bath & Beyond and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Deere (DE) – Deere slid 5.2% in premarket trading after the heavy equipment maker missed quarterly earnings estimates despite higher-than-expe...
Home Depot CEO Ted Decker to replace retiring Craig Menear as chair
Ted Decker, Home Depot Source: PRNewswire Home Depot has named CEO Ted Decker as the chair of the board, the company announced Thursday. He replaces former CEO Craig Menear, who will retire as chair S...
Home Depot and Lowe’s cite strong demand, but softening could be ahead
A customer enters a Home Depot store on August 16, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Spending on home improvement doesn’t appear to have taken a big hit with the slo...
4 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Wednesday
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments: We’re cautiously w...
Home Depot (HD) Q2 2022 earnings
A customer wearing a protective mask loads lumber at a Home Depot store in Pleasanton, California, Feb. 22, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot on Tuesday reported higher sec...
Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Zoom, Ally and more
Vehicles pass a Walmart store in Torrance, California, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Walmart, Home Depot — T...
3 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Tuesday
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments: We want growth without inf...
Home Depot, Walmart, Masimo and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Home Depot (HD) – Home Depot reported a quarterly profit of $5.05 per share, 11 cents above estimates, with revenue and comparable store sales...
Retail giants report with all eyes on the consumer
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said that this week’s economic data releases and retailer earnings reports will give important insights into the state of the American consumer and, in turn, in...
Walmart, General Motors, Polaris and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walmart (WMT) – Walmart slumped 9.5% in the premarket after cutting its outlook for the current quarter and full year. The retail giant said h...
Billionaire investor Ken Langone names ‘3 most powerful things in business’
Billionaire investor and philanthropist Ken Langone on Monday detailed three core business principles he’s believed in during his career, suggesting they’ve been instrumental in building s...
Jim Cramer picks 7 Dow stocks that investors should consider owning
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday offered investors his stock picks from the best- and worst-performing stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the first half of the year. Companies in the ...
Prologis, major Amazon warehouse landlord, to buy Duke Realty for $26 billion
Signage outside a Prologis warehouse occupied by Kuehne + Nagel in Redlands, California, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Fallout from the global supply-chain crisis is clogging U.S. ports, pushing ware...
Walmart bets its stores will give it an edge in Amazon e-commerce duel
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — Walmart’s cavernous stores are known for aisles of low-priced groceries, paper towels and apparel. Now, those big boxes are hubs for its e-commerce business, serving as l...
What retail woes signal about the market’s fight against inflation
Jay Laprete | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retailers are missing and missing big. It started last week with the Walmart and Target results which showed big inventory builds and the need for markdowns, and...
Jim Cramer says he likes these three smaller plays in battered retail sector
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that while the retail sector has had a rough week, there are still several winners that stand out against the deluge of stocks that tanked. “The big four aren...
Next big shoe to drop in financial markets: Inflation that fails to respond to Fed rate hikes
Traders, investors and strategists are adding one more factor to the list of reasons why financial markets may be in for more volatility through at least the next three to four months: the likelihood ...
What Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s tell us about the economy
Compilation of Target, Walmart, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores. Reuters How well is the American consumer holding up against sky-high inflation? It depends on whom you ask. Four major retailers — ...
Lowe’s (LOW) earnings Q1 2022
A customer pushes a shopping cart towards the entrance of a Lowe’s store in Concord, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s on Wednesday...
Target (TGT) Q1 2022 earnings
Target on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that fell far short of Wall Street’s expectations, as the retailer coped with pricey freight costs, higher markdowns and lower-than-expected sales...
Expect a rally if there’s good news from retail giants & China
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said that investors should keep an eye on retailer earnings and Covid news from China as indicators for how Wednesday’s trading session will go. If we get more...
Home Depot (HD) Q1 2022 earnings
Home Depot on Tuesday raised its full-year outlook and reported strong quarterly earnings, fueled by the company’s strongest first-quarter sales on record, an early signal that the retailer is s...
Walmart, Home Depot, Citigroup and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walmart (WMT) – Walmart slumped 7% in premarket trading after missing bottom-line expectations for the first quarter. The retail giant earne...
Home affordability at 2007 bubble level but crash unlikely: Blackstone
A major Wall Street firm is drawing a striking parallel to the housing bubble. Blackstone’s Joe Zidle calls homes almost as unaffordable as the 2007 peak. Yet, he believes a crash is unlikely du...
Retail giants report earnings, stay away from ‘toxic’ stocks
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that he’s breathing a sigh of relief as beaten-down stocks ‘have already taken enough hits,’ allowing investors to trade in a safer environment ne...
Market will find a bottom soon and is poised for a rally
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday predicted that Wall Street will price in a bottom soon and the market will be set for a “tremendous rally.” “Suddenly, the conventional wisdom say...
Opinion: Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here
One of the troubling things about this market downturn is that as brutal as it got, corporate insiders never showed much interest in their discounted stocks. That’s changed in a big way. They’re bulli...