Tag: wmt
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Is COST Stock a Buy or a Canary in an Economic Coal Mine?
As of the market close on December 19, Costo Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) stock is down 6.6% in 2025 and over 10% in the last 12 months. This is despite the company’s continued pattern of reporting revenue and earnings per share (EPS) that are growing on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. The issue is that growth is slowing. The same is true of…
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Did Walmart Just Save the Holidays for Investors?
As Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) goes, so goes the nation. That was an idiom that was first used to describe General Motors in the 1960s. But in the consumer-driven economy of 2025, Walmart is a key barometer for the health of the economy. If that’s the case, then the economy just got some good medicine. Walmart delivered a strong earnings report. Revenue and earnings…
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2 Retail Stocks to Buy and 2 to Avoid Before Earnings
Many of the largest retail stocks are getting ready to report earnings the week of November 17. As I write this, we’re about two weeks away from the official start of the holiday shopping season. Investors will be waiting to hear if retailers believe this will be a Black Friday or a Black-and-Blue Friday. In the prior earnings season, many retailers sounded the…
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3 Savvy Stocks to Buy as Government Reopens
With the government set to reopen, it’s time to look at savvy stocks you should be buying now. The longest government shutdown in our nation’s history is likely to end at some point this week. You can bet that institutional investors are already looking at their watchlists closely to see how to profit from this event. Here’s a…