Retail Earnings Are Around the Corner. The Market Rally May Be Premature.

While earnings season has come and gone for most industries, the party’s just getting started for major retailers.

Home Depot


(


HD


) and


Walmart


(ticker:


WMT


) kick off the festivities by releasing their quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, followed by


TJX Cos.


(


TJX


) on Wednesday, and the rest of retail companies in the first weeks of March, including


Target


(


TGT


),


Kroger


(


KR


),


Dollar Tree


(


DLTR


), and


Macy’s


(


M


).