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How Safe Is Lowe's Dividend?
The housing market has rebounded sharply since the financial crisis in 2008, and homeowners have found themselves with the disposable cash necessary to contemplate improvements to their homes.....
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Netflix Is a Joke -- and the Joke Is on You
Mysterious billboards began to pop up in Los Angeles and the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York recently, setting social media abuzz and confusing passersby, commuters, and random....
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How to Save for Retirement on a Tight Budget
To the average American, saving money is a mythical topic. In a recent CareerBuilder report, 78% percent of full-time workers said they live paycheck to paycheck, up from 75% in 2016. Retirement....
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Why Ulta Beauty, Inc. Stock Lost 12% in August
Shares of Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) dipped last month after the beauty and salon chain failed to impress the market in its second-quarter earnings report. According to data from S&P....
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What Investors Might Have Missed in the Market Last Week
Last week had a lot of news. Aside from all eyes focusing on Hurrican Irma, concerns again grew about tensions with North Korea and investors grew pessimistic about an interest rate hike by year's....
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Does Netflix or Amazon Have the Best Original Content? Millennials Weigh In…
The last several years has seen a drastic and ongoing change in the way viewers consume television shows. As more and more consumers turn to online options, linear TV is becoming less relevant and....
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Does the Sell-Off in Grocery Stocks Present a Buying Opportunity for Kroger?
Now that Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) acquisition of Whole Foods Market is complete, it's not a bad time to take stock of how this merger and other recent industry trends are affecting Kroger (NYSE:....
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Are Dollar Stores Falling Victim to Grocery Store Competition?
The knives are out in the grocery sector as major chains begin what may be a prolonged pricing battle. Is some of the conflict already spilling over into the dollar store business? Using Dollar....
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As Grocery Competition Intensifies, Should You Buy Costco Stock?
Join our Industry Focus: Consumer Goods cast as they discuss the recent sell-off in grocery stocks and the buying opportunity that could present for Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST). Competition....
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The Retail Meltdown Is Not Just Amazon's Fault
Retail stocks have been annihilated recently, even though the economy is eking out growth. The fundamentals of the retail business look horrible: Sales are stagnating, and profitability is getting....
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Alibaba Is Still One Step Ahead of Amazon in Brick-and-Mortar
Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) started transforming grocery stores about two years before Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) closed on its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods in late August. For the past few weeks,....
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Why Dollar General Stock Fell With Its Latest Earnings Release
Dollar General's (NYSE: DG) recent second quarter earnings report provoked a quick thumbs-down from shareholders.In this segment from an Industry Focus: Consumer Goods episode devoted to the....
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These 3 Stocks Are Undeniably Cheap
The stock market has been setting new highs and is up 10% so far in 2017. The rally hasn't left many obvious deals as investors are paying about 24 times earnings for the market as a whole. Below,....
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How Grocery Chains, Warehouse Clubs, and Dollar Stores Compete for Your Retail Dollars
In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, the team opens the mailbag for another listener question: Mat wants to know whether the recent pullback for Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Costco (NASDAQ:....
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Alibaba Just Had Its Amazon AWS Moment
AMZN data by YCharts.How much revenue AWS actually generated for Amazon had long been a source of speculation. Was the service, a cloud-based data management and storage service, even....
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The Simple Reason Why I Won't Buy Lowe's Companies Inc. Stock
Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) has a lot going for it as an investment. The company is growing at a quicker pace than most retailers, thanks to its attractive position in the booming home-improvement....
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Wunschanalyse Zalando
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This Year's 12 Top-Selling Items on Amazon Prime Day
Image source: Amazon.com.Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) was rewarded with an overwhelming response to its annual Prime Day sales extravaganza this year. The company took the sale global this year and....
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PepsiCo's "Simply" Line Wants to Do Business With Whole Foods
Once you let the idea sink in, organic Cheetos isn't as crazy as it seems.As Bloomberg reported last week, PepsiCo's (NYSE: PEP) Frito-Lay division has expanded a concept product line, known as....
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5 Top Stocks for September
With the end of summer upon us and the kids headed back to school, now could be an excellent time to revisit your portfolio and put some hard-earned cash to work in a great company or two. And....
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Why Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Stock Fell 17.2% in August
Shares of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. (NASDAQ: SFM) declined 17.2% in the month of August, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)....
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Why Target Investors Should Be Wary of Rising Technology Costs
Target (NYSE: TGT) has, in the short term, stabilized its business.The company has delivered a better-than-expected 2017 so far, reporting a comparable sales increase of 1.3% in Q2 and earnings....
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Why There's Plenty of Money to Go Around in E-sports
On this segment of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, the cast looks at e-sports and how the various stakeholders in this space are looking to bank on its growing popularity.Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has....
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Wal-Mart Will Use NVIDIA and AI to Dump AWS
There was a time, not too long ago, when Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) was the undisputed king of retail. However, e-commerce has changed the landscape, and over the last few years, Amazon.com, Inc.....
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Why Kohl's Corporation Shares Jumped Today
Shares of Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) have jumped Wednesday, up by 5% as of 12:20 p.m. EDT, after the company announced a retail partnership with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to sell smart home....