January Rail Report: Rolling Into The New Year
Investor RockieK - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 8:22AM CST
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), NSC: 109.91 (-0.17), CNI: 70.04 (-0.39), KSU: 118.12 (+0.13), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), CP: 186.30 (-0.54), CSX: 36.08 (-0.49), BRK.B: 148.34 (-1.45), BRK.A: 222,555.00 (-1,905.00), UNP: 122.60 (-1.23)
Is Cheap Oil Driving Transport Earnings And ETFs?
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 5:15PM CST
Transportation stocks have been the biggest beneficiaries of cheaper oil and an improving U.S. economy. This is easily reflected in their Q4 results as total earnings from 72.8% of the sector's total market capitalization reported so far are up 20.6%...
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), DAL: 44.50 (-0.31), KSU: 118.12 (+0.13), CSX: 36.08 (-0.49), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43), UPS: 101.79 (+0.38), UNP: 122.60 (-1.23), UAL: 66.23 (-1.11)
Is Cheap Oil Driving Transport Earnings and ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 04, 9:00AM CST
Cheap oil will likely provide boost to transport ETFs hurt by UPS recent warnings.
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), DAL: 44.50 (-0.31), KSU: 118.12 (+0.13), CSX: 36.08 (-0.49), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43), UPS: 101.79 (+0.38), UNP: 122.60 (-1.23), UAL: 66.23 (-1.11)
Transport ETFs Jolted By Weak UPS Earnings Forecast
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 5:18PM CST
With the economy growing at the fastest clip in over a decade and the oil price at a five-year low, transportation was one of the best performing sectors of 2014. This trend continued in 2015 driven by solid retail, manufacturing, and labor data that...
FDX: 176.47 (+0.17), XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43), UPS: 101.79 (+0.38)
Transport ETFs Jolted by Weak UPS Earnings Forecast - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jan 28, 1:00PM CST
Despite the slide and UPS sluggish outlook, investors shouldn't write off transportation ETFs from their holdings.
FDX: 176.47 (+0.17), XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43), UPS: 101.79 (+0.38)
Finally A New Airline ETF Prepares To Take Off
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 3:05PM CST
The U.S. aviation industry has been on cloud nine since the oil price succumbed to gravity. Moreover, a pickup in the domestic economy, rising cargo demand, a boost to tourism and the subsiding Ebola scare put the industry in the top-performing...
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43)
Finally a New Airline ETF (JETS) Prepares to Take Off - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Jan 19, 7:01AM CST
Investors may soon have an airline ETF at their disposal again to play the soaring industry.
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43)
The Equity Market In 2015 Based On Macro Models
Lance Brofman - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 3:44AM CST
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Bulls Close Out Another Solid Year With Expectation Of Further Gains But Higher Volatility In 2015
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:45AM CST
Another solid year for U.S. equities came to a close. But it's not like everyone is jumping up and down with enthusiasm, which is a good thing. With plenty of bogeymen in the closet and under the bed, there is little in the way of irrational...
IYK: 106.66 (-0.09), BERY: 34.98 (+0.03), HII: 125.12 (+1.02), IYJ: 109.15 (+0.67), XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), ACT: 285.37 (+3.71), WLK: 66.58 (+1.58), FTLS: 32.08 (+0.33), IYH: 149.63 (+0.84), IYM: 86.13 (+0.83), HA: 18.72 (-0.31), IYC: 142.85 (+0.77), SOXX: 95.43 (+0.67), NXPI: 84.79 (-0.60), BRCD: 12.56 (+0.50), IYF: 90.01 (-0.04), IYE: 46.47 (+0.95), LUV: 43.30 (-0.20), IYZ: 30.91 (+0.12), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), TYL: 116.28 (+1.36), VAW: 112.81 (+1.05), IYW: 107.68 (+0.94)
Stocks Fall but S&P 500 Finishes Year With Double-Digit Percentage Gains
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 3:09PM CST
Crack the champagne open. The markets have wrapped up for the year.
AMZN: 381.83 (+4.66), SIGM: 6.69 (-0.19), XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), PERI: 3.24 (unch), GRUB: 39.93 (+1.71), XOP: 53.32 (+1.37), DAL: 44.50 (-0.31), MIG: 8.35 (unch), PCLN: 1,103.37 (+11.42), LUV: 43.30 (-0.20), DO: 35.21 (+0.36), RIG: 19.05 (+0.42), GOOGL: 551.16 (+5.15), NE: 18.54 (+0.30)
Market Beating Sector ETFs of 2014 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Dec 31, 12:00PM CST
These sector ETFs are clearly the winners of 2014.
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), PSI: 26.30 (-0.18), FBT: 110.21 (+1.02)
Rail Traffic Bucks Trend
Todd Sullivan - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 9:19AM CST
Total N. American rail traffic came in at 760k carloads last week, just off the all-time high (764k carloads) set a few weeks ago. What is interesting about the number is that we would expect it to be much lower heading into the last two weeks of the...
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43)
Railroads Achieve Record Results In 2014
Michael Hooper - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 12:59PM CST
WEAT: 11.33 (+0.21), XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), NSC: 109.91 (-0.17), CNI: 70.04 (-0.39), KSU: 118.12 (+0.13), CP: 186.30 (-0.54), IYT: 162.23 (+0.43), CSX: 36.08 (-0.49), BRK.B: 148.34 (-1.45), BRK.A: 222,555.00 (-1,905.00), UNP: 122.60 (-1.23)
SPDR S&P Transportation ETF announces quarterly distribution of $0.171
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 12:44PM CST
XTN: 106.48 (+0.70)
3 Sectors ETFs That Should Thrive On Low Oil Prices - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Dec 18, 11:01AM CST
Which sectors should benefit from lower oil prices?
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), XTN: 106.48 (+0.70), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), PBJ: 30.70 (-0.05), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58)