The Dow Jones Transportation Average has risen just 7.7% in the past five years, and barely 3% in the past 12 months. Not exciting, that’s for sure, except for the ride to…
The trucking segment of the transportation sector is not all that well-known for its great dividend payments. Don’t tell that to J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT). This trucking outfit has been…
Jon C. Ogg 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 Corp. (NYSE:…
Markets opened lower this morning, and continued to fall before holding at around -150 points for most of the day on the DJIA. Japan’s yen sale pushed the dollar sharply higher and…
Jon OggThese are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. AMERIGROUP Corporation…
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 entrenched that they…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale; Cut…
They’re Here! Next week will launch the corporate earnings season for the third quarter. The media is going to tell you that this is the most important earnings season in quite some…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. AECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE: ACM) Reiterated Buy with $33 target at…
Jon OggYou already know about the S&P U.S. credit rating downgrade, but these are some of the top equity analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday…
The coming week will be the unofficial start of earnings season, with the major flow of corporate earnings reports seeing the floodgates opening the following week. We have already identified the 15…
West Texas Intermediate Crude is bleeding today now that the IEA has made a coordinated release of 60 million barrels of oil. Half of that will come from the United States and…
The long-expected turnaround from YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) remains elusive despite the gains we are seeing in the stock so far today. Even after a reverse stock split, YRC Worldwide has seen its…
Next week is supposed to mark the launch of earnings season. It will still be a tad light compared the two weeks that follow, but there are some market-movers and some sector-movers to…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:…
