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| British Airways and Delta Seeing Short Covering Jessica Johnson submits:British Airways (BAY), which released a Traffic Report Friday, has seen a wide amount of short covering-- down from 4% of the company on loan in early February to 1.7% now. This is in line with a slight rebound in price, from 120p ($12) to 140p ($19.8) in the same time frame. Prior to this, the price dropped from 180p ($25) to 110p ($15) between December and late January, as investors increased positions from 3% to 4%. [(BAIRY.PK) is trading at $19.80 as of Friday]Click to enlarge:Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Auto MPG: The Economics of CAFE The Baseline Scenario submits: By James KwakCAFE stands for Corporate Average Fuel Economy – the average fuel efficiency that is calculated annually for every manufacturer that sells cars or light trucks in the U.S. and compared to standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation. (If you want to know more about how CAFE is measured, see the Appendix to this post.) Tuesday, President Obama proposed new, higher CAFE standards for models years up through 2016, by which point aggregate efficiency should reach 35.5 miles per gallon.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
AutoNation: 'Cash for Clunkers' Will Benefit Company Todd Sullivan submits: I think 10% may be a bit conservative. From the empirical evidence department, I know several folks who are eagerly looking into the "cash for clunkers" program's details to get a new car. These are folks who have been putting off buying a new car for the past year and a half not wanting a new car payment. But, the advertised incentives, coupled with the age of their current vehicles, has them taking a very close look at this. From Bloomberg:Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Consistent Inconsistency: A Look at Key Transport CDS Levels Jim Delaney submits: If there is one thing that has been consistent lately, it is inconsistency. The reasons we hear for the market’s movement one day are the exact opposite of the reasons we heard the day before. Friday an article in the WSJ by David Weidner reasoned that the movement in 5 stocks - C, BAC, AIG, FNM and FRE were responsible for the market’s latest move up. Saturday, Michael Santoli added some perspective to this claim by asking “how a handful of stocks with a combined market value near $200BN could ‘drive’ a stock market worth more than $10TN?”Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Hexcel Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript Hexcel Corporation (HXL)Q3 2009 Earnings CallOctober 27, 2009 10:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |