Why Commercial Aerospace Stocks Are Soaring Today

Recent economic uncertainty has now slowed demand for new airplanes. That, coupled with a midday apparent tariff reprieve, has the stocks of commercial aerospace suppliers including Boeing (BA 13.76%), Howmet Aerospace (HWM 11.41%), and GE Aerospace (GE 10.33%) up more than 8% as of 1:30 p.m. ET, and RTX (RTX 5.79%) up 5%.A nice rebound in salesBoeing has been flying into headwinds for the better part of five years now. A series of high-profile engineering mishaps, including a pair of fatal crashes, has put ...