Boeing (BA) shares fell early Friday as the plane maker reported a preliminary fourth-quarter loss larger than Wall Street's estimates due in part to the strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union last year,

Boeing said it expects a fourth-quarter GAAP loss of $5.46 a share, well above the $1.55-a-share loss that Wall Street forecast.

Shares of Boeing Co. BA shed 2.08% to $167.02 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.11% to 5,842.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.

European markets are expected to be in positive territory on Friday, setting the region’s stocks up for a weekly rise.

Some of Texas Instruments' markets are "already on the cyclical upturn," Chief Executive Haviv Ilan said on the earnings call, according to a FactSet transcript. But in terms of the big industrial and automotive markets, he and his team "haven't seen the bottom yet," Ilan added.

Texas Instruments reported lower profit and revenue in the fourth quarter, while its first-quarter outlook missed expectations. The chipmaker reported a profit of $1.21 billion on revenue of $4.01 billion,

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is climbing Thursday morning with shares of UnitedHealth and Caterpillar seeing positive growth for the index. Shares of UnitedHealth and Caterpillar have contributed around 25% of the index's intraday rally,

There are many ways to diversify beyond the S&P 500. One is to hold shares of the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF RSP. Another, according to Davis, is to take an even broader index-fund approach. One example is the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF VTI, which is designed to track the entire U.S. market.

US stocks gave up early gains to end mixed. Investors await key consumer inflation data and the start of earnings season on Wednesday.

U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates.

U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates.(Nam Y. Huh / AP) U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,

GE Aerospace reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. The 2025 outlook from the company looked solid too. Investors don’t have much to complain about. Shares were rising after the results were released.