Originally Posted by
djrogs03
An acquisition
could jump-start Southwest's shares, which have underperformed the broader Arca Airline Index
.XAL this year. Southwest stock has risen 5 percent so far in 2010, while the Arca Airline Index has jumped 23 percent.
That right here is why an analyst would try to be talking this up. Never mind the chaos that a dissimilar merger would create to the employees of both companies.