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Claymore's Airline ETF (FAA) Takes Flight AMR

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-25.57% in 303 days Claymore's Airline ETF (FAA) Takes Flight <> Claymore announced today that it has launched the first exchange-traded product for the global passenger airline industry in the form of an ETF with ticker 'FAA' , which is summarized below by the President of Claymore Securities, Christian Magoon, below: “Passenger airlines make up the vital networks by which the world connects itself, and we are happy to be the first ETF provider to offer investors access to a portfolio of some of the most actively traded global passenger airline stocks,” . . . “FAA is an industry first < />< />< />< />< />< />... Continue reading »

New Airline ETF: Clear Skies or Turbulence Ahead? AMR

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+23.62% in 46 days (closed on 01/26/09) New Airline ETF: Clear Skies or Turbulence Ahead? <> Tom Lydon of ETF Trends reported today that Claymore is expected to launch the first Airline ETF in early 2009, which will contain 26 passenger airlines with a mix of 70% domestic and 30% global companies. It remains to be seen if the Airline ETF will experience a similar fate as recently launched, narrow-focused transport funds, including the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping (SEA) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP) – which were launched this past fall and have attracted $9.6M and $1.8M in ne< />< /><><><>< />< />< />< /><><>... Continue reading »

Global Passenger Airline BEARISHares AMR

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+9.78% in 124 days (closed on 12/10/08) <> The table presented above (click on the image for a full-screen view) represents my proposal for an inverse ETF tracking the 25 lowest-rated passenger airline companies from across the globe with market caps over $200 million. The airline industry has a history of bankruptcies and operating losses and currently faces skyrocketing fuel costs and economic uncertainties, resulting in less travel for pleasure and business. My short airline ETF utilizes a rating formula which factors in each company's market cap, revenues, and trailing 52-week stock price change in order to select... Continue reading »

Bullish on AMR ... AMR

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+12.55% in 500 days Analysts' Recommendation: Hold 30 Days Ago: Hold Analysts' Target: $9 Analysts' Targets Soleil Group $12 Hold Friday, June 20, 2008 Lehman Brothers $9 Equalweight Thursday, June 05, 2008 Credit Suisse $7 Outperformer Tuesday, March 11, 2008 AMR Corporation (AMR), through its subsidiaries, operates as a scheduled passenger airline in the United States. The company, through its principal subsidiary, American Airlines, Inc., provides scheduled jet service to approximately 170 destinations throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin... Continue reading »

Improving Fundamentals & Tech Analysis AMR

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-40.53% in 613 days Oil priced have dropped well off their highs.  Furthermore, after reviewing the 2-month chart of AMR, we can see an obvious down trend.  But in the last week, it appears that the stock has broken this trend. There is a double bottom and what appears to be a new uptrend, confirmed by price support on heavy volume.  I would guess that AMR will break-out soon, if fundamentals continue to improve with oil coming off it's highs. If this is a true recovery phase, I expect a large amount of accumulation as we progress into Spring / Early Summer.  This is a great stock with $5 bil... Continue reading »

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UAL Corp. Raises Funds – Analyst Blog

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UAL Corporation (UAUA), the parent company of United Airlines, has announced the issue of $810 million notes to pay off existing debt. The $810 million in pass-through securities raised consists of $697 million of Class A certificates with a coupon interest rate of 9.75% expiring in Jan. 2017 and $113 million of Class B certificates with an interest rate of 12.0% expiring in Jan. 2016. A pass-through security is a fixed-income certificate against certain mortgage-backed securities, generally aircraft. Of the total proceeds raised from the offering, $493 million will be used to pay off equipm... Continue reading »

Emergency Medical Beats – Analyst Blog

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Emergency Medical’s (EMS) third quarter earnings per share came in at 66 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 60 cents but remained unchanged from the year ago period. The company reported revenues of $665.1 million, a decline of 2.1% compared to the third quarter of 2008.  Revenues would have been up by 15%, but for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hurricane deployment revenue of $101.1 million in 2008. The robust performance during the quarter was primarily driven by the signing of new contracts, increased volumes at the emergency departments, expansion of new... Continue reading »

Airline stocks lifted by upbeat international passernger data

Filed under: Good news, Industry, AMR Corp (AMR), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Options, Technical Analysis American Airlines (NYSE: AMR - option chain) shares are rising today along with most other major airlines this morning after the International Air Transport Association said international passenger demand rose 0.3% year-over-year in September, the first month of growth in the past year. AMR, Delta (NYSE: DAL), Continental (NYSE: CAL) and United (NASDAQ: UAUA) are all in the green between 2% and 3% so far today. If you think that AMR won't fall by too much in the coming mont... Continue reading »

Earnings highlights: Boeing, Coca-Cola, eBay, Microsoft, Pfizer, UAL, Yahoo! ...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Coca-Cola (KO), AT and T (T), Altria Group (MO), BB and T (BBT), Boeing Co (BA), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Hasbro Inc (HAS), AMR Corp (AMR), UAL Corp (UAUA), Wells Fargo (WFC) Here are some highlights from last week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: <> Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Q3 earnings beat by a penny but sales fell short of expectations; shares fell. AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) reported a Q3 net loss and plunging revenue but also raised $4 billion in cash. <><><>BB&T Corp... Continue reading »

AMR: Q3 could have been worse; AirTran solid

Filed under: Earnings reports, AMR Corp (AMR) American Airlines had yet another difficult quarter, not unexpected in what has become an incredibly deep travel slump. The carrier's parent company, AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), reported a third quarter loss of $359 million, largely because there aren't as many business travelers taking to the skies. Corporate travel budgets in all industries are having an effect on all airlines, including AMR. <>Revenue plunged 20.2% year-over-year for the third quarter for the nation's second airline. The loss comes after a $31 million gain last year. This quarter's lo... Continue reading »

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