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Claymore's Airline ETF (FAA) Takes Flight
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<> Claymore announced today that it has launched the first exchange-traded product for the global passenger airline industry in the form of an ETF with ticker 'FAA' , which is summarized below by the President of Claymore Securities, Christian Magoon, below:
“Passenger airlines make up the vital networks by which the world connects itself, and we are happy to be the first ETF provider to offer investors access to a portfolio of some of the most actively traded global passenger airline stocks,” . . . “FAA is an industry first < />< />< />< />< />< />...
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Global Air Transport Index: LUV is Lagging
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(closed on 01/26/09)
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The accompanying table [click to enlarge] includes statistics for the 58 component companies in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Air Transport Index, which are listed in descending order by market cap. The index is dominated by passenger airlines, but also contains air freight companies such as Atlas Air (AAWW) and helicopter services companies such as Bristow (BRS).
Over the past year, the index declined by 47.6%, compared to a 28% loss for the iShares Dow Transports (IYT), 41% loss for the S&P 500 SPD...
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New Airline ETF: Clear Skies or Turbulence Ahead?
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(closed on 12/23/08)
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Tom Lydon of ETF Trends reported today that Claymore is expected to launch the first Airline ETF in early 2009, which will contain 26 passenger airlines with a mix of 70% domestic and 30% global companies. It remains to be seen if the Airline ETF will experience a similar fate as recently launched, narrow-focused transport funds, including the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping (SEA) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP) – which were launched this past fall and have attracted $9.6M and $1.8M in ne< />< /><><><>< />< />< />< /><><>...
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Stock Ideas from ETF Innovators New Indexes
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(closed on 12/10/08)
<> 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<>< />< /><><><>< />< /><><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< /><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />...
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Airlines Ascend on Relief from High Fuel Costs
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(closed on 12/07/08)
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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 ...
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From the Blogosphere
Southwest Airlines (LUV) lifted by November traffic data
Filed under: Major movement, Good news, Southwest Airlines (LUV), Options, Technical Analysis  Southwest Airlines (LUV - option chain) shares are rising today after the company reported this morning that its November traffic rose 11.7% over the year-ago period. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on LUV.
LUV opened this morning at $9.61. So far today the stock has hit a low of $9.61 and a high of $10.20. As of 11:45, LUV is trading at $9.97 up 46 cents (4.8%). The chart for LUV looks bullish an...
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Airline Stocks getting a boost (LUV, JBLU, LCC)
Airline Stocks including JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU), Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), and US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) are all up today.
The Airline sector, which fell last Friday on the "Dubai Scare", have turned around and are now gapping up nicely.
There isn't much news to report on the sector, other than speculation that the Airlines could turn profitable in 2010.
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Low cost carriers own 30% of domestic airline biz, growing fast
Filed under: Southwest Airlines (LUV), US Airways Group (LCC), UAL Corp (UAUA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Delta Air Lines (DAL) <>For years, it's been evident that smaller airlines have had an operating advantage, particularly when they use less expensive airports. They've been able to post better numbers as a result, and in the current travel slump, they've outperformed the larger carriers. Well, they've also picked up a considerable amount of market share. According to a report by USA Today, low cost carriers now have 30% of the market in the United States. Price-sensitive consumers are turnin...
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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: AXP, HAL, EL, MAT, CAT....
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Estee Lauder (EL), Caterpillar (CAT), Halliburton (HAL), American Express (AXP), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Analyst initiations, Deere and Co (DE), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL)  Analyst upgrades:
<> American Express (NYSE:AXP) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at FBR Capital, as the firm sees limited near-term downside in the stock. The firm raised its target price on the shares to $37 from $25.
<>RBC Capital upgraded Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL) to Outperform from Sector Pe...
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Southwest Airlines to post a profit for Q3?
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