Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)

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About R&D Expense

R&D expenses are a line item from many companies' income statements.

R&D expense (short for research and development expense) is essentially the amount of money that a company spends to develop new products and services each year. For example, if a pharmaceutical firm hires research scientists to develop new drugs, the salaries of these researchers will generally be expensed in the R&D expense category.

Like marketing expenses, but unlike capital expenditures, R&D expenses are subtracted from revenues every year directly. Therefore, accountants treat R&D spending as an expense rather than as an investment, though there is continuous debate over whether this is the correct classification.

An investor looking at companies with large R&D expenditures should think hard about whether a single company's R&D spending is an expense (like buying rubber to produce tires) or whether it is an investment (like buying machinery to produce tires more efficiently). Determining the answer to that question can have a large impact on how the company is valued.
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$WMT Walmart parabolic! Never thought I would type those two words together in a sentence.
about a day ago by DoinWerk
$WMT going parabolic on us. Never thought a company this big and boring historically would have such a monster week.
about a day ago by rohitjenveja
@harmongreg cool. I had same order except I had $HD ahead of $WMT. Thanks.
about a day ago by rickblaine
$WMT look at a weekly chart to fully appreciate the magnitude/significance of a move like this in a stock this big, forget $FB $JPM nonsense
about a day ago by richallensf
$WMT Jan 2013 67.5 calls up 40% in 3 days, thought this was supposed to be a long term trade, LOL
about a day ago by harmongreg
@harmongreg Enjoying the $WMT move that is for sure, switched to $3 trailing
about a day ago by jfprieur
@rickblaine see $WMT as strongest of those names, $HD a good name too, then $SBUX and stay away from $JPM my view
about a day ago by harmongreg
@harmongreg Looking to sell LEAP puts with a 3 month timeframe to buy them back. Pick(s) between $WMT, $JPM, $SBUX, $HD?
about a day ago by rickblaine
RT @harmongreg $WMT http://stks.co/3zgV Love this chart. There is so much more in this name
about a day ago by chartly
$WMT http://stks.co/3zgP Love this chart. There is so much more in this name
about a day ago by harmongreg
Bot $WMT puts JUN 55
about a day ago by GR24
Dow Dividend Checkup: Wal-Mart
May 25, 1:40PM Fool
10 companies on the s&amp;p500 are trading at new highta $bbby $cbe $cms $df $duk $eix $hrl $pnw $shw $wmt
about a day ago by Zraic
Current long positions: $CMS $DRI $GE $ORLY $SSO $WFM $FB $MRK $TRV $STR $ECL $EIX $KO $MO $HRL $ADP $WMT No short positions..
about a day ago by vjtweet
$WMT what the heck is going on here... Hanging man got Un-Hung!
about a day ago by jakejake
$WMT continuing higher, looking to add calls
about 2 days ago by AppleTillDeath
$WMT http://stks.co/3zNp Eyeing 65.60, 5% above breakout. Will look to unload 1/3 of my Sept Calls up there.
about 2 days ago by simonsays452
Added some more $WMT short at $65.28
about 2 days ago by AltecBX
$WMT New 52 Week High - Crossed daily highs resistance.
about 2 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Is $WMT overbought and due for a correction? (I hope not) :-)
about 2 days ago by theprez98
I just opened my #RothIRA account go figure...$WMT at a new 12 year high. Yes 12 years!!! More to come
about 2 days ago by ACE52WeekHigh
$wmt shareholder meeting coming up here in NW Arkansas soon. Stock been hot recently. Congrats longs
about 2 days ago by MrDayer
by my own research, $WMT has beat earnings estimates 18 of the last 19 times. Can anyone confirm this?
about 2 days ago by jwoodhams
$WMT awesomeness… love this stock … hate the store lol
about 2 days ago by Partridge
@StockTwits and hardware stores would do well if they were the source of hardware in communities....$HD $LOW $WMT
about 2 days ago by Nid
$WMT http://stks.co/3yxY Eyes 65.97 62 fib ext level
about 2 days ago by marketstrader
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