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On the Road to Profits: Trucking & Logistics Index
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The accompanying table presents statistics and the seven largest companies by market cap in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Trucking & Logistics Index. The Top 35 Rated companies in the index managed to post a gain of 1.5% in the past year, compared to losses of 34.5% for the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY), 23.8% for iShares Dow Transports (IYT), and 24.9% for PowerShares Progressive Transport Portfolio (PTRP) (since its 9/23/08 market launch).
The index includes a total of 66 companies, with 53 eligible for...
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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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A Mixed Trade in Transports
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(closed on 10/03/08)
<> Transports have provided a safe haven for investors with the iShares Dow Transports (IYT) registering a small gain over the past year in spite of a meltdown in financials and sharp losses in the overall market averages. The gains in the Dow Transport ETF were largely the result of strong performance by the top four U.S.-based railroads by market cap which I wrote about yesterday as a bullish trade, accounting for over 30% of the stock holdings for IYT.
As evidence of increased commercial interest and product developme...
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