For Nvidia Stock, It’s Game On!

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...

Walmart Reports Earnings Tuesday. What to Expect.

Keep an eye out for Walmart stock when the market opens on Tuesday, analysts say. The retail giant is poised to deliver another strong quarter, fueled in part by a strong holiday season, and shares ma...

Just how bad were holiday sales? The world’s biggest retailers are about to tell us

The nation’s retailers limped into last year’s holiday season with too much stuff that people didn’t want. We’re about to find out how much of it they were able to get rid of, and how much an avalanch...

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...

Largest U.S. Pension Buys Up Apple, Tesla, and Disney Stock. It Sold Walmart.

The largest public pension in the U.S. by assets just made major changes in its investment portfolio. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System bought more Apple (ticker: AAPL), Tesla (TSLA),...

Deere, Dollar Tree, and 21 More Investment Ideas From Barron’s Roundtable Pros

The “January effect,” according to market lore, is the tendency of stocks to rise in the year’s first month. So far, so good: The S&P 500 is up 6% year to date and the Nasdaq Composite has gained ...

This 72-year-old is hoping to fund her retirement on GoFundMe

GoFundMe campaigns have been raising piles of cash for older Walmart workers who want to retire — but the heartwarming stories about sudden windfalls mask a dark reality about economic security and gr...

These 15 Dividend Aristocrat stocks have been the best income builders

The S&P Dividend Aristocrats deserve more coverage. Those are companies that have raised their dividend payouts consistently over the years — they’re dividend royalty, as it were. As a group, they...

Macy’s Warns Consumers Will Be Pressured in 2023. Retail Shares Are Slipping.

Macy’s stock fell on Friday after the department store said fourth-quarter sales would come in at the low to middle end of its guidance, and warned that consumers will be pressured in 2023.  Macy’s (t...

Buy Costco Stock. Share Are on Sale.

Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers continue to snap...

Costco Stock Is on Sale. It’s a Good Time to Buy.

Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers continue to snap...

Why Companies Do Layoffs Around Christmas

As job cuts ripple through industries such as tech and media, it is hard not to notice how the holiday season is a really unfortunate time for workers to be getting pink slips.  There is arguably no g...

You’re Hired! No Interview Required in Tight Labor Market

Listen to article (2 minutes) Some employers racing to snap up workers in the tight labor market are omitting a step once considered crucial to hiring: the job interview. United Parcel Service Inc. ha...

Costco stock falls after hours as retailer’s earnings disappoint, online sales fall

Costco Wholesale Corp. stock fell less than 1% in the extended session Thursday after the retailer missed Wall Street expectations for its fiscal first quarter and online sales dropped. Costco COST, -...

Costco Misses Earnings and Revenue Expectations

Costco Wholesale got a sluggish start to its new fiscal year, missing earnings and revenue expectations and sending the stock lower in after-hours trading on Thursday. Investors had been wary headed i...

Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger Could Have the Solution to Grocery Deliveries

Shoppers returning to stores in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, venture-capital money drying up, and higher labor costs mean the first golden age of food delivery looks to be over. But customers ha...

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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Walmart Is Flexing Its Muscle Again

America’s biggest retailer has a new message for its suppliers: We’re not going to pay higher prices anymore. Walmart Inc. Chief Executive Doug McMillon delivered the warning in person last month in a...

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...

An American Helped Build a Business Inside China. Clients Want Him to Leave.

It took Jacob Rothman two decades to build a Chinese manufacturing business with his friends and family. Now the 49-year-old American executive says customers want him to make some of his grilling too...

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...

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Big Player in Retail Advertising

The proposed merger of Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. would reshape the U.S. supermarket industry by combining its two largest operators. It also would create a big player in so-called retail media, o...

Shortages Have Turned to Gluts. These Stocks Could Benefit.

Shortages have turned into surpluses—and that’s bad news for goods producers and sellers everywhere. Still, there are some companies that could buck the trend. Companies like Nike (ticker: NKE) and Mi...

Cargo Shipowners Cancel Sailings as Global Trade Flips From Backlogs to Empty Containers

Listen to article (2 minutes) Ocean carriers are canceling dozens of sailings on the world’s busiest routes during what is normally their peak season, the latest sign of the economic whiplash hitting ...

Here’s what Costco is saying about inflation — and a membership fee increase

As the market obsesses about inflation and what would cause the Fed to step off the gas pedal, it’s worth considering what some companies are saying about it. The view from Costco Wholesale, the wareh...

Costco Sales Rise as Inflation Continues to Weigh on Consumers

Updated Sept. 22, 2022 6:09 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Costco Wholesale Corp. posted higher sales in the most recent quarter, the latest indication that the warehouse retailer remains a haven...

Costco reports results that top estimates and $200 billion annual revenue for first time

Costco Wholesale Corp. shares slipped in the extended session Thursday even as the retailer reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street estimates and annual sales that topped $200 billion for the...

Costco Earnings Underwhelmed and the Stock Is Falling. It’s Time to Buy the Dip.

Text size Costco earnings rarely disappoint. Mario Tama/Getty Images Costco Wholesale isn’t the kind of company that delivers much in the way of bad news and Thursday’s earnings report wasn’t anything...

Costco, AutoZone, Lennar, Darden, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve this week, as the central bank’s policy committee meets to consider further interest-rate increases. A handful of major companies will report earnings...

Walmart, Target Urge Lawmakers to Pass Bill Taking Aim at Visa, Mastercard Fees

More than 1,600 merchants including Walmart and Target are urging U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation that aims to break the hold that Visa and Mastercard have over the credit-card market. The bill, wh...