Analysis
Are Airline Loyalty Programs Worth More Than the Airlines Themselves?
The miles liabilities on carrier balance sheets run into the tens of billions, and the co-brand card economics underneath them explain why.
Analysis: What the Numbers Mean
Extended pieces following one change, a tariff or a shortage or a rate move, from origin to the company margin and consumer price it reaches.
Analysis
How Do You Spot a Semiconductor Cycle Peak Before the Filings Confirm It?
Chip demand runs in multi-year swings, and inventories plus lead times turn before revenue does — the 2022 bust printed the playbook.
Analysis
Why Consumer Staples Margins Keep Surviving Inflation Cycles
Packaged-food and household brands passed through the 2021–2023 cost shock with margins intact, and the filings show the machinery that did it.
Analysis
When Is a High Dividend Yield a Warning Instead of Income?
A yield that towers over the market usually prices a problem, and the payout ratio plus cash flow statement usually name it.
Analysis
Why Rail Freight Data Warns About Recessions Before Wall Street Does
Weekly carload counts from the major railroads form one of the oldest high-frequency economic gauges, and they move before the surveys do.