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Airline Stocks: Where Value Investing Takes Flight Graphic_rating_buy ALK

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   (-3.60%  risk: conservative)  07/08/08 Comment


Airline Index (XAL)
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Airlines printed a top in January 2007 at 65. Now they are at 21.25. It is a disaster for investors. During the downtrend they have printed also significant rebounds, but fell again to print new lows. MACD is now printing a positive divergence. Is that enough? Trying to spot the low is very difficult here. Many stocks them are printing important multiple divergences. Risk is very high. But I follow this sector with interest.

TREND ANALYSIS
In the Figure you can see a summary of the trend conditions of the Index stocks. I used the 20, 50, 100 and 200 days moving average of the close. The ...
By  shorttermblog    05/21/08 Comment


Airline Index (XAL)


Airlines printed a top in January 2007 at 65. Now they are at 21.25. It is a disaster for investors. During the downtrend they have printed also significant rebounds, but fell again to print new lows. MACD is now printing a positive divergence. Is that enough? Trying to spot the low is very difficult here. Many stocks them are printing important multiple divergences. Risk is very high. But I follow this sector with interest.

TREND ANALYSIS
In the Figure you can see a summary of the trend conditions of the Index stocks. I used the 20, 50, 100 and 200 days moving average of the close. The ...
By  short-termtrading   (+2.65%  risk: aggressive)  05/21/08 Comment


Tiuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades
Upgrades beriaBank (IBKC)- Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral » Buy Echostar Holdings (SATS)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Union Pacific (UNP)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Trailer Bridge, Inc. (TRBR)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Anglo American (AAUK)- Citigroup Hold » Buy Yahoo! (YHOO)- Needham Hold » Buy Jetblue Airways (JBLU)- JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral Alaska Air (ALK)- JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral Equity Res (EQR)- RBC Capital Mkts Underperform »...

Continued at Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays

By  Todd Sullivan   (-13.50%  risk: moderate)  05/20/08 Comment


Tiuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades
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Upgrades
beriaBank (IBKC)- Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral » Buy
Echostar Holdings (SATS)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy
Union Pacific (UNP)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy
Trailer Bridge, Inc. (TRBR)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy
Anglo American (AAUK)- Citigroup Hold » Buy
Yahoo! (YHOO)- Needham Hold » Buy
Jetblue Airways (JBLU)- JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
Alaska Air (ALK)- JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
Equity Res (EQR)- RBC Capital Mkts Underperform » Sector Perform
Ariba (ARBA)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform
Monaco Coach (MNC)- ...
By  Todd Sullivan   (-25.49%  risk: aggressive)  05/20/08 Comment



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