Brooke DiPalma

Home Depot ( HD ) beat Wall Street's metrics across the board in the second quarter as its customers focused on smaller projects.

Lowe's ( LOW ) stock fell as much as 3% in premarket trading after the company gave a more cautious outlook, citing "pressure" in do-it-yourself (DIY) consumer spending.

Walmart ( WMT ) is expected to post robust second quarter results on Thursday, even though Wall Street expects same-store sales in the US to slow.

Walmart ( WMT ) raised its full-year financial outlook after beating Wall Street estimates on both the top and bottom lines, but the stock fell 9% after US same-store sales slowed.

Brooke DiPalma · Senior Reporter 4 min read America's biggest retailers are now sitting on tariff refund checks from the federal government.

Best Buy's ( BBY ) latest quarterly results surpassed Wall Street's expectations on Thursday as new technology boosted the quarter.

Consumers plan to spend a little less this holiday season than last year as higher gas prices and the overall cost of living take a toll on their personal finances.

Yahoo Finance Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul joins Market Catalyst host Brooke DiPalma to report on how the timing of the 2026 midterm elections and Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the US could delay congressional votes aimed at holding companies responsible for data center costs and regulating the AI industry.

President Trump dismissed AI safety concerns in a Truth Social post, argued that the US must prioritize beating China in AI advancement, and responded to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend essay calling for slower development.

The US Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on the Clarity Act on Tuesday, Sept. 15, which will require 60 votes to pass.