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YTD Analysis of Lumber Prices Vs. Timber ETFs MWV

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+133.56% in 349 days YTD Analysis of Lumber Prices Vs. Timber ETFs <> The accompanying table [click to enlarge or download] includes a year-to-date analysis for near-month CME Random Length Lumber Futures (LB), Claymore/Clear Global Timber ETF (CUT), iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), and the S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The price of lumber has declined the least of all four with a YTD loss of about 33% versus a 46.8% loss for WOOD, a 57.7% loss for CUT, and a loss of 42.8% for SPY. Over the past 12 years, near-month CME Lumber Futures have traded within a range of about $200-$45... Continue reading »

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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: <> Actel Corp (ACTL) Actelion Ltd (ALIOF) American Superconductor Corp (AMSC) Apple Inc (AAPL) AutoNation, Inc (AN) Avnet Inc (AVT) Balchem Corp (BCPC) BASF SE (BASFY) Bel Fuse, Inc (BELFB) Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA (BVN) Carbo Ceramics Inc (CRR) Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) Elizabeth Arden Inc (RDEN) Encore Capital Group, Inc (ECPG) Heidrick & Struggles International Inc (HSII) ICT Group Inc (ICTG) Inverness Medical Innovations Inc (IMA) Kohl's Corp (KSS) ... Continue reading »

Trading Radar for 1/28: Wells Fargo (WFC), AT&T (T), Conoco (COP), Boeing (BA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Allstate (ALL), Starbucks (SBUX) Report

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:Before Market Opens:Earnings:Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) - consensus EPS $1.26, revs $3.05BBecton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) - consensus EPS $1.15, revs $1.77BConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) - consensus EPS $1.23, revs $36.27BFranklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) - consensus EPS $0.85, revs $1.05BKensey Nash (Nasdaq: KNSY) - consensus EPS $0.40, revs $20.43MLegg Mason (NYSE: LM) - consensus loss $3.79, revs $826.35MMcCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) - consensus EPS $0.82, revs $933.02MMeadWestvaco (NYS... Continue reading »

A 1-Year Analysis of Lumber Prices Vs. Timber ETFs

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<> The accompanying table [click to enlarge] includes a 1-year analysis for near-month CME Random Length Lumber Futures (LB), Claymore/Clear Global Timber ETF (CUT), iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), and the S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The declines were similar for all four – with WOOD + SPY posting identical losses of 38.4% while lumber declined 40.3% and CUT fared the worst with a 51.6% decline. However, WOOD has only been trading since late June, so there is less than six full months of data to analyze. The profile for CUT includes 27 companies with about one-third based in the U... Continue reading »

YTD Analysis of Lumber Prices Vs. Timber ETFs

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The accompanying table [click to enlarge or download] includes a year-to-date analysis for near-month CME Random Length Lumber Futures (LB), Claymore/Clear Global Timber ETF (CUT), iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), and the S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The price of lumber has declined the least of all four with a YTD loss of about 33% versus a 46.8% loss for WOOD, a 57.7% loss for CUT, and a loss of 42.8% for SPY. Over the past 12 years, near-month CME Lumber Futures have traded within a range of about $200-$450, which places the current price at key support levels. An idea for a <>new com... Continue reading »

YTD Analysis of Lumber Prices Vs. Timber ETFs

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The accompanying table [click to enlarge or download] includes a year-to-date analysis for near-month CME Random Length Lumber Futures (LB), Claymore/Clear Global Timber ETF (CUT), iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), and the S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The price of lumber has declined the least of all four with a YTD loss of about 33% versus a 46.8% loss for WOOD, a 57.7% loss for CUT, and a loss of 42.8% for SPY. Over the past 12 years, near-month CME Lumber Futures have traded within a range of about $200-$450, which places the current price at key support levels. An idea for a <>new com... Continue reading »

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