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A close look at valuations for the largest U.S. banks highlights opportunities for long-term investors.

‘Barron’s Roundtable’ panelists discuss investment opportunities among airline stocks. American Airlines on Thursday announced it’s raising fees for checked bags as the company and other airlines face rising fuel costs. The airline is raising its bag fee for flights within the U.S., Canada and short-haul international flights by $10 to $50 for the first bag and $60 for the second bag. Customers will also pay $200 for the third checked bag when purchased at the airport, an increase of $50. Travelers who prepay for their first and second checked bags on the American Airlines website or through the airline’s mobile app…

Analyst Report: Smurfit WestRock plc

Markets have been uneven to start 2026. Major indexes have struggled to make sustained progress, former technology leaders have traded lower, stress in areas such as private credit has added to the noise and a hot conflict in the middle east compounds the uncertainty. Energy, particularly oil and gas, has been one of the few clear areas of strength.Despite that backdrop, a small number of thematic groups have continued to attract consistent inflows and are trading at new highs. These are not defensive areas, but instead are cyclical, capital-intensive, and tied to global growth. Their outperformance suggests underlying demand is…

Billions in Bitcoin and stablecoins sit idle while markets tighten. Julian Mezger makes the case for shifting digital treasury from accumulation to deployment.   By Julian Mezger, Co-Founder of Liquidium.     The intelligence layer for fintech professionals who think for themselves. Primary source intelligence. Original analysis. Contributed pieces from the people defining the industry. Trusted by professionals at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more. Join the FinTech Weekly Clarity Circle →   Volatility may dominate financial headlines, but the more consequential shift underway across markets is the repricing of capital itself. For much of the past decade, capital…

One flier told MarketWatch that a fellow passenger sprayed them with perfume. She contacted the airline’s CEO.

. has a complex problem. The company is facing pressure with both its Quest and Atkins brands. But the problems are different and require different responses. Investors should know this may take more than a quarter to turn around, so may be a stock to avoid for now. The headline numbers from its Q2 2026 earnings report were mixed. On the bottom line, adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 45 cents beat expectations for 40 cents. But it was the current and forecasted revenue numbers that are causing the stock’s sharp decline. Simply Good Foods posted revenue of $326.01 million,…

Software’s artificial intelligence troubles don’t appear as though they will let up anytime soon, following the sector’s slide after Anthropic’s latest product and revenue updates. Software is down again this week, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) falling Wednesday — when most of the market participated in a sharp rally following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire — and then again on Thursday. The IGV is down more than 4% week to date. Some stocks suffered more than others, like Workday and Intuit which are both down more than 15% this week. The tumult comes after the…

For years, we’ve been describing decentralized finance (DeFi) as an alternative financial system—a better bank, a faster exchange, a more open lending market.That framing is comfortable.It’s also completely wrong.DeFi isn’t “finance” in the traditional sense.It’s something much bigger.It’s an operating system for capital.From Institutions to InfrastructureTraditional finance is built like a collection of institutions:Banks store valueBrokers route tradesFunds allocate capitalGovernments define monetary policyEach piece is siloed, slow, and permissioned.DeFi flips that model on its head.Instead of institutions, we get protocols.Instead of closed systems, we get open infrastructure.Think less Wall Street…and more of the internet stack.Capital as Data PacketsOn the internet,…

is recovering very nicely and has broken decisively above 6620 after moving out of the diagonal formation last week. This suggests that we are now in a new recovery phase that could extend further in the near term. Even if the move up from 6317 turns out to be corrective, we would still expect more upside within wave C as long as price stays above 6640. For now, it looks like the index could continue toward previous highs, but there is strong resistance around 6894 and 6970 that may limit the upside. On the daily chart, the market reacted nicely…