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This week could help set the tone for the next several. Geopolitical events like U.S. trade relations with China are starting to dominate the conversation as the data calendar looks light and earnings outside of the retail sector slow to a crawl. Early Monday, stock futures rallied after Treasury...

The market has been tough on companies that didn’t quite meet expectations this earnings season, and Friday provided further examples. It’s not necessarily that firms aren’t doing well, but the bar has been raised and if you’re a company that doesn’t climb over that...

Positive tidings continued from the retail sector Thursday with Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reporting solid results highlighted by a recharged performance from its e-commerce business. Despite that, major stock indices ticked lower in pre-market futures trading as U.S. government bond yields continued...

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) stock has dropped a ways from its all-time high of $175.26 it hit on February 16 when the company last reported earnings. Since the start of May, DE has rallied from its recent low of $131.26 heading into its fiscal second-quarter results, scheduled for before market...

Before the U.S. market opened, Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) reported earnings per share of 48 cents on revenue of $5.5 billion. M was expected to report adjusted EPS of $0.36, on revenue of $5.43 billion, according to third-party consensus estimates. The beat appears to offer more evidence that the U....

Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reports Q1 fiscal 2019 earnings before market open on Thursday, May 17, and the company just made its largest acquisition ever ahead of its report. WMT announced last week it was buying a 77 percent controlling stake in Flipkart, India’s largest online retailer, for $...

Shares of department store Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) have come a long way from their 52-week low of $17.41, hitting a new 52-week high of $32.45 at the end of April.  Since then, recent analyst notes have added some pressure to the stock ahead of M’s upcoming earnings report before...

It appears Wall Street may have trouble hanging on to a string of gains as a big home improvement retailer reported mixed earnings and trade worries seemed to flare up again. Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) reported earnings that came in ahead of Wall Street expectations but revenue and same-store sales...

Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reports first-quarter earnings before market open on Tuesday, May 15. A strong U.S. economy, tight labor market and recent tax reform have been some of the tailwinds the company has highlighted in recent quarters. Mortgage rates have continued to climb higher in recent...

Wall Street goes shopping this week, starting with retail sales data tomorrow and then moving along to earnings reports from some of the major department- and big-box stores. By the time Friday rolls around, investors might have a better sense of how consumers are faring as summer looms. Stocks...