http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/wmt Blog Articles Tagged with 'wmt' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148126?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Current forecasts: 6% growth. Current situation in sectors previously driven by China: below bottom. Commodities are easiest to track, nothing good is going on there. Spot shipping prices, according to CNBC talk, are below costs. Good information fro... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:36:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148126?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-stock-blog/1148153?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Current forecasts: 6% growth. Current situation in sectors previously driven by China: below bottom. Commodities are easiest to track, nothing good is going on there. Spot shipping prices, according to CNBC talk, are below costs. Good information fro... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:36:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/china-stock-blog/1148153?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147981?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Normally I ignore the government reports and listen to the companies. But you know it's bad when even the government reports are showing historical readings. Even worse than post 9/11. Imagine this, with $2.50 gas and all at the time ... I thought t... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:52:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147981?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147252?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The clout and reputation of Wal-Mart (WMT) precedes it even in the most trying consumer and economic times. Not only is WMT the only component of the Dow to be in positive territory for the year, it is also one of those American bedrock companies tha... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:55:28 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147252?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147025?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT)F3Q09 Earnings Call... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:15:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147025?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146369?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The doom and gloom crowd has had a hard time cracking shares of Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) this year despite unprecedented economic and market turmoil. Unbelievably, the stock is up over 27 percent in the past 12 months including an impressive 15.5% rise ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:31:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146369?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146308?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Below we highlight the 25 largest companies in the US. As shown, Exxon Mobil (XOM) still holds the top spot, but there have been lots of other changes since the bear market started last October. General Electric (GE) has probably had the most dra... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:12:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146308?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145901?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Both our Pooring of America stalwarts are giving out updates this week - Walmart (WMT) with an earnings report Thursday and McDonalds (MCD) reported October same store sales yesterday. They were stellar, despite a stronger dollar hurting on the cu... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:17:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145901?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145245?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes an updated version of the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 40 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive in... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:18:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145245?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1145301?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes an updated version of the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 40 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive in... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:18:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1145301?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144165?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The market is under pressure again this morning over concerns about how much economic growth is slowing. Asian markets were hit by heavy profit taking, with most bourses down more than 5%.Acknowledging the slowing growth, the Bank of England slashed ... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:13:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144165?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144168?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article.Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) A distinct downturn in fortune today hit trading in casino and gaming resort stock LVS, whose share plunged 31% to $8.03. In an SEC filing the company forewarned its abili... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:44:28 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144168?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143785?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Keeping an eye on our two Pooring of America plays - Walmart (WMT) and McDonalds (MCD). Both have rallied from the mid October lows [Oct 10: What are Walmart and McDonalds's Telling Us?] but again - you see this chart over... and over... and over.... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:11:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143785?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143220?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Below we highlight consensus analyst price targets for the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. As shown, Alcoa's (AA) price target is currently the highest above its actual price at 52%. AA is trailed by [[HPQ]] and [[INTC]] with... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:17:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143220?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143100?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The markets have been pretty bearish for investors this year as news about banks failures, the economic slowdown as well as the rise and fall in commodities prices have created havoc in the hearts of individual investors. In these volatile market con... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:36:19 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143100?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142577?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The holidays aren t likely to deliver much cheer for retailers, and the New Year is expected to ring in more debt defaults from ailing merchandisers, especially those in the specialty sector with heavy debt burdens, said Moody s Investor Service ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:34:27 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142577?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142461?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt This year's market turbulence has many investors calling the buy and hold strategy dead. Let's prove them wrong. My musings (here and here) on holding dividend paying stocks forever have inspired me to make a new, all dividend paying stock model port... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:10:49 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142461?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142468?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt On Friday, the figures for personal income and spending came out, and it is a continuation of the long series of bad economic news we have been getting. In real terms, consumer spending has not risen since May, and has been down in three of the las... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:29:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142468?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142252?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt Remarkably, Big Money managers surveyed this week by Barron's magazine are unrelentingly optimistic - with 50% saying they're bullish or very bullish about the stock market's prospects through the middle of next year. Here are some of the survey's... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:53:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142252?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142182?rsstype=tag&tag=wmt The accompanying table (click to enlarge) provides statistics and the top seven companies by market cap for the ETFI Health Benefit Providers Index & short ETF proposal of 33 companies with market caps over $100M, which includes all types of pharmacy... 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