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Walmart is the world’s largest retailer, operating discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets, and Sam’s Club warehouses around the world.
Walmart, Costco, and American Express are all evergreen investments.
The current momentum should carry Walmart into the 13-figure club.

The flood of reports from retail companies tells us a lot about consumer spending. Plus the market is once again buying into meme stocks and SPACs. Is this time different?

Second-quarter earnings results have been littered with slumping sales and disappointing guidance. Walmart threw that narrative on its head when it said it was raising sales guidance for the rest of the year.

Even the biggest retailer in the world is planning to pass along tariff-fueled cost increases to customers.

WMT earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2024.
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