Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has defied its earnings slump to become the standout US airline stock in 2025. In the first nine months of this year, the air carrier saw its profit crash an alarming 42%. Still, LUV shares are currently up more than 70% versus their year-to-date low in late April. More importantly, Southwest
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Donald Trump entered 2025 pledging to end wars and reorient U.S. foreign policy around what he repeatedly described as ‘peace through strength.’ Throughout the year, Trump has cast his diplomacy as peace-focused, telling reporters, ‘We think we have a way of getting peace,’ and publicly arguing that his record merited a Nobel Peace Prize. The
11The QuantumScape stock price has suffered a harsh reversal in the past few days as it plunged by ~40% from its highest point this year. It was trading at $11.20, down from the year-to-date high of $19. Still, the QS stock is up by 115% this year, bringing its market capitalization to over $6.7 billion.
10Capitol Hill is a ghost town with both the House and Senate out of session until a few days into the new year. Lawmakers left town the week before Christmas, and with their departure have left several key fights unresolved — with deadlines looming large for both Republicans and Democrats. Government funding Congress voted to
28Banks have enjoyed a formidable moat built on customer relationships, regulatory privilege, and distribution networks for decades. – but that moat was breached in 2025. Embedded finance, the integration of payment, lending, insurance, and investing directly into non-financial platforms, became mainstream this year – shifting the locus of value creation away from banks and toward
11North Korea showed off its apparent progress in the development of a nuclear-powered submarine. State media released photos of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and his daughter, a potential heir, as they inspected what appears to be a largely completed hull. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea’s official state media, said Kim
18US stocks held steady on Christmas Eve, with the broad market opening virtually flat. The Dow edged marginally higher, while the Nasdaq Composite matched the S&P’s sluggish performance in a shortened trading session marked by thin holiday volumes and cautious investor positioning heading into the year-end break. The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high
16President Trump has faced unprecedented lawfare, including four indictments, two impeachments and countless lawsuits aimed at keeping him from power, confiscating his wealth and even putting him in prison for life. The most stark example? The FBI’s August 2022 raid of his Mar-a-Lago property. This week, we learned that even FBI agents did not believe
19Main Street Capital stock price did modestly well this year as other companies in the business development companies (BDC) industry accelerated. Main Street Capital beat other BDCs this year It had a total return of 8.9% this year, while the closely-watched VanEck BDC Income ETF (BIZD), which tracks the biggest companies in the industry, dropped
19While next year’s midterms will determine whether Republicans can keep control of Congress after winning big in 2024, there are also a slate of gubernatorial elections, several that are toss-ups, which could have equally wide-ranging impacts. Three states with Democratic Party governors, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, are currently listed as ‘toss up’ races across multiple
