
A static dividend yield quietly loses ground every month inflation climbs, but five companies have been raising their payouts fast enough to fight back. The question is which ones have the cash flow to keep doing it.
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A static dividend yield quietly loses ground every month inflation climbs, but five companies have been raising their payouts fast enough to fight back. The question is which ones have the cash flow to keep doing it.

Some companies have raised their dividends through recessions, pandemics, wars, and market crashes without missing a single year, and five of them may be the steadiest income plays a retiree can own right now.

Retail earnings reveal a K-shaped consumer split: Home Depot and Lowe's post solid home-improvement sales, while Walmart and Five Below face mixed results amid tariff and margin pressures.

Williams-Sonoma stock dropped on Wednesday even though the home specialty retailer delivered a beat-and-raise quarter in tough times for housing. The stock is up 25% this year, but down 11% from its all-time closing high of $251.78 on Aug. 7, according to Dow Jones Market Data. While other retailers are logging tariff refunds, Williams-Sonoma is feeling a sting.
Walmart is investing its $2.9 billion return into price cuts, while Target plans for additional reimbursements and Home Depot and Lowe’s offset higher costs.

Walmart set a somber tone for the first week of retailer earnings, but that wasn’t the whole story. The big news was Walmart’s sales woes as the Bentonville, Ark.-based giant reported a same-store sales decline—the first since 2020. Target meanwhile, showed some signs of life, reflecting its turnaround efforts.

Home improvement retailer Lowe's (LOW) released mixed second quarter results. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma comes on Market Catalysts to break down the areas where Lowe's is still seeing pressure on consumer spending and CEO Marvin Ellison's latest comments on the company's tariff refund.

Target just posted its strongest quarter in years, but strip out a one-time government windfall and the story gets far more complicated. Here is what the headline numbers are hiding about whether this retailer's turnaround is built to last.

Today Federal Reserve: FOMC minutes from Fed’s July meeting Earnings (a.m.): Target, Lowe's, TJX, Analog Devices, Estee Lauder Economic data: EIA weekly petroleum status report, CPI (UK), PPI (UK) Tomorrow Earnings: Walmart, Alibaba, Deere & Co.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, including earnings from major retailers TJX (TJX), Lowe's (LOW), and Target (TGT), alongside the minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent FOMC meeting.

US stock futures are treading water this morning, with traders caught between the Federal Reserve's next move and a fresh batch of retail earnings. Dow futures dipped 0.2%, the S&P 500 nudged up 0.1% after a third straight weekly gain, and the Nasdaq-100 added 0.5%. It's a quieter week...

U. S. stock futures were mixed on Monday as investors further reduced expectations for an interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve in September following a run of softer economic data.
A 12% yield looks unbeatable on day one. A retiree who wants $60,000 a year needs only about $500,000 at that yield, compared with roughly $1.7 million at a 3.5% yield. But retirement income is not a one-year problem. The better question is which income stream can hold up after inflation, market cycles, and years ... The Dividend Growth Snowball: How Modest Income Today Can Become Serious Income Later
A retiree who starts with a 10% dividend yield can collect far more income on day one than someone earning 3.5%. Twenty years later, the tables may have turned. One income stream stayed flat while inflation chipped away at its buying power. The other kept growing year after year until it was paying dramatically more. ... Double Your Retirement Income in a Decade. Here’s How.
Nike announced a CFO transition and said fourth-quarter results remain on track, excluding a one-time tariff refund benefit.
Although they sit atop the home improvement industry, these two businesses aren't immune from macroeconomic forces.
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Mortgage rates continue to rise from spring levels, driven by the economic shocks from inflation, oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F), and the latest surge in Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX). Yahoo Finance Senior Housing Reporter Claire Boston examines the impact elevated mortgage rates are having on the US housing market, as well as diving into the details of the US House of Representatives' housing affordability bill.
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