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Stock Ideas from ETF Innovators New Indexes NSC

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+9.41% in 337 days Stock Ideas from ETF Innovators New Indexes <> Below is a list of 14 stock opportunities from various ETF Innovators [ETFI] indexes, which includes a database of over 1,000 companies. The companies are chosen across a full spectrum of market cap and risk level from a variety of industry groups. From the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex , I believe Altria Group (MO) and Pfizer (PFE) are defensive dividend, value buys at current levels as each company currently pays a dividend of $1.28 per share annually – resulting in historically high dividend yields for bot<>< />< /><><><>< />< /><><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />... Continue reading »

An Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies NSC

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-7.23% in 21 days (closed on 12/07/08) 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 »

Warren Buffett Is Still Riding the Rails NSC

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-13.00% in 16 days (closed on 11/16/08) 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 »

Bearish on NSC ... NSC

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+10.88% in 2 days (closed on 10/10/08) Less goes on in the economy, less to move for railways, infrastructure needs to be updated to benefit long term Continue reading »

Bullish on NSC ... NSC

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-17.09% in 484 days Analysts' Recommendation: Buy 30 Days Ago: Buy Analysts' Target: $61 Analysts' Targets Deutsche Bank Securities $59 Accumulate Thursday, April 24, 2008 UBS Securities $62 Add Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Lehman Brothers $62 Overweight Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Continue reading »

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CSX experiences a drop in Q3 income, but are better times ahead?

Filed under: Earnings reports, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI), Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) CSX (NYSE: CSX), a railway entity similar to companies such as Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI), Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), and Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP), saw a nice bid during Tuesday's after-hours session. The market enjoyed CSX's Q3 earnings report so much it sent shares of the company higher by 2.6%. <>What was so good about the data? According to TheStreet.com, CSX made 74 cents per share from continuing operations. The analyst commun... Continue reading »

NSC - Closed

The Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) CSP position expired on Fri for a profit. The following is the trade history and returns, including IB commissions. Covered Call Results Stock Investment: $3,900.00 Income Generated: $226.00 Net Profit: $226.00 Percent Return: 5.79% Annualized Return: 37.11% Duration of Trade: 57 days Trade History: 25-Jun-09 - Initial Put Option - STO 1 Jul09 38.00 Put @ 1.10 - Closed 25-Jun-09 - Cash to Secure Put - CSP 100 NSC @ 38.00 - Closed 17-Jul-09 - Buy Back and Roll Out/Up - BTC 1 Jul09 38.00 Put @ -0.06 - 17-Jul-09 - CSP Margin Returned - CSP 100 NSC @ -38.00 - 17-Jul-09 - C... Continue reading »

Cramer on BloggingStocks: You can't afford to be certain NSC

+20.56% in 102 days <>Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Ford Motor (F), Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), International Business Machines (IBM), AT and T (T), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Citigroup Inc. (C), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY), Best Buy (BBY), FedEx Corp (FDX), Verizon Communications (VZ), Lennar Corp'A' (LEN), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Stocks to Buy, Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), <>Cramer on Blogging... Continue reading »

Norfolk Southern Revs Down 33%

Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported second-quarter diluted EPS of $0.66, down 44% from the $1.18 earned in the year-ago quarter and below our estimate of $0.83. Continue reading »

Norfolk Southern Revs Down 33%

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Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported second-quarter diluted EPS of $0.66, down 44% from the $1.18 earned in the year-ago quarter and below our estimate of $0.83. Continue reading »

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