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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The cynic’s view of Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) new expansion of its Great Value private label food brand is that it is aimed at making as much money as possible from those who are out of work or work for the minimum wage. The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart is marketing the brand as a way for food [...]
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday
... AMAT), Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M), are Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN). Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) are our two DJIA components reporting this week. We have included Thomson Reuters consensus estimates and included performance and other important color where applicable. We have shown the share performance since the March 9 close that traders mark as the official end...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) is scheduled to report its fiscal third quarter 2009 financial results on Thursday, November 12, 2009. [More...]
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is not satisfied challenging rivals like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Target (NYSE:TGT) in the e-book and toy businesses. Its program to take the lion’s share of the modest number of consumers likely to come out during the end-of-recession shopping season has been extended to DVDs. Walmart.com has started to offer DVDs which are likely to [...]
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is not satisfied challenging rivals like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Target (NYSE:TGT) in the e-book and toy businesses. Its program to take the lion’s share of the modest number of consumers likely to come out during the end-of-recession shopping season has been extended to DVDs. Walmart.com has started to offer DVDs which are likely to [...]
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By guruek. (GuruFocus, November 6, 2009)Investment Guru Wallace Weitz has been a net seller in 3Q09. At the end of quarter, he held 19% in cash for his Value Fund. Read more » »
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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Walmart Stores (NYSE: WMT) ended the last trading session at $49.68. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $46.25 and 52-week high of $59.23. Walmart Stores stock has been showing support around 49.09 and resistance in the 50.75 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bearish and S&P gives WMT a very positive 5 STAR (out of 5) strong buy rating. WMT appears on the Investors Observer Analysts...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) RidgewaterEquity.com inspires to bring the best from the internet under one roof, providing you with a one click option to view what the market, researchers and financial pundits worldwide have to say about any particular large cap stocks in any given financial environment. We have a large pool of in-house financial professionals, a wide array of research platforms and a dedicated...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) becomes more aggressive in soliciting new customers and undercutting rivals as each week passes. It has the balance sheet and retail locations to do those things. The world’s largest retailer recently cut the prices of 100 toys below $10 and brought the price that it charges for popular e-books under $10 to take market [...]
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... out his holdings in the quarter that ended on 06/30/2009.Buy:: Director bought 5,000 shares of WMT stock on 08/20/2009 at the average price of 51.47, the price of the stock has decreased by 3.48% since.Buy:: Executive Vice President bought 1,500 shares of WMT stock on 05/22/2009 at the average price of 49.41, the price of the stock has increased by 0.55% since.Buy:: Director bought 5,000 shares...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Competitive strategy , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Target Corp. (TGT) Santa hasn't even been tugged down Central Park West yet, and Wal-Mart ( WMT ) is already slashing its prices. The market among major retailers is intensifying , with many offering products as loss leaders in order to entice customers into the store (physical or otherwise) and boost their basket sizes. Along...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stocks discussed on the in-depth s ession of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Friday November 6. Next Week's Game Plan: Clean Energy Fuels ( CLNE ) Fuel Systems Solutions ( FSYS ), Fluor ( FLR ), Vulcan Materials ( VMC ), Diana Shipping ( DSX ), Burlington Northern ( BNI ), Joy Global ( JOYG ), Ralcorp ( RAH ), Applied Materials ( AMAT ), Macy's ( M ), Kohl's ( KSS ), Wal-Mart ( WMT ), Urban Outfitters...
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OPNTALK (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I thought this was a joke. Hey folks, I will admit, I was completely ignorant to this. Did you know Walmart now sells caskets? Talk about candle to the grave. I saw this Article. Daily Finance - Walmart slams lid on customers' creepy online reviews of its caskets by Aimee Picchi Nov 7th 2009 at 2:00PM The howling-wolf T-shirt phenomenon it is not. Walmart Stores (WMT) has closed the lid on customer...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Economic data , Urban Outfitters (URBN) The conventional wisdom is that consumer spending is what drives the U.S. economy. And consumer spending arises out of consumer confidence. Unfortunately, the signals along the road to economic recovery are mixed, what with the rising GDP growth and the dismal unemployment numbers. Its enough to leave...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Andy Kern submits: Walgreens ( WAG ) drugstores have become as ubiquitous as Super Wal-Marts ( WMT ) throughout most of the United States. Their familiar neighborhood corner locations serve more than five million customers every day, and produced $63 billion in revenue in the fiscal year that ended this past August. The current price of Walgreen stock implies growth in revenue of 6.9% over the next...