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 following five indexes:
The ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex includes 41 companies with market caps over $200M and is structured as a market cap weighted index, with a total return of -12.7% over the past year, as compared to a decline of 20.7% for IYT in the last year and 22.8% for PTRP since its launch in mid-September. Benchmark transport ETFs already on the market include the iShares Dow Transports (IYT) (five duplicate companies) and the PowerShares Progressive Transport (PTRP) (nine duplicate companies
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
2007 #68 Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, provides rail transportation services in North America. It has approximately 32,205 route miles linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern United States gateways, and provides various corridors to Mexican gateways. The company offers transportation services for agricultural products, automotive, energy, lumber, steel, paper, food, chemicals, coal, and industrial products, as well
2007 #68 Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, provides rail transportation services in North America. It has approximately 32,205 route miles linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern United States gateways, and provides various corridors to Mexican gateways. The company offers transportation services for agricultural products, automotive, energy, lumber, steel, paper, food, chemicals, coal, and industrial products, as well
"Railroads are a play on three big secular themes: the drive for increased energy efficiency, growth in coal and the agriculture boom," says Elliott Gue, a energy sector expert who has just returned from Japan where he was covering the G8 Summit.
Meanwhile, in his The Energy Srategist, he states, "Railroads are now among the most fuel-efficient forms of freight transport available." Here, he offers a bullish review of Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP).
"My long-held thesis on the group has been that the
"Railroads are a play on three big secular themes: the drive for increased energy efficiency, growth in coal and the agriculture boom," says Elliott Gue, a energy sector expert who has been in Japan covering the G8 Summit.
Meanwhile, in his The Energy Srategist, he states, "Railroads are now among the most fuel-efficient forms of freight transport available." Here, he offers a bullish review of Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP).
"My long-held thesis on the group has been that the railroads are no longer totally dependent on the US economy for their growth.
So, a lot of the mid west is underwater. I thought that San Francisco was the place that was going to be smote when we allowed teh gheys to enjoy all the joys and pains of marriage, just like the rest of us. But no, apparently the correct omnipotent response to amber waves of intolerance is to give those protesting sanctimoious a-holes a bath. (See also: Hotaling's Whiskey's miraculous survival of the 1906 firestorm)
Of course, the waters on top of Iowa will eventually recede, and we will start rebuilding it in earnest. That will first require raw materials (and labor) to bui...
With option expirations last Friday, many of the options I had written have expired. Generally speaking that was a good thing for me, as it meant I was able to keep the option premium. It also meant that I had to reload many of the positions, which I did yesterday.
There were a couple of situations in which I would have done better by simply buying or selling the stock outright rather than selling the options. In other cases, I would have fared worse. Over the long term, I think the option writing strategy will be more rewarding and less risky than a stock-only strategy.
When a major, metropolitan U.S. newspaper discovers a investment trend or a hot sector, count on increased share demand for companies in the sector. When that paper is one of the top three dailies, in this case The Washington Post, count on even more demand.
I recently noticed that trains are on a tear ever since the bottom...
So I kept wondering why they were running in an economy that is slowing down.
Then I turned to the master: http://www.thestreet.com/pf <wbr> </wbr> /funds/stoptrading/10401692 <wbr> </wbr> .html
The trains are carrying the coal... The one that countries like India and China need to burn to pollute the earth and grow their countries GDP at stupendously high rates.
Anyway, I figure these trains can easily become a major long term play here....
usp is the largest land owner in the us. They also transport millions of tons of coal per year. Even with all the talk of renewable energy, the fact is the U.S. generates 50% of its electricity from coal and will for quite some time. We know Warren Buffett have recently became fond of coal. unp is a buffett stock and what he invests in turns to gold. Check this company out.
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"Railroads are a play on three big secular themes: the drive for increased energy efficiency, growth in coal and the agriculture boom," says 
When a major, metropolitan U.S. newspaper discovers a investment trend or a hot sector, count on increased share demand for companies in the sector. When that paper is one of the top three dailies, in this case The Washington Post, count on even more demand.
