| Canadian National Railway: All Aboard Market Blog submits: By David Berman Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI) missed expectations when it reported its third quarter results on Tuesday – after extraordinary items are taken into account – and the stock was reflecting this disappointment on Wednesday.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Harley-Davidson Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG)Q4 2009 Earnings Call January 22, 2010 9:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Global Trade and Port Data Seasonality The Macro Trader submits: One of the many indicators that we track is that of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port data. Combined, these two ports handle almost 50% of the shipping traffic for the United States, so they are obviously useful in order to follow global trade. As you can see in the chart, port data is very seasonal. You can see that total trade (the green line) typically peaks in October and typically bottoms in February. Sometimes this cycle is off by a month in either direction, but for the most part it’s very consistent. LA and Long Beach Port DataComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Tesla IPO: Shares Pop, Drop, And Roll Erick Schonfeld submits: Today is not the best day for an IPO. The Dow is down nearly 250 points. Tesla Motors rang the Nasdaq opening bell this morning to commemorate its initial public offering under the ticker symbol TSLA.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Will Hyundai Beat Toyota and Honda in Lithium-Ion Hybrids? Juan Carlos Zuleta submits:On March 29, 2009 I asked myself: Why Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) dislike lithium? My short answer to that question was: Because it was in their own interest to behave this way. As is well known, these car makers pioneered the use of hybrid technology with nickel metal hydride batteries. Both created the conditions for a very profitable niche market, the hybrid electric vehicle market. So they had much to gain from delaying the arrival of the real electric car revolution since this would help them make more profits out of a rather obsolete but still commercially viable battery technology until the new emerging battery technology is finally introduced into the market. By doing so, they were also contributing to postponing the arrival of the sixth techno-economic paradigm with lithium as its main factor. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |