GE’s Big Plans Are Luring Wall Street Bulls. Target Price Doubled.

Wall Street is feeling more bullish about General Electric stock. Significantly more bullish in one instance. GE (ticker: GE) hosted its 2023 analyst and investor event in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday...

GE Stock Hits a New High After an Old Bear Went Into Hibernation

Shares of General Electric hit a new intraday high Monday after an analyst who had been the company’s biggest bear dropped his coverage. J.P. Morgan analyst Stephen Tusa, whose $50 price target on the...

Raytheon CEO Bought Up This Energy Stock

After a strong 2022, Phillips 66 stock recently slipped, and one director scooped up shares of the diversified-energy firm on the open market. Phillips 66 stock (ticker: PSX) surged 44% in 2022—a stro...

Airbus Stock Gets Downgraded. Boeing Investors Should Pay Attention.

Wall Street believes in the recovery in commercial aerospace, and shares of Boeing have been growing in popularity with analysts. There are still risks to the stock and the sector, however, as a downg...

Blackstone Stock Is a Good Investment, Even in a Downbeat Economy

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Boeing’s Terrible Earnings Have Left Wall Street More Bullish. Here’s Why.

Free cash flow at commercial aerospace giant Boeing has stabilized. Earnings, however, are all over the place. That isn’t bothering Wall Street, though—the stock remains attractive and target prices a...

Who Makes Abrams M1 Tanks? What to Know About General Dynamics.

As the Ukraine-Russia war continues, the U.S. has decided to send 31 advanced Abrams tanks to Ukraine. That military staple comes from American aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics which repor...

Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Tesla, Intuitive Surgical, and More Market Movers

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Boeing Reports Earnings Wednesday. What to Expect.

Text size Boeing investors are looking for improvement in sales, earnings and free cash flow in 2023. Logan Cyrus/Getty Images Boeing investors have endured a lot of bad news over the past few years. ...

Aerospace Stocks Are Wall Street Favorites. 1 Analyst Sees a Risk Though.

Aerospace stocks are hot on Wall Street, pushed by analysts who expect the demand in global air travel to keep growing. There is a very real risk to the sector’s rosy year, though—rising interest rate...

Bed Bath & Beyond, Virgin Galactic, Ford, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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Virgin Galactic Shakes Up Management. The Stock Soars.

Space tourism startup Virgin Galactic has made changes at the top as it prepares to launch commercial space flight service later this year. The stock is taking off, but the management move probably is...

Powell’s in Sweden. Rates Will Likely Go Higher Still Despite Companies’ Pain.

Investors looking at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at a conference at Sweden’s Riksbank Tuesday will be tempted to carefully parse his words for any hint as to when the interest-rate...

Boeing Stock Gets Bump as Analyst Sees Blowout Deliveries in December

Text size Boeing stock has begun 2023 in the green. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Boeing finished out 2022 strong and the new year is looking up, causing one analyst to hike his price target on the shares. He...

GE HealthCare Stock Is Trading. We Were Wrong.

The GE HealthCare spinoff General Electric is going to be a big event for the company, and investors, in the new year. Shares begin trading, officially, on Jan. 4. Some are trading now too and the pri...

Aerojet Rocketdyne, Tesla, Microsoft, and More Stock Market Movers Monday

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The Valuation Game: SpaceX Soars as Elon Musk Slips to No. 2

Quiet weeks are rare in Elon Musk’s world. This past Monday, Bloomberg reported that Musk was raising funds for his space company, SpaceX. At $77 a share, the offer would lift Space X’s valuation 12%,...

Boeing Retires the 747, and the Age of Jumbo Jets

The Boeing 747 has retired. The jets still fly—but new ones won’t be built. On Tuesday, the last 747 rolled off an Everett, Wash. assembly line. This is no surprise. CEO Dave Calhoun said in July 2020...

4 Things to Know About Textron’s Helicopter That Won $80 Billion Army Contract

Textron stock soared Tuesday after the defense company won a contract worth up to $80 billion to build a new helicopter for the Army. Word of the award came late Monday. The Army is turning to Textron...

Raytheon Stock Named a ‘Best Idea’ for 2023

As the calendar turns to December, investors are thinking about stocks for 2023. Brokerage firm Cowen likes Raytheon Technologies shares for the new year, calling it a “best idea” and a top aerospace ...

Boeing Stock Is Rising. The Company Finally Provided Guidance.

Shares of commercial aerospace giant Boeing are on quite a little run after last week’s earnings disappointment. Shares have wiped out all the earnings-related losses and then some. Providing financia...

Lockheed’s Stock Has Soared. One Director Scooped Up More Shares.

Lockheed Martin stock has trounced the market this year, and director John Donovan just bought some more shares of the aerospace and defense giant. Lockheed (ticker: LMT) stock sports a 36% year-to-da...

Boeing’s Earnings Are Coming. This Is What to Watch.

Boeing has reported positive free cash flow in only one quarter in more than three years. Whether the company generated more than it burned through in the three months through September, and how much ...

Boeing’s 737 MAX Jet Faces Another Setback

One version of Boeing’s 737 MAX jet faces certification delays, according to a media report. Investors seem to be inured to negative MAX news as of late. The Federal Aviation Administration’s review p...

Boeing May Score a Big Order. The Stock Needs Good News.

Longtime readers will remember the erstwhile heyday of CatBo, when Boeing and Caterpillar ruled the Dow Jones Industrial Average Yet over the past five years, it is Caterpillar that has taken off, out...

Northrop Is Downgraded. Defense to Get ‘Left Behind’ in Better Macro Environment, Analyst Says.

Northrop Grumman shares were declining Friday after an analyst at J.P. Morgan downgraded the stock, citing concerns over valuation and the future of defense shares. J.P. Morgan analyst Seth Seifman do...

The Fed Looks Set to Overshoot on Interest Rates. What to Learn From Earnings.

Last week saw markets raise their hopes of a Federal Reserve pivot to looser policy, only to have the dream dashed by a strong jobs report and string of policy makers saying interest rates must move h...

The SPAC Bubble Has Burst. 6 Stocks That Still Have Potential.

One year ago, investors couldn’t get enough of special-purpose acquisition companies. Now, they can’t dump SPACs fast enough. In 2021, some 613 SPACs came to market, two-and-a-half times as many as in...

Palantir Stock Is Rising. The Company Won a Big Defense Contract.

Palantir stock is modestly higher after the data-analytics software company announced a contract from the Department of Defense worth up to $229 million. It’s a one year pact to support test and deplo...

The Dollar Is Crushing Rival Currencies. Here’s Where Things Are Headed.

The dollar’s remarkable rally shows no signs of slowing. In fact, the Federal Reserve’s hawkish message has given it fresh impetus. The strong dollar is a concern for U.S. multinational corporations, ...

Putin’s Tough Talk Is Boosting Defense Stocks and Tanking Chinese EV Makers

Text size Defense stocks are rising after Russia’s Putin talks tough. Sarah Silbiger / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Defense stocks are rising along with global tensions after Vladimir Putin talked ...

Spirit AeroSystems Catches Rare Double Downgrade. It’s Good for Boeing.

Text size Spirit AeroSystems generates roughly 60% of its sales from Boeing Scott Barbour/Getty Images A key Boeing  supplier is facing some headwinds, and the reason why could be good news for Boeing...