| General Dynamics Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript General Dynamics Corporation (GD)Q3 2009 Earnings CallOctober 28, 2009 11:30 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Is the Baltic Dry Index Forecasting Market Weakness? As we mentioned last week, the Shanghai equity markets have served as a leading indicator of U.S. stocks over the last year. While Shanghai has broken down and moved sideways over the last few months we have seen similar sideways action in the Baltic Dry Index.Not surprisingly, the fundamental correlation between China’s export driven economy and this shipping index are high.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Rail Traffic Surges to New High The Pragmatic Capitalist submits: Warren Buffett is looking smarter by the day as rail traffic continues to make gains. For the week ending March 27th, rails originated 293K carloads which was the highest level since November 2008. This was 16.5% higher versus 2009, but down 11.6% versus 2008. Intermodal traffic is also making a sharp rebound with a 12% year over year increase, but a 5.3% decline versus 2008.Click to enlargeComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Rail Traffic Continues to Reflect Economic Expansion The Pragmatic Capitalist submits: Rail traffic continued to rise in the most recent week, but rose at a slower pace. According to the AAR total containers rose 14.4% to 182,459 total units. Trailers rose 3.9% . Total freight traffic 10.6% to 288,114 carloads. Intermodal traffic jumped 12.7% to 215,118 (click to enlarge). Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Rail Frieght Volumes Consolidating Wildebeest submits: The Association of American Railroads (AAR) released the latest weekly rail freight traffic report onThursday: WASHINGTON , D.C. – Sept. 9, 2010 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported weekly rail carload volume set a new 2010 record for the second consecutive week. U.S. railroads originated 305,000 carloads during the week ending Sept. 4, 2010, up 6.9 percent compared with the same week in 2009, and at comparable levels to the same week in 2008. The 2008 comparison week included the Labor Day holiday while the corresponding weeks in both 2010 and 2009 did not. In order to offer a complete picture of the progress in rail traffic, AAR reports 2010 weekly rail traffic with comparison weeks in both 2009 and 2008.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |