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       Sector: Transportation  >  Industry: Airline
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NWA: Bull or Bear?

Multiple problems Graphic_rating_sell NWA
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1. Southwest now stealing vital high-margin route--> Minneapolis to Chicago. More of that is possible now that slots are opening up at major airports (such as Minneapolis). 2. Airlines not a great business to be in the next 2 years due to commodity price risk and weakening consumer. 3. Mergers: Tough to execute in ANY economy, but even tougher when jobs are a premium asset to families. 4. The US needs low-cost airlines, not high-ticket ones. What's Northwest's demise, is the US consumer's gain.
By  utopius   (+18.29%  risk: conservative)  10/07/08 Comment


Sell and Short Recommendations for a Bearish Market Graphic_rating_sell NWA

Investors are getting bearish these days, which comes as a surprise to me, since I'm used to being in the minority.  I was a bear when I first took the leap from mutual funds and started trading stocks in 1999, and am a bear still.  I wish I'd turned bullish for a couple of years at what I consider to be the large bear market recovery of 2003-2006, but I didn't.  However, since I was (and still am) bullish on commodities since around the same time frame, I can't complain about my returns over the period.

This spring, I was more bearish than usual, which is why I brought you my ideas

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By  Tom Konrad   (-25.06%  risk: moderate)  07/09/08 Comment


The Airline Sector is Doomed Graphic_rating_sell NWA
3/13 - "Jet Fuel has increased 24.2% in the last month and 67.9% in the last year, so it's time to short the industry and long the few stocks that will survive...JPMorgan analyst Jaime Baker cut his ratings on seven major airline stocks, blaming uncertainty over the outcome of the proposed Delta-Northwest Airlines combination and forecasting major losses amid fears of a recession." "American Airlines parent AMR Corp., Northwest Airlines Corp., Alaska Air Group Inc., US Airways Group Inc. and United Airlines parent UAL Corp. were all downgraded from "Overweight" to "Underweight."...Baker al...
By  Jamie Baker (J.P. Morgan)   (+30.43%  risk: aggressive)  04/03/08 Comment


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