Kim Kahn

It was the top U.S.

issuer in 2024 with more than $1.344 trillion in purchase volume, according to the Nielsen report.

Goldman Sachs expects the deal to add about $0.46 per share to its Q4 2025 earnings.

Among active stocks, Fly Exclusive has more than doubled after the company signed an authorized dealership agreement with Starlink to become a certified dealer and installer for its high-speed, low-latency aviation connectivity system.

Costco Wholesale is rallying after a solid December sales report.

Evercore analyst Greg Mellick also reminded investors that a favorable resolution on tariffs could come as soon as Friday, when the Supreme Court ruling is expected.

And Snowflake is higher after Argus Research upgraded the stock to buy from hold with a $300 price target.

Analyst Joseph Bonner said the cloud-native data platform has become critical infrastructure for enterprises building generative and agentic AI applications.

In other news of note, it's an echo of Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels.

Everybody's talking about the wrong guy.

BlackRock is among today's top search terms for business news, but that should be Blackstone.

President Donald Trump said he would move to restrict large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

Social media quickly targeted BlackRock, but there's a hitch.

BlackRock does not purchase or own single-family rental homes.

Blackstone was the firm most closely associated with large-scale single-family rental ownership.

After the financial crisis, Blackstone was an early and aggressive buyer of distressed U.S.

homes, helping to institutionalize the single-family rental market.

Its former portfolio company, Invitation Homes, went on to become the largest publicly traded single-family rental landlord.

And in the Wall Street Research Corner, B of A notes that lower-quality stocks have historically outperformed high-quality in a January dash for trash.

What makes a stock a quality stock?