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Oil Prices, Wal-Mart's Woes, and Amazon Takes on Netflix

By Chris Hill – Updated Apr 6, 2017 at 10:18PM

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NYSE: TGT

Target Corporation

Market Cap

$70B

Today's Change

(-2.56%) -$3.90

Current Price

$148.71

Price as of September 26, 2022, 3:00 p.m. ET

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Oil prices hit a two-year high. How will the continuing unrest in the Middle East affect oil stocks and automakers like Ford (NYSE: F)?

U.S. same-store sales for Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) dropped for the seventh consecutive quarter. What's ailing the retail giant? Will stealing a page from Target's (NYSE: TGT) playbook help?

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) made it official today by announcing the launch of a new video streaming service, free for any members of its Amazon Prime program. How scared should Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) be?

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Chris Hill owns shares of Amazon. Ford, Amazon and Netflix are all recommendations of Motley Fool Stock Advisor. Wal-Mart is a recommendation of Inside Value and Global Gains. The Motley Fool owns shares of Wal-Mart. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 but didn't win. Reese Witherspoon, whatever.

Stocks Mentioned

Target Corporation

TGT

$148.71 (-2.56%) $-3.90

Walmart

WMT

$131.31 (0.96%) $1.25

Ford Motor Company

$11.99 (-2.60%) $0.32

Netflix, Inc.

NFLX

$224.07 (-1.03%) $-2.34

Amazon.com, Inc.

AMZN

$115.15 (1.20%) $1.37

*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.

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