Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policy, but provide Historical Context to help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the Mellon Foundation which makes this series possible. I also want to thank Rachel Wheatley in the back of the room who is our assistant director and helped organize this. I want think the i want to think the office of gerry connolly, and i want to alert you to the fact that you will have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions, they will get formal remarks in the first hour, and the second half hour will be devoted to q and a. We will go from there. Thank you offer coming. This the rest of it is in the flyer. I worked briefly with the Congressional Research service. A little longer with the department of energy.
Going to me on the phone is chuck grom, Gordon Haskett retail analyst. Joining me in new york is Lauren Goodwin, new york life multiasset per folio strategist, and Brooke Sutherland of bloomberg opinion. Give us a rundown of where walmart fell short. Brooke it was not great all the way around. The fourthquarter came in weaker than expected, and they called out unexpected softness in the weeks leading up to christmas, which is not what you want to hear from a major retailer. That is in line with what weve heard from a number of Different Companies that are not named amazon, which raises a lot of interesting questions about what the Competitive Landscape actually looks like. Also weighing on investors is the 2021 fiscal outlook, which was also weaker than expected on sales and profits. Alix the stock rating is heavy here in premarket. The bad news baked in. Is that is why is that why you have a buy rating here . Chuck weve had a buy rating for a while, not just here on the fourthquarter.
The natural disasters in their state. Will get started right away with the next panel. Running behind schedule. But we do not want to cut these guys ashore so we will move into fortifying our future. States becoming for resilience. Whether theyre located on the coast, and the mountains, in the midwest or anywhere in between, they have struggled with the challenges, the disasters that impact the nation. A nice love an important discussion about how to defeat those challenges and how we as governors can prepare our citizens to the resiliency challenges of the future. So we will have governor of maine, california governor and in north dakota, and pleased to welcome them to lead the discussions. [applause]. Thank you. Welcome to all of you to this discussion about fortifying our futures. And states becoming more resilient. Let me start by talking about my estate. In maine, my state as one point 3m people. It is small. The most dispersed population of any state in the country. Just on the n
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