April 26, 2024
Investors

Investors Don’t Need to Sweat the Latest Boeing 737 Safety Incident. The Data Show Why.

Now Boeing investors, whether they like it or not, have to prepare themselves for Monday’s trading session with as much detail—and context—as possible. On Friday, a United Airlines flight was found to be missing an external panel when it landed in Oregon. The plane involved was a 25-year-old 737 NG, or Next Generation, model. Boeing’s

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Investors

GE Is Breaking Up. Here Are Numbers Investors Need To Know.

The split is due to take effect April 2. A starting point in solving the valuation problem is to look at how similar companies trade in the marketplace. Today, General Electric trades for about 14.5 times estimated 2024 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda. That is very similar to nonfinancial and manufacturing

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Investors

Boeing drags down Dow futures as investors fret over Fed trajectory

U.S. stock futures indicate a cautious session on Wall Street after a plunge in Boeing shares and amid uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.22% dipped 11 points, or 0.3% to 4724 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.49% fell 183 points, or 0.5% to 37536 Nasdaq

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Europe’s Decision to Ground Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jets Tells Investors Something

The European aviation regulators have followed orders by the Federal Aviation Administration for the temporary grounding of many Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, after a MAX 9 operated by Alaska Air lost a section of its fuselage in midair on Friday. The damaged plane was able to return to the Portland, Ore., airport, where the

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