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At the time of writing, WMT stock trades around $104. Valued at a market cap of $825 billion, Walmart has returned more than 400% to shareholders over the past decade, after adjusting for dividend reinvestments.
Cotton futures were up 1 to 7 points in the front months on Friday, with contracts down 8 points to 20 points higher. December was up 355 points on the week. Crude oil was down 19 cents with the US dollar index $0.063 l…
Corn futures are holding onto 1 to 2 cent gains across most contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 ½ cents at $4.52 ½.
Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in recent weeks, signalling people close to the president may be preparing for at least one chamber of Congress to flip …
Nvidia reports earnings, and Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his first Jackson Hole speech.
Amazon (AMZN) earns a BUY with a $344 price target and 33% upside as AWS posts its fastest growth in 18 quarters.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) ro…
With many Americans feeling financially squeezed at the grocery store and at the gas pump, it's not surprising, perhaps, that they're increasingly using credit cards to cover the bills.
Nvidia is due to report earnings on Wednesday, and “a very broad universe of companies” is tied to the themes that the chip giant represents.
Walk the halls of any major banking conference or listen in on a quarterly earnings call, and one topic keeps coming up: With the window for mergers wide open under the Trump administration, who will take a swing?
Equal-weight ETFs are having a moment. The investing approach isn't new, but it has moved into the spotlight this year as many of the large-cap stocks that have driven a disproportionate share of core stock market index…
Iranian president says Tehran in 'full-scale war', US govt seeking to overcome difficulties
Geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East and soaring bond yields weighed on global markets this past week. And investors are closely assessing the valuations of artificial intelligence stocks amid concerns about the …
On this week’s episode of The Morning Filter, Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss what a government shutdown would mean for investors; they parse the latest PCE and revised GDP data, too. Tune in to find out if Cos…
"Everyone thinks I do, but no, I don't," said the United Airlines CEO, whom American Airlines fired 10 years ago, when he was president of that carrier. "I compete aggressively."
The winners of the next phase of the AI infrastructure buildout have already been determined...
"We're living longer, healthier lives, which means your retirement savings may need to support decades of living expenses, healthcare costs and the lifestyle you've worked hard to build," Poole told MarketWatch.
The Hawk Fire grew to more than 10,500 acres Saturday, threatening 1,000 homes and prompting expanded evacuation orders and warnings across northwest Reno and the North Valleys.
Corn futures found late strength on Friday with contracts 2 ¾ to 6 ½ cents higher across the board. September was 24 ¾ cents higher on the week, with December rallying 25 ¼ cents. September options expired today. The Cm…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company's "Japan AI Ecosystem" reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
Corn futures are holding onto 1 to 2 cent gains across most contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 ½ cents at $4.52 ½.
Coffee prices on Tuesday gave up an early advance and sold off sharply due to Brazil's coffee harvest pressures. Brazil's Cooxupe coffee co-op announced Tuesday that its members reported the coffee harvest was 13.7% com…
Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won't arrive until 2031. That's the company's actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it's the fact sitting underneath every AI…
President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions for the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio.
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