If there is one industry which reacts immediately to higher oil prices and to global unrest, it is the airline sector.  These are technically not new risks but these two issues are hitting the...
The airlines industry is in a very bad way, unless you are a Wall Street analyst making upside predictions for a sector that Warren Buffett hates. High fuel costs and fewer passengers are simply...
Two of the US’s largest airlines reported earnings today, Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC), and both showed a profit thanks to mark-to-market gains on fuel...
The month of December was not so hot for international air carriers. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air traffic demand growth fell by -2.3% month-over-month, from...
Online travel sites have been on fire and a trend of airline consolidation mergers has been very good to the travel and leisure sector in transportation.  But what happens when United States...
The Dow Jones Transportation Average has risen just 7.7% in the past five years, and barely 3% in the past 12 months. Not exciting, that’s for sure, except for the ride to get here.Fortunately...
West Texas Intermediate Crude is bleeding today now that the IEA has made a coordinated release of 60 million barrels of oil.  Half of that will come from the United States and the rest from almost...
OK, so maybe it pays more to be one of the companies that blew out the travel agent jobs than it does to own an airline. After all, Warren Buffett said to never own a commercial airline carrier. All...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning.Becton Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX) cut to Underweight...
If you still believe that speculators cannot really drive markets up too far in any direction, take a look at the commodities market.  The continuous raising of margins in silver has taken out all...
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank....
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday.American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Raised to...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday.American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Started...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday.American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday.Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) raised to Outperform as Bull of...