Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...
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Airlines Rally Has Hit Turbulence. But United, Delta, Others Should Fly Higher.
The U.S. airline sector took off at the start of 2023 but the rally has encountered some turbulence in recent weeks ahead of a crucial few months for the industry. The sector’s big gains this year pro...
Norwegian Cruise Line Misses Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Falling.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings stock tumbled Tuesday as the company posted a wider-than-expected loss and provided disappointing guidance for 2023. Cruise operator Norwegian (ticker: NCLH) posted an a...
DeLorean Has Hit the Brakes. Catching Tesla Is Proving Hard for EV Rivals.
When Marty McFly drove into the future in the famous 1980s movie, he made it look easy. For EV start-ups trying to leap ahead in their industry, it’s proving a lot harder. DeLorean, the car company ma...
How the Ohio Derailment May Power a Company With Deep Roots in Train Safety
Derailments have plagued trains since their invention, sometimes driving change. This past week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment and toxic s...
Want to play the lottery? These are the most speculative stocks of the year, by one measure
It’s 13-F season, which means the world gets to find out most of what the world’s top fund managers have been up, on a tape-delay basis. The likes of Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn it is fair to say ar...
Berkshire Hathaway’s 4Q Equity Buys and Sales to Be Disclosed in Filing Tuesday
What were Warren Buffett and his colleagues at Berkshire Hathaway up to with their $350 billion equity portfolio last quarter? Investors will find out very soon. A regulatory filing expected Tuesday s...
Lyft stock melts down after earnings ‘debacle for the ages’
Lyft Inc. isn’t getting too many stars for its latest earnings report, which is helping to send shares down more than 30% Friday morning as numerous bulls head for the hills and fret about the company...
These 20 AI stocks are expected by analysts to rise up to 85% over the next year
There are always fads in the stock market, but now we are in the midst of what could turn out to be a revolutionary trend that will last much longer than any fad — artificial intelligence. In the Need...
Elderly man fought Chase bank for years to recover stolen funds before his death
In the spring of 2020, James Vesey worked at a U.S. Postal Service building in midtown Manhattan, sorting mail and unloading trucks. With stringent security protocols in place at the federal facility,...
China’s Baidu Plans a ChatGPT Rival. The Internet Giant’s Stock Could Reap the Returns.
Talk about buying the rumor. Baidu China’s leading internet search provider, let it be known on Jan. 30 that it will launch a so-called chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, akin to the ChatGPT ...
Boeing stock downgraded on ‘worse-than-expected’ supply-chain problems
Boeing Co. faces ongoing supply-chain challenges that will limit upside from jet deliveries and create an overhang on investor sentiment. That’s from analyst Ken Herbert at RBC, who on Friday downgrad...
Blackstone Stock Is a Good Investment, Even in a Downbeat Economy
These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...
What will the Fed and Jerome Powell do next week?
Jittery U.S. investors are still in “bad news is good news” mode because they want to see interest rates decline. And they expect to get what they want, as shown by the inverse yield curve. Two-year U...
Shipping Platform Freightos Goes Public in SPAC Deal
Online freight booking platform Freightos Ltd. started trading shares publicly on Thursday through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, just as the booming shipping demand that helped ...
After United Airlines win, Boeing is involved in ‘more big orders,’ CEO says
Boeing Co., which recently clinched a major deal with United Airlines Holdings Inc. for hundreds of its jets, also has some other big deals, according to CEO Dave Calhoun. “We’re involved in more big ...
ASML Profit Tops Expectations. It Sees a Chip Market Rebound.
ASML Holding, a critical supplier to the global chip-making industry, said Wednesday that it expects to report more than 25% sales growth this year despite uncertainty in the semiconductor industry, a...
20 banks that are sitting on huge potential securities losses—as was SVB
Silicon Valley Bank has failed following a run on deposits, after its parent company’s share price crashed a record 60% on Thursday. Trading of SVB Financial Group’s SIVB, -60.41% stock was halted ear...