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Weak USD Trades Begin to Show Their Verve Once Again

What Walmart is telling us about the U.S. consumer.

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David Rosenberg
Aug 21, 2026
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Key Takeaways

• Walmart’s Worst Day in Four Years: There was a lot going on yesterday with the oil price firming again, bonds and stocks selling off, and the really big news, which was Walmart, whose stock price plunged -9% in the worst drubbing in four years. Comparable sales fell short of expectations, and guidance was soft against forecasts. At +2.6% year-over-year, same-store sales growth last quarter was the weakest in more than six years.

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