The Consumer Discretionary group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has H World Group (HTHT) been one of those stocks ...

Discover what discretionary cash flow is, its uses in business valuation, and how it reflects a company’s financial health through wise management and investment.

Retail sales fell in October for the first time in seven months, we learned today. Consumers are starting to spend less on all sorts of things, including cars, furniture, building supplies, books and ...

Discretionary income is money that people have left to spend after they pay all bills and necessary expenses for the month. Marketing products that are discretionary purchases is different than ...

A discretionary account allows a financial advisor or portfolio manager to make investment decisions for the account holder. This type of account suits investors who prefer not to manage their ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

Consumer discretionary businesses sell items that are non-essential yet desirable for consumers. These include sports equipment, entertainment, luxury goods, home furnishing, automobiles, etc.

Consumer staples have beaten discretionary stocks in February as investors shore up portfolios with defensive names amid heightened concerns around possible stagflation and President Donald Trump's ...

The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved a major restructuring of its discretionary funding program Tuesday, moving $83,000 in recurring annual commitments to the city's operating budget ...

Discretionary spending is budgeted on a yearly basis, and any projected discretionary spending numbers after 2007 hold no statutory weight, but serve only as temporary placeholders to make future ...

Future student borrowers will also get some relief from the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. That relief will come in smaller and more manageable monthly payments. The ...