Around the world, investors watch the Dow Jones Industrials as a measure not only of the 30 stocks in the average but also of the health of the entire global economy.
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March 24 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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March 22 - News
United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) faced several challenges in 2012, as it weathered the lingering effects of its merger with Continental.
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March 21 - News
Ken Heebner is the co-founder of Capital Growth Management, a money management firm with more than $6 billion under management.
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March 21 - Hedge Funds
United Airlines had a surprisingly strong February, leading the major airlines in unit revenue gains for the first time since 2011.
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March 12 - News
Regional jet manufacturer Embraer SA (ADR) (NYSE:ERJ) gave investors a scare in late 2012, when slow sales of E-Jets aircraft for the 70- to 110-seat market raised the specter...
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March 11 - News
Jim Cramer did the unthinkable this week, recommending an airline stock to "Mad Money" viewers.
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March 8 - News
Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper's Appaloosa Management hedge fund returned some 30% in 2012, earning Tepper a cool $2.2 billion.
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March 6 - Hedge Funds
While many airline stocks performed well in 2012, their performance over the past three months has been nothing short of extraordinary.
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March 5 - News
While earnings per share, or EPS, can be a handy statistic for investors to use to evaluate the performance of stocks that they own, it does not always tell the whole story.
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March 5 - News
The recently announced acquisition of American Airlines by US Airways (NYSE:LCC) is part of a trend towards consolidation in the airline industry, which has been going on for ...
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March 4 - News
Pressured by creditors, AMR’s CEO, Tom Horton, is serious about the merger.
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March 1 - News
Anyone who has been investing for a while knows that airlines are a tough business. For decades overcapacity and price competition have been destroying shareholder value.
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February 25 - News
This phrase by the sage is pretty much spot on. Airline stocks in general have performed awfully over the last decade.
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February 24 - News
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) 787 Dreamliner is the world's most technologically advanced commercial jet, but it doesn't fly.
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February 24 - News
The airline industry has seen many mergers in last few years.
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February 23 - News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) is proposing a long-term fix for the 787 Dreamliner's troubled batteries that will keep the fleet grounded until April at the earliest...
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February 22 - News
United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) cut the grounded The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) 787 from its flying plans at least until June and postponed its new Denver-to-Tokyo flights...
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February 21 - News
Although Buffett has been leery of investing in airlines since he fared poorly back in the early 1990s with US Airways Group, Inc.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
Last week’s agreement between US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) and American Airlines (in Chapter 11) will create the nation’s largest carrier in terms of revenues.
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February 20 - News
Airlines around the globe are reporting record load factors. Some airliners are even reporting record earnings.
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February 20 - News
The US domestic airline industry has been struggling in the past six or seven years. Apart from a few major airlines, many have been struggling to report profitability.
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February 20 - News
In Sept. 2010, Southwest Airlines Co.
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February 20 - News
Back in the depths of the Great Recession, regional airline operator Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
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February 19 - News
While understanding that the recently announced merger between US Airways Group, Inc.
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February 18 - News
Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors, and Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAVE) is about...
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February 18 - News
So the long planned merger between US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) and AMR, the parent of bankrupt American Airlines, is finally going through.
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February 15 - News
Most major airlines report unit revenue statistics every month.
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February 15 - News
United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL), the nation’s largest passenger air carrier in terms of revenues, just closed out a year when it earned $1.78 a share excluding one...
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February 12 - News
I've seen some pretty bad companies come and go over the years.
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February 8 - News
On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that American Airlines parent AMR and US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) were finally closing in on a merger agreement.
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February 7 - News
Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAVE) made a splash a few years ago when it transformed itself into America's first "ultra-low cost carrier." Spirit has very low base fares...
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February 7 - News
Last Thursday morning, United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) reported a Q4 2012 adjusted loss of $0.58, which slightly beat the analyst consensus for a loss of $0.61.
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February 1 - News
It's no secret that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the most popular stocks in the hedge fund industry.
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December 18 - Hedge Funds
Bill Miller, chairman of Legg Mason Capital Investment, was featured in an interview on the "Bottom Line" program on Bloomberg TV, and he discussed a couple of sectors that he...
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company.
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October 23 - Stock Analysis
