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An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies CSX

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-6.54% in 15 days An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies The accompanying table includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a database of 225 companies included in the following five indexes: 1.) ETFI Global Air Transport 2.) ETFI Global Personal Transport 3.) ETFI Global Maritime Transport 4.) ETFI Global Railroad Industry 5.) ETFI Global Trucking & Logistics The index is s ... Continue reading »

ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex: Stock Prices Adjust to Lower Volumes CSX

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-12.32% in 7 days (closed on 11/16/08) ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex: Stock Prices Adjust to Lower Volumes The ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex includes 41 companies with market caps over $200M and is structured as a market cap weighted index, with a total return of -12.7% over the past year, as compared to a decline of 20.7% for IYT in the last year and 22.8% for PTRP since its launch in mid-September. Benchmark transport ETFs already on the market include the iShares Dow Transports (IYT) (five duplicate companies) and the PowerShares Progressive Transport (PTRP) (nine duplicate companies ... Continue reading »

Warren Buffett Is Still Riding the Rails CSX

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-2.78% in 9 days (closed on 11/09/08) Warren Buffett Is Still Riding the Rails As evidence of a bullish long-term outlook for railroads, Warren Buffet's Berskshire recently increased its stake in Burlington Northern (BNI) and the CEO of Kansas City Southern (KSU), Michael Haverty, appeared on Larry Kudlow's show on CNBC Thursday evening, stating that rail transport was showing continued strength in the transport of coal, chemicals, and grains with weakness in the transport of consumer goods and housing related commodities. Berkshire paid $79.65 each to add 825,000 shares of BNI, upping its stake in ... Continue reading »

Riding the Rails to Profits CSX

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+2.88% in 14 days (closed on 10/31/08) Riding the Rails to Profits As evidence of increased commercial interest and product development for a variety of global transport ETFs, the following ideas have been either launched or filed: Claymore/Delta Global Shipping (SEA) (Aug. launch), PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation (PTRP) (Sep. launch), and SPDR Transportation (filed with SEC). The iShares Dow Transports (IYT) is easily the most popular transport ETF with investors, with $689M in net assets as of the market close yesterday as compared to $1.8M for PTRP and $4.7M for SEA. ... Continue reading »

Ride the Rails to Profits with Warren Buffett CSX

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-38.92% in 83 days Ride the Rails to Profits with Warren Buffett Global Railroad Index Statistics Top 5 Companies by Market Cap Railroad companies represent a compelling investment theme despite the run-up in the stock prices of major U.S. players in the industry such as Warren Buffett favorite Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI), which Berkshire Hathaway owns nearly 64 million shares for an 18% stake . Railroad companies have pricing power as increased demand for the fuel-efficient transport of energy and agricultural commodities is combined with limited n ... Continue reading »

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An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies

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The accompanying table includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a database of 225 companies included in the five indexes below to provide broader investment exposure compared to existing ETFs such as iShares Dow Transports (IYT) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP). 1.) ETFI Global Air Transport 2.) ETFI Global Personal Transport 3.) ETFI Global Maritime Transport 4.) ETFI Global Railroad Industry 5.) ETFI Global Trucking & Logisti ... Continue reading »

An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies

76%

The accompanying table includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a database of 225 companies included in the five indexes below to provide broader investment exposure compared to existing ETFs such as iShares Dow Transports (IYT) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP). 1.) ETFI Global Air Transport 2.) ETFI Global Personal Transport 3.) ETFI Global Maritime Transport 4.) ETFI Global Railroad Industry 5.) ETFI Global Trucking & Logisti ... Continue reading »

ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex: Stock Prices Adjust to Lower Volumes

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The ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex includes 41 companies with market caps over $200M and is structured as a market cap weighted index, with a total return of -12.7% over the past year, as compared to a decline of 20.7% for IYT in the last year and 22.8% for PTRP since its launch in mid-September. Benchmark transport ETFs already on the market include the iShares Dow Transports (IYT) (five duplicate companies) and the PowerShares Progressive Transport (PTRP) (nine duplicate companies). Also, the weighted average dividend yield is 1.7% for the Railroad Index versus just 1% for IYT. An articl ... Continue reading »

Earnings highlights: Google, JPMorgan, Coca-Cola, eBay, Intel and others

Filed under: Earnings reports, Google (GOOG), eBay (EBAY), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Intel (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Citigroup Inc. (C), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Merrill Lynch (MER), Hershey Co (HSY), AMR Corp (AMR), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Wells Fargo (WFC), Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG) Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) narrowed its Q3 net loss on rising revenues. AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) posted a deep ... Continue reading »

CSX (CSX) Earnings & Retail Sales Plunge

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Before the main story, yet another 4%+ day - the volatility right now is simply unprecedented... 6% daily swings is starting to be the new norm. Simply jaw dropping moves. ********************** Many US economy bulls were pointing to the strength in railroads this spring as summer as a sign that the US economy was just fine, thank you very much. We took the opposing view, saying most of the strength was simply shipping stuff overseas to foreign customers and suppliers. In April 2008 we wrote I contend people are mistaking the boom in rails due to international growth (hauling out our farm ... Continue reading »

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