Amazon Is Expected to Post Slim Profit as It Manages Slower Demand

Amazon Inc. is expected on Thursday to report a modest quarterly profit on a meager rise in sales, as the tech-and-retail company continues to work through the overhang from its breakneck growth durin...

Large Retailers Are Getting Hit Hardest by Overstocking

Big retailers are struggling to cope with large stockpiles of furniture, apparel and workout equipment, yet broad measures show inventories at American companies remain exceedingly lean by historical ...

S&P 500, Nasdaq book 3rd day of gains after Fed minutes point to another big rate increase this month to tackle inflation

U.S. stocks end higher Wednesday after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting signaled another big interest rate-hike is likely later this month despite the risk of slowing economic grow...

Fed Minutes Get Released Today. 4 Things to Watch.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in June 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Text size When the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its June 14-15 meeting today, investors will get a deeper look ...

Glut of Goods at Target, Walmart Is a Boon for Liquidators

The excess inventory piling up at large retailers such as Target and Walmart is proving a boon for liquidators and other companies that help dispose of the oversupply. Liquidity Services Xcess Limited...

China’s Slowdown Could Tamp Down Global Inflation

China’s slowdown may have a silver lining for the rest of the world: weaker inflation. Growth in the world’s second-largest economy has tumbled this year as Covid-19 outbreaks triggered mass lockdowns...

Fed Rate Hikes Will End Sooner Than You Think. What That Means for Stocks.

Text size Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate increases can only last so long. The stock market could experience some relief...

Earnings Are Under Threat, Another Blow to Sagging Stock Market

Stocks have tumbled this year in the face of rising interest rates. But with inflation showing little sign of cooling, many investors fear corporate earnings could be the market’s next support to fall...

Costco, Home Depot, and 3 Other Retail Stocks to Scoop Up Now—and 1 to Avoid

Home Depot is one of the retail stocks that are worth buying after the sector’s latest selloff. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike. The same co...

Companies Are Still Buying Back Stock. Ones to Favor, and Ones to Avoid.

Text size Las Vegas Sands is sitting on a pile of cash after selling its Vegas properties, including the Venetian Resort. Roger Kisby/Bloomberg With the stock market tumbling again, it’s bargain-hunti...

Why the Stock Markets Are Falling So Hard

Text size Wall Street Bull Dreamstime This past week was another brutal one for the markets. Investors had plenty to worry about from the Fed to inflation and retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Av...

Target, Caterpillar, and 3 More Stocks Getting Higher Dividends

Text size Target is raising its quarterly dividend by 20%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Target and Caterpillar were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. Target (ticker:...

5 Retail Stocks Worth a Look, and 1 to Avoid

Home Depot is one of the retail stocks that are worth buying after the sector’s latest selloff. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike. The same co...

Target raises dividend by 20%, to boost yield to nearly a percentage point above Walmart’s

Shares of Target Corp. TGT, -0.25% rallied 1.1% in premarket trading Thursday, after the discount retailer said it raised its quarterly dividend by 20%, to $1.08 a share from 90 cents a share. The new...

Yellen Says Inflation Is Here to Stay While Target Is Cutting Prices. They’re Not at Odds.

At the same time, Target said on Tuesday it will have to cut prices to shift inventory, further hurting profitability this year. That seems like a contradiction. But it makes sense if we accept that f...

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...

Relief at the Pump Could Come Soon. Thank Saudi Arabia.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Oil prices fell Thursday after the Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia was ready to increase output as more sanctions on Russia threaten global oil supply...

Why Costco Won’t Raise the Price of Its Hot Dogs

Text size Costco’s membership renewal rate for the U.S. and Canada stood at 92.3% last quarter. David Pail Morris/Bloomberg Costco Wholesale takes care of its more than 64 million members. The s...

Companies Are Rebuilding Their Inventories. What That Means for Profits.

Text size Target’s inventory rose 43.1% and sales grew 4% in the most recent quarter. Joe Raedle/Getty Images After months of being empty, shelves are finally being restocked. That makes shoppers happ...

Durability of U.S. stock- market bounce in question as inflation worries linger ahead of payrolls report

Investors took a breather this week as U.S. stocks bounced back from a weeks long selloff and the latest reading on inflation offered glimmers of optimism to those hoping for a peak in price pressures...

How Low Could the S&P 500 Sink? According to History, 3000.

Text size The fall in stock and bond prices has cut household wealth by as much as $8 trillion in 2022. Justin Lane/epa-efe/Shutterstock The stock market had a near-bear experience, which might be the...

3 Off-Price Retailers That Look Like Bargains in the Stock Market’s Wreckage

T.J. Maxx’s parent TJX reported earnings that were above Wall Street expectations. Cindy Ord/Getty Images Text size Two of the three major off-price retailers posted quarterly earnings this week, with...

The Stock Market Has Avoided a Bear. But the Selloff Isn’t Over

The S&P 500 indexrefuses to fall into a bear market—but that doesn’t mean it’s found a bottom just yet. Not that it wasn’t a painful week. The S&P 500 dropped 3% and has now fallen 18.7% from ...

The Bear Nears and Might Not Exit Stocks Until the S&P Sinks to 3000

Text size The fall in stock and bond prices has cut household wealth by as much as $8 trillion in 2022. Justin Lane/epa-efe/Shutterstock The stock market had a near-bear experience, which might be the...

Meta, Uber and Other Internet Stock to Buy After the Big Market Drop

Text size Uber shares are attractive after a 44% decline this year, an analyst says. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Internet stocks have tumbled worse than the general market as investors have worried a...

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...

If you thought Walmart and Target had disappointing results, these retailers did so much worse

Retail stocks fell hard this week as bellwether companies disappointed investors with sagging profits. And now, a review of retailers sheds light on companies that put up worse numbers than those repo...

Where to buy Target (TGT) stock: it’s down 24% after reporting a 52% drop on Q1 profit

The Target (TGT) stock has tumbled by 24% today as it continues to drop after the company reported a 52% drop in its Q1 net profit on Monday. The dropped sharply immediately after the reports were ann...

Why Is the Stock Market Down Today? Dow Slides and Target Tumbles.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst day since 2020 on Wednesday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Sometimes it ta...

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 ...

Amazon Stock Plunges in Wake of Target, Walmart Debacles. This Is Why.

Text size Things may be worsening at a rapid pace for Amazon. Cindy Ord/Getty Images Amazon . com shareholders just got another reality check from Walmart and Target . The surprising inability of two ...

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...