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Airlines Ascend on Relief from High Fuel Costs
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Airline companies have taken flight recently in spite of the October stock market sell-off, tremendous volatility, and global economic slowdown as crashing crude oil prices lower the cost of jet fuel for the industry. The accompanying table includes statistics for the ETFI Global Airline Index and short ETF proposal, which has still lost over 60% of its market value in the past year for the 30 lowest rated companies despite the recent bounce. Both the 30 lowest rated and all 50 companies have fared worse than the ...
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A Short Transport ETF Strategy for the Global Slowdown
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Given the global economic slowdown, lower commodity prices, and cool-down in former red-hot grow markets such as China; the accompanying table presents statistics and an overview of a global transport short ETF strategy for passenger airlines, auto makers, maritime, and trucking companies.
While I am still bullish on the prospects for railroads as a long investment idea and a hedge to these short transport ETF ideas, they will also suffer to some degree depending on the length and depth of the s...
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Airline Stocks Grounded on False UAL Bankruptcy Rumor
LCC
US Airways Group, Inc.
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<> US Airways Group Inc. ( LCC ): Chairman of the Board and CEO, Director W Douglas Parker Bought 197,000 Shares The shares of airline operator, US Airways Group, Inc. ( LCC ), hit its 52-week low this week, as oil prices rise around $140s per barrel. LCC shares have lost 83% its value since the beginning of this year. According to analysts, the airline industry overall will cut capacity by 9% in 2008. Delta, Southwest, United Airlines increased their fares by $5 to $40. Bill Miller increased his holdings by 34% to 5,361,700 shares as of 3/31/08. <> Chairman of the B...
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From the Blogosphere
US Airways to cut 1,000 jobs, reduce some routes
Filed under: Bad news, Industry, China, US Airways Group (LCC)  The US Airways (NYSE: LCC) ticker symbol says it all: LCC = Low Cost Carrier. With its latest announcement, the airline may want to change it to LEC -- Low Expense Carrier. In an attempt to keep pace with the plunging travel market, US Airways is cutting 1,000 jobs next year, shoving almost all its flying to its three hubs (Philadelphia, Phoenix and Charlotte) and Washington. Several international routes are being cut.
<>The airline reports that routes from its hubs have been profitable. Currently, US Airways pushes 93% of its flig...
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US Airways Confuses Liquidity Presentation
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US Airways Group (LCC) announced results and glossed over liquidity issues. Under current assets they report Cash, cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities of approximately $1,242 million. Under other assets they report $228 of investments in marketable securities. No tangible information on what type of tangible securities, yields, maturities or anything else that an investor could use to come to a rationale conclusion. This is a lack of transparency about liquidity.
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Options Update: Affiliated Computer volatility low into Xerox's $6.4 billion acquisition
Filed under: Xerox Corp (XRX), Options  Affiliated Computer (NYSE: ACS) will be acquired by Xerox (NYSE: XRX) for $63.11 per share in cash and XRX stock. ACS shareholders will receive $18.60 per share in cash plus 4.935 XRX shares for each ACS share they own. ACS closed at $47.25. ACS October option implied volatility is at 27, November is at 28; below its 26-week average of 31 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
<>US Airways (NYSE: LCC) closed of $4.96. WTI Crude futures are recently down .48% to $65.70 according to Bloomberg. LCC October option implied volatility is ...
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NCR Signs with U.S. Airways to Deploy Outdoor Ticketing Kiosks
NCR Corporation (NCR) signed a deal with US Airways (LCC), whereby the later will deploy NCR TouchPort 80, a self-service kiosk that supports passenger check-in at outdoor locations. Around 54 kiosk facilities will be deployed across 15 U.S cities. This will enable passengers to cut the check-in time and, thereby, reduce unnecessary bottlenecks. The equipment is manufactured in such a way that it can withstand rough weather and sharp temperature fluctuation, and has an inbuilt thermoelectric heating and cooling device to ensure proper functioning of the device.
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