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Air Transport Index: Four Stocks Bucking the Trend Graphic_rating_buy ALK
Mikerun
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in 322 days

Air Transport Index: Four Stocks Bucking the Trend

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The accompanying table [click to enlarge] includes statistics for the 58 component companies in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Air Transport Index, which are listed in descending order by market cap. The index is dominated by passenger airlines, but also contains air freight companies such as Atlas Air (AAWW) and helicopter services companies such as Bristow (BRS).

Over the past year, the index declined by 47.6%, compared to a 28% loss for the iShares Dow Transports (IYT), 41% loss for the S&P 500 SPD...
By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: conservative)  12/23/08 Comment


Outlook Rising for Airlines in '09 Graphic_rating_buy ALK
Mikerun
73%
 +16.84%
in 39 days
(closed on 12/23/08)

Outlook Rising for Airlines in '09

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The outlook for the airline industry is becoming more favorable thanks to the pullback in jet fuel prices and decreased capacity – as weak carriers go out of business, more planes stay on the ground, and mergers such as Northwest-Delta (DAL) reduce the number of companies competing for less demand as business and consumer travel declines in the wake of the global economic slowdown.

The accompanying table includes statistics and the top five rated companies in the ETFI Global Airline Index of 43 companies wi...
By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: conservative)  11/14/08 Comment


Airline Stocks: Where Value Investing Takes Flight Graphic_rating_buy ALK
+92.70%
in 490 days

Jim Cramer has said it, the Wall Street analysts have said it and some of the most respected money managers have said it: Don't own an airline stock! Apparently people are listening. They are listening so attentively that the airline prices have fallen drastically. Possibly even too drastically.

That's not a very popular train of thought right now with oil prices nearing $150 a barrel. However, with the prices of the airline stocks so low, it is hard for the long term investor not to consider purchasing them.
By  Inglefox Investing   (-6.41%  risk: conservative)  07/08/08 Comment


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