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It's Been a Good Year for Ford Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: While Ford (F) was typically considered among the most dysfunctional automakers less than three years ago, look who's laughing now. As major players like GM and Toyota (TM) can't get out of their own way, both operationally and in terms of their stock prices, their losses have been Ford's gain.Click to enlargeComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Why the Aerospace and Defense Industry Is Feeling Bullish Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Talk about taking flight. Closing in on almost a two-year high, a major Dow component is leading the aerospace and defense industry as investors take an optimistic outlook on the sector and related exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Standard & Poor’s Aerospace & Defense Index increased to a yearly high on Thursday as aircraft maker Boeing (NYSE: BA) was on track for its highest close since June 2008, reports Karen Jacobs for Reuters.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
The BDI May Have Collapsed but Check Out the Shipping Rebound The Business Insider submits: The recent plunge of the Baltic Dry Index has by now been relatively well documented. Thing is, the Baltic Dry measures shipping rates for just one facet of the economy -- primarily dry bulk commodities demand from developing nations (mostly China) against global dry bulk ship supply. What many have missed, however, has been the surging rates for container shipping, which primarily measure demand for products from developed nations (mostly the U.S. and Europe) against global container ship supply.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
An Update on Shipping Trends Calafia Beach Pundit submits: (Click to enlarge)These are the dog days of summer, with most of the financial types are on vacation and the Labor Day weekend less than two weeks away. The beach here is beautiful but relatively uncrowded, perhaps due to the water temperature being an unusually cold 60-61º. Since there's not much going on, I thought I would post updated charts on shipping costs.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |