[Red Badger]

As Sam Walton once said, “It’s only paper.”.................

[JoeProBono]

The Walton family is the richest family in the United States and one of the richest in the world. They are heirs to the Walmart fortune and the company’s largest shareholders, with over fifty percent ownership of stock in the retail giant.

Sam Walton and his brother Bud opened their first Walmart discount store in 1962. Today three family members serve on Walmart’s board of directors; Rob is the chair, and sits on the board with his brother Jim and his son-in-law, Greg Penner.

The six Waltons on Forbes’ list of wealthiest Americans have a net worth of $144.7 billion. This fiscal year three Waltons—Rob, Jim, and Alice (and the various entities that they control)—will receive an estimated $3.1 billion in Walmart dividends from their majority stake in the company.

The Waltons aren’t just the face of the 1%; they’re the face of the 0.000001%. The Waltons have more wealth than 42% of American families combined.

[Buckeye McFrog]

That’s a helluva feat of shoplifting!

[Major Matt Mason]

Not surprised by this. The stores are being run with half the staff that they used 10 years ago, yet they still aren't doing well (mostly) due to the lousy economy. Yet, Walmart was on board with Obamacare and has been one of the large companies that has been spouting the Obama/Democrat party line since 2009, so the chickens are coming home to roost.

[Vermont Lt]

The pre announced bad earnings.

The stock dropped about $5. Biggest one day loss in their history.

Oops. I thought there were “green shoots.” I guess not. Ha ha.

[grobdriver]

What horse-pooky.

They didn't "lose" a cent - unless they sell in panic.

They still have just as many shares... and the stock will prolly come back.

[rarestia]

Walmart hasn’t released it publicly, but they were recently subject of a serious data breach according to many IT security insiders.

[McGruff]

Dam, if I only had $14.7B to lose!