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Shares of Boeing (NYSE: BA) were trading more than 4% lower as of 1:45 p.m. ET Tuesday after news broke that the aerospace and defense giant had suspended flight tests of its 777X airplane.

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Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) has cleared a big hurdle in its effort to acquire Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ: HA), and the target's stock is taking off as a result.

Shares of Hawaiian traded up 11% on

When it comes to the payments industry, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and its larger rival Visa (NYSE: V) are two of investors' favorite stocks, and for good reason. The two companies have an essential

The COVID-19 pandemic came close to wrecking Boeing's (NYSE: BA) business. It delivered just 380 commercial airplanes in 2019 -- down by half from 2018 -- as it reeled from a pair of 737 MAX crashes

Boeing's (NYSE: BA) second-quarter earnings report was a mess -- bad enough that it may have gotten its chief executive officer fired.

Boeing missed earnings. It missed sales. It tallied $4.3

Billionaire Paul Singer and his fund, Elliott Investment Management, is making waves. The fund had been in active discussions with Starbucks on a turnaround plan that subsequently saw the company

Carol Tome's first earnings call as UPS (NYSE: UPS) CEO took place in the summer of 2020, and her guiding framework has been clear from the outset. As part of the "better not bigger" approach, UPS

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The recent downswing in tech stocks has given investors a great opportunity to start or add to positions in the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT). The exchange-traded fund (ETF)

David Tepper's net worth stands at $20.6 billion. The hedge fund manager isn't an income investor for one simple reason: He doesn't need the income.

However, Tepper's Appaloosa hedge fund sometimes

Current and future retirees probably already know that Social Security's retirement benefits are raised every year in step with the nation's official inflation rate. What you may not recognize

Visa's (NYSE: V) stock has stayed nearly flat this year as the S&P 500 advanced 14%. Macro-headwinds for consumer spending, fears of a recession, and antitrust challenges caused the payment card

Stock market sell-offs can be challenging times for investors. It's never fun to see your portfolio's value plunge suddenly. However, with challenges can come opportunities.

A silver lining of

Retired fund manager Peter Lynch, one of the best to ever do the job, had a famous maxim: "[I]nvest in what you know."

Millions of us know Mastercard (NYSE: MA) very well, as it's one of the top

Boeing's (NYSE: BA) most important business is Boeing commercial airplanes (BCA), which will likely stay that way for the foreseeable future. However, in an election year, investors will understand

Social Security benefits get annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to help beneficiaries keep pace with rising prices across the economy. Inflation has moderated in recent months, and that trend

Shares of Swedish-Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar Automotive (NASDAQ: PSNY) were trading sharply higher on Friday after the company said it had begun production of a new electric SUV in

Energy is a foundation for not just the economy but modern life. That makes it a great place to look for long-term investment ideas -- stocks you can reasonably buy and expect to hold indefinitely

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) charted a course for the debt market this week, raising more than $3 billion through a series of three deals.

The money raised will be useful to refinance some debt

One drawback of investing in growth stocks is that they tend to pay small dividends or no dividends at all. The idea is to reinvest capital into the business to grow its value rather than give

There's no question Axon's (NASDAQ: AXON) business is hitting on all cylinders as the company not only expands to new law enforcement agencies but also into new products. It's a powerful growth

It's best to buy stocks when they are down, as one of the most famous investing maxims tells us: "Buy low, sell high." However, companies going through a rough patch on the market aren't automatic