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Has Potential Upside Gone Missing in Transport Stocks? (CSX, NSC, UNP, CP, JBHT, LSTR, DSX, DRYS, EXM, FRO)

Railroads and trucking companies have, for the most part, seen share prices rise over the past 12 months, while ocean-going shippers have taken a severe beating. Of four railroads, CSX ...
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Expected Price Gains in Transportation Stocks (CSX, NSC, UNP, CP, DSX, DRYS, EXM, FRO, JBHT, LSTR)

Transportation stocks get a lot more attention as economic bellwethers than they do as market participants. Railroads, ships, and trucks are not particularly glamorous, and the industries are so ...
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Are There Winners If Oil Falls to $80? (XOM, CVC, COP, SD, VLO, MPC, TSO, WNR, UAL, DAL, AMR, LUV, DRYS, DSX, UNP, CSX, NSC, FDX, UPS, ADM, POT, MOS, CF)

The price for WTI crude oil fell below $83/barrel momentarily today as the market takes another shellacking, down around 200 points just before noon. Both crude and the wider market ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, BWP, COF, CLS, CIEN, JRJC, DSX, DRYS, MDMD, MPEL, MWW, ORCL, POT, RIMM, SHLD)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
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Shipping Faces Oversupply, Rising Fuel Costs (AMKBF, DRYS, GNK, DSX, EGLE, EXM)

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (OTC: AMKBF) posted profit of $1.22 billion for the first quarter on revenue of about $15.2 billion, both significantly better than the same period ...
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Shipping Companies and the Japan Effect (DRYS, DSX, GNK, AMKBF, DAC, SSW, FRO, NAT, TK, TGP, GLNG, SEA)

As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, the country will depend heavily on importing raw materials into the country and exporting finished goods. There are a number ...
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Dry Bulk Shippers Raising Cash to Diversify (DSX, DRYS, GNK, TOD)

A couple of large deals have now been completed in the shipping business, the latest of which is the partial spin-off by Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) of 80% of ...
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Shippers Face More Woes on Over-capacity (DRYS, DSX, GNK, AMKBF)

We've been watching the Baltic Dry Index, BDI, for a while now as it slides further and further down. The index, which measures freight rates for ships carrying commodity cargoes ...
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Container Shipping Rises While Commodity Shipping Slides

Seaborne shipping is experiencing a boom and bust period now as container shipping is having a difficult time meeting demand while dry bulk shipping continues its free-fall. The Baltic Dry ...
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Commodity Shipping Continues Declining (DRYS, GNK, DSX, SEA, FRO, TK)

The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks global shipping rates, has fallen for 24 consecutive days, its longest losing streak since August 2005. The BDI closed at 2,406 yesterday, its lowest ...
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New Pricing Scheme for Iron Ore Attacked

For the past 40 years, the price of iron ore has been set annually in a negotiated deal between miners and buyers. Typically, the first large customer to cut ...
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Weekend Bargain Hunters Visiting PIIGS (PT, IRE, AIB, IRE, NBG, OTE, CCH, DRYS, DSX, SNF, EWP, BBVA, STD, REP, TEF)

First it was Iceland, then came the PIIGS... This is of course the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.... although this is really an issue of PIGS front ...
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Greece’s Rating Woes Weigh on Greek ADRs (NBG, OTE, CCH, DRYS, DSX, EXM, NM, TOPS, TNP)

Fitch Ratings joined in with a downgrade of Greece's credit rating following a similar action yesterday by Standard & Poor's. The downgrade this morning was to "BBB+" from "A-"... and ...
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Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Rally

Tickerspy's Dry Bulk Shipping Stock Index (*DBULK) rose 5.1% today, beating the S&P 500 by 1.3.%.  Dry shipping stocks were given a boost by upgrades today.  Deutsche Bank upgraded Genco ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (EXPE, F, JNJ, CTXS, DSX, EGLE, GM, JCI, HOT, URBN)

These are the top upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning: Expedia (EXPE) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Ford (F) Started as Buy at UBS. Johnson & ...
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