Key Points Archer Aviation has made some big moves in 2025. The company could start testing flights in key markets as early as next year. Archer is pre-revenue and will likely experience price volatility as it works its way toward FAA-type certification. 10 stocks we like better than Archer Aviation › Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) is an aviation company selling a vision: A sky of air taxis ("Midnig...
Key Points Archer Aviation has made some big moves in 2025. The company could start testing flights in key markets as early as next year. Archer is pre-revenue and will likely experience price volatility as it works its way toward FAA-type certification. 10 stocks we like better than Archer Aviation › Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) is an aviation company selling a vision: A sky of air taxis ("Midnight" aircraft), carrying happy passengers above congested roads, on a 10-minute flight that would have taken an hour or more in the bumper-to-bumper traffic below. If you've ever sat in traffic like that (say, from New York City to Newark Liberty), you'd appreciate the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) craft that Archer is trying to operate. But if you've been watching this stock in 2025, you might be wondering if it, like the traffic it's trying to alleviate, might be gridlocked. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » Trading at under $8 a share, Archer is down about 22% over the past year. Is this a buying opportunity, or is the market telling you to wait? Where Archer stands today Even as its stock trades lower, Archer Aviation has kept the headlines coming. In mid-December, it said it was partnering with cities across California, Georgia, Florida, New York, and Texas, to submit proposals for launching air taxi operations. These submissions are tied to the White House's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), which is designed to safely integrate eVTOLs into the national airspace system. While Archer isn't "in" this program in any formal sense, it has applied and the FAA is expected to make selections in 2026. Separately, Archer was chosen as the air taxi provider for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It has also been in talks with Saudi Arabia to deploy air taxi services in the Kingdom. Still, Archer is pre-revenue, and it doesn't have an FAA-type certificat...
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrives at a detention center in New York after he was taken into custody in a US military operation. (Source: RAPIDRESPONSE47 via X)
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrives at a detention center in New York after he was taken into custody in a US military operation. (Source: RAPIDRESPONSE47 via X)
Venezuelan bonds are poised to gain after the US captured Nicolás Maduro , setting the stage for a potential regime change that investors in $60 billion worth of securities have long been betting on. Defaulted notes from the sovereign and state-run oil company PDVSA have already more than doubled to between 23 and 33 cents on the dollar in the past few months as US President Donald Trump ramped up...
Venezuelan bonds are poised to gain after the US captured Nicolás Maduro , setting the stage for a potential regime change that investors in $60 billion worth of securities have long been betting on. Defaulted notes from the sovereign and state-run oil company PDVSA have already more than doubled to between 23 and 33 cents on the dollar in the past few months as US President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Maduro. While still far out, the prospect of a potential debt restructuring — a key step needed to help attract new funding — could fuel further gains, bringing so-called recovery prices to 50-60 cents, investors said. “Venezuela continues to face severe liquidity constraints, and any eventual restructuring process would likely be long and complex,” said Alberto Rojas , a senior EM strategist at UBS. “For now, however, the market appears less focused on long-term fundamentals and more on the repricing of political optionality — a scenario that, until recently, many investors viewed as highly remote.” The prospect is a stark turnaround for the outlook of the bonds, which just over two years ago traded for pennies on the dollar. “The immediate goal was the removal of Maduro. Objective achieved,” said Robert Koenigsberger , founder and chief investment officer at Gramercy Funds Management. “Now the path forward is dependent on what type of regime change ensues. Also, understanding the role of the US in the transition will be key.” Read More: Trump Snatches Maduro But Leaves His Regime in Charge for Now The US will run Venezuela until a leadership transition could be organized, Trump said at a press conference on Saturday. It will be done “with a group” largely comprised of senior US officials and with an emphasis on repairing oil infrastructure. Ray Zucaro , chief investment officer at RVX Asset Management LLC in Miami, is among investors who have been scooping up the bonds. As Trump sent US troops to the Caribbean to carry out strikes on alleged drug-trafficking ...
Insider Trading? New Polymarket Account Made 12x Gain On Venezuela Intervention As the dust settles on President Trump's Friday-night blitz on Venezuela, suspicions of insider trading on the secret operation are rising, after a brand-new Polymarket account scored a huge profit by betting on a US military attack just before it happened. As a result, a US House representative is already preparing to...
Insider Trading? New Polymarket Account Made 12x Gain On Venezuela Intervention As the dust settles on President Trump's Friday-night blitz on Venezuela, suspicions of insider trading on the secret operation are rising, after a brand-new Polymarket account scored a huge profit by betting on a US military attack just before it happened. As a result, a US House representative is already preparing to introduce a bill that would prohibit government officials from using inside info to profit in prediction markets. The account in question was created on Dec. 27, and quickly placed roughly $34,000 in bets on US intervention in Venezuela and Maduro's ouster both happening by January 31 . On the Maduro prediction alone, the account scored a 1,242% gain, turning $32,537 into $436,760 . At the time of the bets, the market placed the probability of intervention in January at just 6% . The list of suspects could be quite a long one, given the military was poised to strike for days. "We were going to do this four days ago but the weather was not perfect," Trump said after the attacks and Maduro's extraction. "And then all of a sudden it opened up and we said go." Military officials were said to have contemplated a Christmas-day attack. What's more, given officials' public talk about rehearsals of the operation, preparations likely spanned weeks, following months of a build-up of assets in the region. That said, one can't entirely rule out the possibility of someone outside reading headlines and placing a big bet, and the mystery account wasn't the only one placing bets on US intervention. According to the Wall Street Journal , more than $56 million had been placed on Maduro's ouster , with $11 million betting he'd be gone by Jan. 31. Another $40 million in losing bets had been placed on him leaving by Nov. 30 or Dec. 31. This X user claimed to have made $80,000 by translating a surge in Pentagon-area pizza traffic into imminent military action: How i made 80,000$ in a single nigh...
Key Points The growth in flight departures has pushed out the sales peak period for services of the company's legacy engines. The easing of the supply chain crisis is creating long-term growth opportunities for the company. 10 stocks we like better than GE Aerospace › In its first full year as a stand-alone company, GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) continued its fantastic run by appreciating almost 85% las...
Key Points The growth in flight departures has pushed out the sales peak period for services of the company's legacy engines. The easing of the supply chain crisis is creating long-term growth opportunities for the company. 10 stocks we like better than GE Aerospace › In its first full year as a stand-alone company, GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) continued its fantastic run by appreciating almost 85% last year. It's a performance that underlines the company's critical importance to the aerospace industry and its long-term potential to generate streams of recurring income from servicing its commercial aerospace engines. Here's why GE Aerospace has been a standout performer in recent years. Having great technology pays off The company has come a long way since the dark days of 2018, when it was part of an industrial conglomerate, General Electric. While the former GE faced significant challenges in the decade leading up to 2018, one thing it always had was great technology. Indeed, the spinoffs, GE Healthcare and GE Vernova, are market leaders in imaging equipment and gas turbines, and GE Aerospace is the dominant player in commercial aerospace with 3 out of 4 commercial flights powered by GE or GE joint venture (CFM International) engines. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » Why GE Aerospace's stock outperformed CFM International's LEAP engine is the sole engine on the Boeing 737 MAX and one of two options on the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft, which are the workhorses of the skies. This dominant position, combined with the legacy CFM56 (which powers the legacy 737s and A320s), ensures a secure long-term stream of income from highly lucrative long-term services agreements signed at the sale of engines. It's essentially a razor-and-blade model, whereby engines are sold at a negative or small profit margin only to generate service revenue, which can span over four decades, as...
Saudi Arabian equities fell the most in almost nine months as investors considered the possible fallout of geopolitical tensions in Yemen, Iran and Venezuela. The Tadawul All Share Index dropped 1.8% on Sunday, the most since US President Donald Trump ’s tariffs roiled global markets in April, with all industry groups in the red. The benchmark also closed at its lowest since Oct. 2023, a level it ...
Saudi Arabian equities fell the most in almost nine months as investors considered the possible fallout of geopolitical tensions in Yemen, Iran and Venezuela. The Tadawul All Share Index dropped 1.8% on Sunday, the most since US President Donald Trump ’s tariffs roiled global markets in April, with all industry groups in the red. The benchmark also closed at its lowest since Oct. 2023, a level it has hovered around for much of the past month. Stocks in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain ticked slightly higher. The moves came as the kingdom called on Yemen’s southern factions to enter into talks in Riyadh as clashes continued between Saudi-backed forces and separatist rivals backed by the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pushed back against deadly protests he blamed external forces for inciting. “The current weakness in the Saudi market reflects the regional geopolitical issues, even though there’s no indication of confrontation or escalation at this time, especially related to Yemen,” said Junaid Ansari , head of research and strategy at Kamco Investment Co. “The situation in Iran is also affecting sentiment and adding to the geopolitical risk premium for the region.” Any impact on stocks from potential oil market disruptions following the ouster of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro would only be felt from Monday, when crude trading resumes after the weekend, Ansari said. Read More: Saudi Stocks’ Worst Year in a Decade Leaves Traders Grim on 2026 Saudi Arabian equities are coming off their worst annual performance since 2015 amid a confluence of factors including subdued oil prices that restrain public spending and company earnings. The outlook for 2026 performance is mixed, with some analysts pointing to upside from potential changes in foreign ownership limits and others saying the market generally lacks momentum.
A 75-year correlation with a perfect track record suggests Wall Street's benchmark index will soar more than 20% in the new year. During Donald Trump's first term in the White House, the stock market soared. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.66%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.19%), and growth stock-powered Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.03%) rallied 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. The ...
A 75-year correlation with a perfect track record suggests Wall Street's benchmark index will soar more than 20% in the new year. During Donald Trump's first term in the White House, the stock market soared. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.66%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.19%), and growth stock-powered Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.03%) rallied 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. The first year of Trump's non-consecutive second term in the White House essentially picked up where his first term ended. In 2025, the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, respectively, gained 13%, 16%, and 20%. While several headwinds exist that threaten to send stocks into a full-fledged correction, bear market, or elevator-down crash in 2026, one historically flawless correlation points to a fourth consecutive year of double-digit percentage gains for the benchmark index. If this 75-year pattern were to persist, the stock market could skyrocket in the new year under President Trump. Historical precedent suggests another banner year awaits Wall Street in 2026 Before going any further, a cautionary note is warranted. Namely, what's happened in the past can't concretely guarantee what's to come. If a data point or correlated event could guarantee the future, every investor would be using it by now. With this being said, some correlations have an uncanny track record of foreshadowing directional moves on Wall Street. It's these data points and events that can help investors optimally position their portfolios for future success. Advertisement Last week, Carson Group's Chief Market Strategist, Ryan Detrick, who, like me, is a big fan of historical correlations, made a post on X (formerly Twitter) that examined the S&P 500 returns of two-term presidents by their tenure in the White House. Since 1950, there have been six presidents who served two terms, with Donald Trump being the only one whose term wasn't consecutive. Using data from FactSet, Detrick found that the S&P 500 ...
Family left devastated by fatal attack outside bar Joshua Johnson-Hector, 31, died in hospital, a day after the attack on 28 December The family of a man who died following an assault outside a cocktail bar, say they have been left "devastated" by his death. Joshua Johnson-Hector was found with a serious head injury outside the Savanna venue on Bristol Street, Birmingham, just after 04:15 GMT on 2...
Family left devastated by fatal attack outside bar Joshua Johnson-Hector, 31, died in hospital, a day after the attack on 28 December The family of a man who died following an assault outside a cocktail bar, say they have been left "devastated" by his death. Joshua Johnson-Hector was found with a serious head injury outside the Savanna venue on Bristol Street, Birmingham, just after 04:15 GMT on 28 December. He died in hospital the following afternoon. His family are appealing to anyone with information to come forward as they hope to "get justice" for the 31-year-old.
It's in our nature to want more: More money. More friends. More muscle. More food. A more luxurious car. And, of course, more gains by way of the stock market. How can I tell after a year in which the S&P 500's (^GSPC) total return was 17.88%, bringing the index's three-year total return to 86.11%? Because I am always getting asked by people for stock ideas, especially after years of the market ba...
It's in our nature to want more: More money. More friends. More muscle. More food. A more luxurious car. And, of course, more gains by way of the stock market. How can I tell after a year in which the S&P 500's (^GSPC) total return was 17.88%, bringing the index's three-year total return to 86.11%? Because I am always getting asked by people for stock ideas, especially after years of the market basically moving up and to the right. As a rule, I don't give out stock ideas, as that is no longer my career (I was an analyst for a decade). So I come to you at the start of 2026 with a tidy list of stock ideas provided by my contacts. I caution that I am not endorsing the picks of these money management pros. This is not me saying to dump your life savings into these stocks or even buy a single share. Do your homework on each one. In doing so, you may find you like other stocks in the industry better. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell in New York on Jan. 2, 2026. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) · ANGELA WEISS via Getty Images Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives: Nvidia (NVDA) "One chip company in the world is fueling the AI revolution, and that's Nvidia. And I think as it plays out, the [earnings] numbers are significantly underestimated. I think 15% to 20% at a minimum [earnings growth] going into 2026. You put that together, and I think we're looking at a $250 stock in a base case to end 2026." Laffer Tengler Investments CEO Nancy Tengler: Palantir (PLTR) "We love Palantir. From a defense standpoint, they are the leader in AI and data, with Defense Department approval and usage. And then beyond that, corporate adoption and sovereign adoption. So we think the name continues [to go higher]. It's one of those names, you can't justify it from a valuation standpoint. But the narrative is quite compelling. And that can drive stocks for a very long time, like it did Amazon for the first 20 years of Amazon's post-IPO life." Mi...
Archer Aviation has dropped about 22% over the past year. Should you buy while it's trading in single-digit territory? Archer Aviation (ACHR +8.11%) is an aviation company selling a vision: A sky of air taxis ("Midnight" aircraft), carrying happy passengers above congested roads, on a 10-minute flight that would have taken an hour or more in the bumper-to-bumper traffic below. If you've ever sat i...
Archer Aviation has dropped about 22% over the past year. Should you buy while it's trading in single-digit territory? Archer Aviation (ACHR +8.11%) is an aviation company selling a vision: A sky of air taxis ("Midnight" aircraft), carrying happy passengers above congested roads, on a 10-minute flight that would have taken an hour or more in the bumper-to-bumper traffic below. If you've ever sat in traffic like that (say, from New York City to Newark Liberty), you'd appreciate the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) craft that Archer is trying to operate. But if you've been watching this stock in 2025, you might be wondering if it, like the traffic it's trying to alleviate, might be gridlocked. Expand NYSE : ACHR Archer Aviation Today's Change ( 8.11 %) $ 0.61 Current Price $ 8.13 Key Data Points Market Cap $6.0B Day's Range $ 7.50 - $ 8.16 52wk Range $ 5.48 - $ 14.62 Volume 45M Avg Vol 57M Trading at under $8 a share, Archer is down about 22% over the past year. Is this a buying opportunity, or is the market telling you to wait? Where Archer stands today Even as its stock trades lower, Archer Aviation has kept the headlines coming. In mid-December, it said it was partnering with cities across California, Georgia, Florida, New York, and Texas, to submit proposals for launching air taxi operations. Advertisement These submissions are tied to the White House's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), which is designed to safely integrate eVTOLs into the national airspace system. While Archer isn't "in" this program in any formal sense, it has applied and the FAA is expected to make selections in 2026. Separately, Archer was chosen as the air taxi provider for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It has also been in talks with Saudi Arabia to deploy air taxi services in the Kingdom. Still, Archer is pre-revenue, and it doesn't have an FAA-type certification to fly its craft commercially. So, while the stock is trading in the single digits, I would still ap...
Key Points Visa and ExxonMobil are highly efficient businesses that return capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Oracle is a high-risk, high-potential-reward bet on increased demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Netflix deserves a premium valuation. 10 stocks we like better than Visa › Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) ended 2025 as the most valuable company in the world. ...
Key Points Visa and ExxonMobil are highly efficient businesses that return capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Oracle is a high-risk, high-potential-reward bet on increased demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Netflix deserves a premium valuation. 10 stocks we like better than Visa › Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) ended 2025 as the most valuable company in the world. It is one of nine S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stocks with market capitalizations exceeding $1 trillion -- the others being Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Broadcom, Tesla, and Berkshire Hathaway. Eli Lilly, Walmart, and JPMorgan Chase only need to rise 14% or less to expand the list to 12 companies. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » Here's why Visa (NYSE: V), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have what it takes to be winning investments over the next five years and join the $1 trillion club by 2030. 1. Visa Visa's path to $1 trillion is fairly straightforward. The payment processor has high margins, a reasonable valuation, and steady earnings growth, and returns tons of capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Visa can generate high single-digit or double-digit earnings growth even during challenging periods. Despite slowdowns in consumer spending, Visa grew non-generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP) earnings per share by 14% in 2025. If Visa can maintain that growth rate going forward, it could reach a market cap well beyond $1 trillion by 2030. 2. ExxonMobil ExxonMobil will need to double in five years to surpass $1 trillion in market cap. It absolutely has what it takes. ExxonMobil is generating gobs of free cash flow (FCF) and high earnings, even though oil prices are hovering around four-year lows. It has reduced its production costs and can break even at low oil prices, and has plenty o...
Either way, ExxonMobil doesn't need a lot of help from oil prices to grow earnings at a solid pace. A 15% annual growth rate, compounded over five years, would double earnings. Given the stock's reasonable volatility, it could double as well, pole-vaulting ExxonMobil over the $1 trillion bar. ExxonMobil's corporate plan through 2030 forecasts double-digit earnings growth even if oil and gas prices...
Either way, ExxonMobil doesn't need a lot of help from oil prices to grow earnings at a solid pace. A 15% annual growth rate, compounded over five years, would double earnings. Given the stock's reasonable volatility, it could double as well, pole-vaulting ExxonMobil over the $1 trillion bar. ExxonMobil's corporate plan through 2030 forecasts double-digit earnings growth even if oil and gas prices are mediocre. Although the U.S. Energy Information Administration is only forecasting $55 per Brent crude oil barrel in 2026, oil prices could rise in the coming years due to economic demand fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), as well as overall economic growth and geopolitical tensions. ExxonMobil is generating gobs of free cash flow (FCF) and high earnings, even though oil prices are hovering around four-year lows. It has reduced its production costs and can break even at low oil prices, and has plenty of upside potential during a higher-price environment. It also has a growing low-carbon business and a massive refining and marketing segment. ExxonMobil will need to double in five years to surpass $1 trillion in market cap. It absolutely has what it takes. Despite slowdowns in consumer spending, Visa grew non-generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP) earnings per share by 14% in 2025. If Visa can maintain that growth rate going forward, it could reach a market cap well beyond $1 trillion by 2030. Visa's path to $1 trillion is fairly straightforward. The payment processor has high margins, a reasonable valuation , and steady earnings growth, and returns tons of capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Here's why Visa (NYSE: V), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have what it takes to be winning investments over the next five years and join the $1 trillion club by 2030. Eli Lilly , Walmart , and JPMorgan Chase only need to rise 14% or less to expand the list to 12 companies. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) ended 2025 ...