With a very high cost of operations and in many cases a concentrated market of competitors, many smaller and even mid-size airlines have already filed for bankruptcy in the first two months of 2026. A few names of these names include Royal Air Philippines, Indian charter carrier Dove Airlines, Swedish carrier H-Bird, and U.S. charter
Broadcom just delivered something most dividend investors dream about: a double-digit dividend increase that came right alongside stunning business results. The semiconductor and software company announced a 10.2% dividend hike to $0.65 per share on Dec. 11, the same day it reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $18 billion. But the bigger question now is whether
While most headlines fixate on Salesforce’s aggressive push into AI agents and its $60 billion revenue target, something else happened in early December that speaks volumes about who’s really calling the shots. Salesforce (CRM), a Dow Jones 30 stock, increased its quarterly dividend to $0.416 per share, a modest but telling move that landed just
I’ve reported and published stories on current trends in real estate and the housing market for a number of years, and I always find it useful to take a look at mortgage rates and significant behavior shifts home buyers are making. Real estate technology company Zillow also pays close attention to developments in home buying
Valued at a market cap of $73 billion, General Motors is among the largest automobile companies in the world. The Detroit automaker recently announced a 20% dividend bump alongside a fresh $6 billion buyback program after beating Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings forecasts. GM stock surged on the news and is now up close to 70%
With consumer economic sentiment ebbing throughout 2025, many Americans have spent the last year watching their discretionary spending more carefully — ultimately leading to fewer dollars spent at venues like amusement parks. In some cases, park bankruptcies followed. After posting a loss of more than $1.2 billion last December, Six Flags revealed it will close
Mortgage rates could move sooner than many homebuyers expect but not because of interest-rate cuts — rather because of how the Federal Reserve manages itsbalance sheet. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said Feb. 10 that the central bank’s $6.6 trillion balance sheet needs to be smaller to reduce its footprint in financial markets and give
The S&P 500 has been a tale of two tapes since September, as investors locked in years of eye-popping gains in big-cap tech and rotated into under-owned baskets like energy. The broadening beyond technology is an important shift that’s buoyed by a government and Federal Reserve bent on accelerating economic growth. Morgan Stanley’s Chief U.S.
The operator of outdoor apparel brand Eddie Bauer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, becoming another mid-market retailer to fall prey to the adverse impact of shifting consumer demand, rising costs and persistent uncertainty over trade policy. In court filings in the District of New Jersey, the company said it was exploring a
Booking Holdings stock price has been in a strong freefall in the past three consecutive weeks as concerns about the travel industry remains. BKNG dropped to a low it $4,237 on Monday, reaching its lowest level since April last year. It has crashed by 27% from its all-time high. Why Booking Holdings stock has crashed