All Posts Tagged With: "Wal Mart"
Another New High for the Ultimate Basics Stock
It’s a runaway bull market for a trend we’ve been covering since last year… “the basics.”
How the Economy Looks in Colorado
We haven’t given you much of a view of how the economy here looks in Colorado. Sorry. We’ve been too busy eating massive portions of food while fending off rubber-band toting nieces and nephews. But since we’re on our way back to Melbourne tomorrow, how about a few parting observations from Colorado?
These Beaten-Up Retailers Are Showing Signs of an Uptrend
The situation is grim for home furnishing retailers… Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Tuesday Morning, and just about every company that supplies furniture and home accessories has been crushed.
Green Is In… But Why?
I have a confession to make…I spend my weekends watching a lot of TV. So needless to say, I see a lot of the stupid commercials that get put on TV.
The Fed at the Crossroads
Is the economy poised for a recovery, as the stock market seems to expect? Or are we in for another few more quarters of recession and/or slow growth?
International Sales Help Wal-Mart Beat First-Quarter Earnings’ Estimate
A 22% increase in international sales helped Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the world’s largest retailer and bellwether of the U.S. economy, beat first-quarter earnings’ estimates.
Miscellaneous Notes From a Faltering Economy
Time was, “As General Motors goes, so goes the nation.” What would be the suitable substitute for GM in post-industrial, post-modern, post-Bretton Woods America? Wal-Mart? Or maybe Starbucks?
Decline and Fall of The American Consumer Economy
High-profile bankruptcies of mainstay American retailers, such as The Sharper Image and Linens ‘n Things, as well as the proposed mergers between Blockbuster/Circuit City and Delta/Northwest, and the admissions from the nation’s leading student lenders that their business models are no longer viable, mark the beginning of a long overdue overhaul of the American economy.
Decision Time: Some Questions to Answer
Wall Street has a lot in front of it. Not only does it have to figure out who the winners and losers are of this credit crunch. It also has to figure out what a major shift in national leadership would mean.
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