While the FAANG stocks have gotten a lot of attention over the past few years, one of the most reliable growth stories on Wall Street was actually a big box retailer: Home Depot. Since 2008, shares of Home Depot Inc. HD, -0.53% have surged almost 600% compared with about 110% for the broader S&P 500 SPX, -0.57% in the same 10-year period. That was for good reason, as revenue consistently marched higher, from about $71 billion in 2008 to roughly $100 billion this fiscal year, and its annual dividend soared from just 90 cents a decade ago to an expected $4.12 per share in 2018. This performance is noteworthy for any company, but particularly for a store that had to deal with both the fallout of a housing crash as well as the pressures of e-commerce. But lately, some cracks have started to appear in Home Depot’s stock. And increasingly, it looks like there could be serious structural problems brewing for the consumer sector more broadly. Here’s why Home Depot may be in store for further declines — and why all investors should pay attention, whether they own this stock or not.via