Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Walmart, tariffs, and the unsaid part that matters to you.

So, Walmart raised its earnings and sales outlook for the whole year.

Honestly, that's the best economic news we've had to report in a while.

It signals that Walmart doesn't see the bottom dropping out of consumer spending over the next

few months. But there's more to it overall when it comes to what matters to normal people.

Remember, most economic news is written for the investor

class. What's good for them and what's good for you isn't necessarily the same thing. The company's

chief financial officer, John David Rainey, said something that is incredibly important for people to pair with the good news.

Quote, tariff impacted costs are continuing to drift upwards. Tariff costs are going upward.

Okay. He also said that consumers are being very resilient. Now, sadly, you need to learn a financial vocabulary term that most people don't really know.

Earnings.

When you see that in financial headlines, what they normally mean is earnings per share.

That's a financial metric that determines how much profit a company makes for each

share. Walmart raised its earnings per share outlook just a little bit. Two cents. It literally

raised it two cents. Now keep in mind that's profit, after expenses. Is two cents a lot? When you do the math, there's about

7.98 billion chairs. So that means we're talking about an extra 160 million or so dollars

profit off of that updated outlook. Adds up quick, right?

Yeah, that's how Walmart makes money.

A billion pennies here, a billion pennies there.

Pretty soon, you're talking about real money.

Okay, so what does it mean that Walmart is expecting

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