Author: pluginever
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Walgreens is a easy buyout target
And I think Amazon should buy them. Drug stores have evolved from the time they first popped up and people love shopping there because its, convenient. Pros -Amazon is an online retailer with no real retail space yet. Their first stores weren't done right. -Amazon already has an online medical clinic(One Medical) and pharmacy business…
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Dick’s Sporting Goods blows past earnings estimates but issues cautious guidance
Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday blew past Wall Street’s earnings estimates in its fiscal second quarter and while the retailer did raise its full-year guidance as a result, the new outlook fell flat up against expectations. The sporting goods store comes behind a string of other retailers that issued muted or cautious guidance for the…
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If September is historically a bad month for stocks, is there anything stopping people from selling their stocks just for September?
I haven't paid attention to economics until very recently, so apologies in advance if this is a fairly simple question. As someone who just started learning about investing ands stocks, I came across many people saying that “September is the worst month for stocks”. So this got me wondering: if we know that September has…
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A good money market fund like iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF (TFLO), but with growth instead of yield?
Hey fellow investors! I buy TFLO when I feel the stock market (individual company stock, SnP 500) is correcting / about to correct. Basically move my money from the stock market to a place where I will get small guarenteed returns. A small problem with TFLO is that it gives me cash in return. I…
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What does this mean for siri shares
Liberty Media and Sirius XM Announce Final Exchange Ratio for the Split-Off Transactions BUSINESS WIRE – 8:15 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Liberty Media Corporation (LLYVB) (âLiberty Mediaâ) and Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (SIRI) (âSirius XMâ) announced today that, assuming the requisite conditions to the previously announced redemptive split-off (the âSplit-Offâ) of…
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Nvidia Gets DOJ Subpoena in Escalating Antitrust Probe
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-03/nvidia-gets-doj-subpoena-in-escalating-antitrust-investigation The US Justice Department sent subpoenas to Nvidia Corp. and other companies as it seeks evidence that the chipmaker violated antitrust laws, an escalation of its investigation into the dominant AI computing provider. The DOJ, which had previously delivered questionnaires to companies, is now sending legally binding requests that oblige recipients to provide it with information,…
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Dollar Tree shares slide after discounter cuts full-year forecast
Shares of Dollar Tree fell more than 15% in early trading Wednesday after the discounter cut its full-year outlook, citing increasing pressures on middle-income and higher-income customers. The retailer said it now expects its full-year consolidated net sales outlook to range between $30.6 billion and $30.9 billion. It expects adjusted earnings per share to range…
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Why are people opposed to antitrust probes or merger blocks?
Antitrust courts and merger blocks are necessary for a competitive market to work for all economic actors in a capitalist system. There are countless economy studies about it and how it is actually better for all economic actors to not have monopolies, duopolies etc. Now reading comments on this sub, it seems like people are…
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Thoughts on Nike these days?
Nike stock has been falling dramatically the last few years, from what I understand mostly due to competition from On and HOKA, whilst it seems pulling out of retail chains such as footlocker cost them in revenues. It's P/E ratio is lower than its 10 year average at 21.6, which begs the question, can Nike…
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Worries regarding the yield curve are truly hilarious
It's comical how this subreddit/the media talks about the yield curve 2022: Yield curve inverts due to inflation causing increased rates- STT > LTT, so therefore there's an inverted yield curve. Reddit: There's a 100% probability of a recession when the yield curve inverts 2024: Yield curve un-inverts due to inflation dying and higher rates…