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Today, Aug. 20, 2026, disappointing consumer results and rising oil prices snapped Wednesday's relief rally, renewing inflation concerns across major indexes.

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.

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Target (TGT) lifted its full-year outlook on Wednesday as tariff refunds helped double the retailer'

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The main US stock measures were mixed in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders await minutes of

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.

Today Earnings (a.m.): Home Depot, Baidu Earnings (p.m.) Toll Brothers Economic data: Housing starts for July, pending home sales, import and export price indexes, July industrial production and ...

Some of the biggest of the big-box retailers report quarterly earnings this week.

The benchmark US stock measures were mostly pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as trader

US equity investors are expected to focus on macroeconomic data this week following recent soft prin

Monday Economic data: Empire state manufacturing survey (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), NAHB home builder confidence index, Treasury international capital data (U.S.), CPI (Canada). Earnings (p.

Lowe’s, TJX, Alibaba, and Toll Brothers will also report earnings. On the economic front, we’ll see Fed minutes, housing-market data, and readings on manufacturing and services activity.

Markets face a retail-dominated week where Home Depot (HD), Target (TGT), TJX Companies (TJX), and Walmart (WMT) report earnings providing critical consumer spending assessment across income segments.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.4% this week after cooling inflation and an unexpected drop i

Inflation resistant stocks provide consitent cash flow and capital returns, helping to reduce portfolio volatility and enhance total returns over time.

These companies thrive under economic pressure.

TJX Companies leverages macroeconomic pressure to expand margins and deliver substantial shareholder returns through aggressive buybacks and consistent dividends.

Retail earnings from Walmart, Home Depot, and TJX reveal a cautious consumer facing inflation, debt pressure, and economic uncertainty

Shoppers continue to open their pocketbooks, boosting retailers like Walmart, even as inflation jumps to its highest level in three years.

US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday as traders awaited minutes of the Federal Reserve's

Inflation isn’t killing consumer spending—it’s evolving it. Follow the money flow to see the structural shift moving billions into resale, repair, and discount giants. American consumers are rerouting their spending rather than pulling back. With University of Michigan sentiment at 48.2, the savings rate down to 3.6% from 5.1% in early 2025, and energy prices ... The Selective Shopper’s Portfolio: 6 ETFs Positioned for the Circular Economy Shift

The main US stock measures were pointing higher in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders await t

Asking for a Trend host Josh Lipton gets investors ready for the busy trading day ahead on May 20, breaking down the key earnings reports to watch — including Nvidia (NVDA), TJ Maxx (TJX), Lowe’s (LOW), and Target (TGT) — along with the release of the Fed’s April FOMC meeting minutes.

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.41%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are down -0.30% this morning, pointing to a lower open on Wall Street as oil prices continue to rise amid the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran.