It owns Whole Foods Market; Twitch, a video game streaming service; and Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world's largest cloud infrastructure provider. Since 2023, Amazon has been embroiled in an ...

Strategists at RBC Capital Markets have reshuffled their S&P 500 recommendations, turning more positive on tech and consumer discretionary. A team led by Lori Calvasina, the head of U.S. equity ...

The "new high" media reports, the Fed's lower interest rate, and AI speculation have supported investor optimism so far. However, the key support of the economy is consumer spending, and consumers are ...

Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Amid rising inflation from global conflicts and tariffs, ...

Tuesday, June 30: The Conference Board is set to update its Consumer Confidence Index at 10 a.m. ET. Investors will look for signs that sentiment is evolving as the U.S. and Iran attempt to negotiate ...

U.S. consumer sentiment just hit its lowest level in three years. The S&P 500 has often risen after consumer sentiment plunged in the past. There are some reasons for optimism that history will repeat ...

The Consumer Products – Staples is operating in a difficult demand environment, as companies navigate a macro landscape where household budgets remain stretched and purchasing decisions are ...

Despite clear deterioration in the jobs markets and a housing sector that continues to struggle, the major indexes remain near all-time highs. Hopes for soon-coming reductions in the Fed Funds rate ...

The latest labor report showed hiring slowed in June, but other markers signal the market is staying strong despite consumer sentiment.

The average American doesn't likely need a report to tell them that the public isn't feeling great about the state of the economy right now, but new data about citizens' general sentiment paints an ...

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