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 five indexes below to provide broader investment exposure compared to existing ETFs such as iShares Dow Transports (IYT) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP).
Airline companies have taken flight recently in spite of the October stock market sell-off, tremendous volatility, and global economic slowdown as crashing crude oil prices lower the cost of jet fuel for the industry. The accompanying table includes statistics for the ETFI Global Airline Index and short ETF proposal, which has still lost over 60% of its market value in the past year for the 30 lowest rated companies despite the recent bounce. Both the 30 lowest rated and all 50 companies have fared worse than the
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
As evidence of increased commercial interest and product development for a variety of global transport ETFs, the following ideas have been either launched or filed: Claymore/Delta Global Shipping (SEA) (Aug. launch), PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation (PTRP) (Sep. launch), and SPDR Transportation (filed with SEC). The iShares Dow Transports (IYT) is easily the most popular transport ETF with investors, with $689M in net assets as of the market close yesterday as compared to $1.8M for PTRP and $4.7M for SEA.
As evidence of increased commercial interest and product development for a variety of global transport ETFs, the following ideas have been either launched or filed: Claymore/Delta Global Shipping (SEA) (Aug. launch), PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation (PTRP) (Sep. launch), and SPDR Transportation (filed with SEC). The iShares Dow Transports (IYT) is easily the most popular transport ETF with investors, with $689M in net assets as of the market close yesterday as compared to $1.8M for PTRP and $4.7M for SEA.
The accompanying tables present an overview of new global equity indexes and ETF proposals developed to provide investors with long or short investment vehicles for industry groups that currently have few or no ETFs on the market. The goal of these ideas is to provide investors with global equity index investment products which are more focused than broad-based ETFs such as iShares Dow Transports (IYT), Healthcare Sector SPDR (XLV), and Consumer Staples Sector SPDR (XLP).
However, the goal is to choose industry groups which are
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
Railroad companies represent a compelling investment theme despite the run-up in the stock prices of major U.S. players in the industry such as Warren Buffett favorite Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI), which Berkshire Hathaway owns nearly 64 million shares for an 18% stake . Railroad companies have pricing power as increased demand for the fuel-efficient transport of energy and agricultural commodities is combined with limited n
Investors are currently limited to the iShares Dow Jones Transports (IYT) as a transport ETF option with net assets of $698 million and 20 component stocks (stats as of 8/8/08 from the iShares website ). The top five holdings account for 43.2% of invested assets and include the following: Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI, 10.7%), Union Pacific (UNP, 9.6%), FedEx (FDX, 9.1%), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG, 6.9%), and United Parcel (UPS, 6.9%). In addition, the iShares Dow Transports ETF also includes three passenger airlines: AMR Corp. (AMR), Continental (CAL), and JetBlue (JBLU); alth...
The above table (click on image for full-screen view) includes the component companies of the Global Logistics PerformIdex from the trucking and air freight/delivery segments of the transport industry.The above table (click on image for a full-screen view) represents a Global Logistics PerformIdex (performance stock index) that I have developed as an equally-weighted 30-stock composite index of worldwide transport companies. Excluding passenger airlines, companies are chosen from the following groups: railroads (8 chosen from 28 total), trucking (8 chosen from
"Gloom is thick enough to cut with a knife," says market historian and seasonal timing expert Sy Harding, whose timing system has just triggered a new intermediate-term buy signal on stocks. Here, in his Street Smart Report, the contrarian explains why he believes we are now near a market low.
He also looks at four new ETF index positions he has established in his portfolio. "The slowdown continues. Foreclosures soar. Debt problems are spreading to corporate and credit card loans. The housing collapse co
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