Retailers, Markets & AI

Why did the managements of Walmart and Dollar General paint vastly different pictures of low-income consumers in recent Q2 earnings calls? Jackie explores the differences in the two companies’ business models and operating landscapes that account for their divergent Q2 results and impressions of consumer spending behavior. … Also: a look at which S&P 500 industries and sectors shifted into and out of market leadership positions during the summer’s rebound. … And: Wall Street firms are implementing AI initiatives fast and furiously. The operating efficiencies that result could mean that recent finance grads with sights set on the Street need a Plan B.