Welcome to the 68th installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions, and just a bit of everything else when it comes to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart.
This week, I'll be taking a look at the most recent financial results from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT). The retailer continues to state the the federal tax economic stimulus checks being used by customers in its stores have buoyed it results.
Overall, this is good news. When the tax stimulus checks run out, though, will Wal-Mart continue to post such great sales figures like it did in June 2008? Remember June 2007?
Last summer, Wal-Mart also easily defeated analyst calls and toasted the expected same-store sales growth. Is seasonality more a part of the picture than tax checks? How about gas pricing stamping out multiple shopping trips by many families? All of this contributes, I would posit.
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