Airline stocks are trading lower across the board this Wednesday afternoon, but the more revealing story for investors is how dramatically the group has diverged in 2026. Through mid-June, Delta Air Lines…
Larry Kudlow spent Wednesday evening on Fox Business arguing that the economy is stronger than headlines admit. “The Trumpian economy is absolutely booming as is the stock market,” he said, listing the…
Crude oil has been one of 2026’s wildest trades. WTI ran from ~$56 in January to a $114.58 peak on April 7, before settling at $112.25 on May 18. With Washington and…
Alex Sirois When Spirit Airlines’ yellow Airbus fleet went dark at 3:00 a.m. Eastern on May 2, stranding passengers and dissolving 17,000 jobs, the immediate culprits were obvious. A doubled jet fuel bill traceable…
A round-trip ticket from Las Vegas to Dallas-Fort Worth cost $39 on Spirit Airlines the morning of May 1. By the afternoon of May 3, that same itinerary on the next-cheapest carrier…
WTI crude is hovering near $99.89 a barrel, with the monthly trend down 1.4% even as weekly prices climbed 9.7% on fresh Strait of Hormuz tensions. The recent peak hit $114.58 on…
Summer 2026 will be a stress test for U.S. airlines. Second quarter jet fuel is tracking $4.10 to $4.30 per gallon, with benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude at $99.89 per barrel…
Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK | ALK Price Prediction) carries a unanimous Wall Street buy consensus: 4 Strong Buy and 12 Buy ratings, zero Holds, zero Sells, across 16 analysts covering the…
On the April 14 episode of Mad Money, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told Jim Cramer something critical: Oil could be cut in half if the Iran war resolves favorably. Fink told the…
JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) stock surged 18% in Wednesday trading, with shares climbing toward the key $5 level from an open of $4.19. That kind of move is unusual for any stock; for…
The U.S. airline industry entered 2026 with momentum from a strong 2025 travel cycle, but the first quarter has been turbulent. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil surged 48.4% in a…
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL | DAL Price Prediction) stock is up 5% from its most recent close of $60.84 while American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) shares rose 4% in early trading this Tuesday morning,…
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL | AAL Price Prediction) shares slipped 4% in Thursday trading, falling below $11 as a perfect storm of macro fears, surging oil prices, and company-specific news lands all…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower after a solid risk-on Wednesday, when all major indices finished higher. Reports that filtered out of the media that Iran had backchannelled the CIA, looking…
Since Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV | LUV Price Prediction) and American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) reported Q4 2025 earnings in late January, the contrast could not be sharper. Southwest is executing a genuine…
