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

By Chris Hill – Updated Apr 6, 2017 at 11:18PM

NYSE: TGT

Target

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$76B

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(-0.70%) -$1.17

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$165.34

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On today's edition of "MarketFoolery," the new daily podcast from The Motley Fool, we dig into the following topics:

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.