Corporate Profit Margins Squeezed

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Corporate Profit Margins Squeezed

Market Updates

05/19/22

Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) earnings this week reflect the changing landscape for profit margins. Expenses are increasing (especially wages and freight costs) faster than companies can raise price. Thus, profit margins are coming down from historically high levels.

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James E. Gore, CFA®, CAIA, CMT®

Jim serves as the Chief Investment Officer of THOR, is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter-holder, a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, a Chartered Market Technician, a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and a member of the Cincinnati Society of Financial Analysts.

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Corporate Profit Margins Squeezed