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Buy Baltic Trading: Dry Cargo Shipping Exposure At A Discount To NAV
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Baltic Trading Is Still A Buy: Earnings Preview For Q4, 2012
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Baltic Trading: Time To Buy This Dry Bulk Shipper
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How Do We Know If It's The Bottom In The Dry Bulk Industry?
Smart Equity • Wed, Dec 19, 2012 • 13 Comments
Have We Seen The Bottom In The Dry Bulk Industry?
Smart Equity • Tue, Dec 4, 2012 • 29 Comments
Genco Shipping Downgraded: Drybulker Has Negative NAV And Liquidity Problems
Qineqt • Tue, Oct 23, 2012 • 2 Comments
Shipping Stocks: Sink Or Swim?
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February Services Sector Dividend Dogs Howl
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Burnout Payouts: Giving A Hundred And Ten Percent Is Not Sustainable
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Justin Kuepper • Tue, Feb 21, 2012 • 9 Comments
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Update: 10 Most Shorted Shipping Stocks
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Baltic Trading Limited Completes Common Stock Offering

PR Newswire (May 28, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Prices Common Stock Offering

PR Newswire (May 22, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces Common Stock Offering

PR Newswire (May 21, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces First Quarter Financial Results

PR Newswire (May 1, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces First Quarter 2013 Conference Call and Webcast

PR Newswire (Apr 22, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces Fourth Quarter Financial Results

PR Newswire (Feb 20, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces Fourth Quarter 2012 Conference Call and Webcast

PR Newswire (Feb 7, 2013)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces Third Quarter Financial Results

PR Newswire (Oct 31, 2012)
Baltic Trading Limited Announces Third Quarter 2012 Conference Call and Webcast

PR Newswire (Oct 18, 2012)
Baltic Trading Limited to Present at the Jefferies 2012 Global Shipping Conference

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Baltic Trading Limited Announces Second Quarter Financial Results

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Baltic Trading Limited Announces Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call and Webcast

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Baltic Trading Limited Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

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Company Description

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Sector: Services

Industry: Shipping

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 22, 12:52 PM Midday top 10 gainers: CLNT +125%. MBND +24%. ZLC +24%. RCON +22%. MNKD +15%. NOA +15%. INSM +15%. SGOC +19%. CETV +14%. SKS +14%.
Midday top 10 Losers: STP -17%. LDK -14%. SWI -12%. MLP -11%. FXEN -12%. LAKE -10%. BALT -10%. DQ -10%. CSUN -9%. AMAG -9%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, May 22, 9:17 AM Premarket gainers: ZLC +30%. MBND +24%. CLNT +23%. SKS +18%. ONCY +10%. BIOF +9%. TOL +6%. NTAP +6%. YGE +5%. GALE +5%.
Losers: STP -9%. NBG -7%. BALT -9%. UAN -6%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, May 21, 7:40 PM Baltic Trading (BALT) announces a public offering of common stock. Size and terms weren't disclosed. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for future vessel acquisitions or, to the extent it does not so use them, for working capital and general corporate purposes. Shares +1.8% AH. 2 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, May 2, 2:55 PM Baltic Trading Ltd (BALT) declares $0.01/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.23%. For shareholders of record May 13. Payable May 20. Ex-div date May 09. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, May 1, 5:28 PM Baltic Trading (BALT): Q1 EPS of -$0.23 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $5.98M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, February 20, 5:15 PM Baltic Trading (BALT): Q4 EPS of -$0.19 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $7.2M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, December 20, 2012, 6:45 PM The worst commodity shipping market in 26 years may persist next year as an oversupply of vessels continues to curb ship owners’ ability to boost charter rates, according to shipbroker Clarkson. Dry bulk shipping rates have plunged 71% since Nov. 28, with both capesize and panamax shipping rates declining for 16 straight days. Baltic Dry index -58.5% YTD. 7 Comments [Energy, Global & FX]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 5:03 PM Baltic Trading (BALT): Q3 EPS of -$0.22 misses by $0.06. Revenue of $6.29M (-42.2% Y/Y) misses by $4.6M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 5:31 PM Baltic Trading (BALT): Q2 EPS of -$0.16 in-line. Revenue of $7.6M (-23.2% Y/Y) misses by $2.3M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 10:43 AM Global Hunter fires up Buy ratings on a number of shipping stocks including Diana Shipping (DSX +2.5%), DryShips (DRYS +9.5%), Safe Bulkers (SB +2.1%), and Baltic Trading (BALT +4.5%) - while starting Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE -0.9%), Excel Maritime (EXM -1.8%), Genco Shipping (GNK +1.1%) with below-keel Reduce ratings. While individual names in the sector tend to get tied up with momentum trading, the overriding theme has been a moderate bounce back off of a 25-year low in the Baltic Dry Index in February. Guggenheim Shipping ETF (SEA) +8.1% YTD. 2 Comments [On the Move, Consumer]
Monday, April 30, 2012, 4:52 PM Baltic Trading (BALT): Q1 EPS of -$0.20 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $6.29M misses by $3.3M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:48 PM Baltic Trading (BALT): Q4 EPS of $0.08 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $13.1M (-13.8% Y/Y) misses by $2.1M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 11:22 AM The Baltic Dry Index pulls out of its death spiral to show a 1.9% gain. The move has all the earmarks of a dead cat bounce - instead of a confirmed market bottom - with shippers still willing to accept unprofitable charters due to an industry-wide oversupply of ships and weak demand. 1 Comment [Global & FX, On the Move]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 3:31 PM The plunge in the Baltic Dry index to multi-decade lows has some warning about a economic slowdown and a hit to equities, but a check of the record shows to index has little correlation to stocks. The dive in shipping rates is what it is - a response to too many ships being built over the past years. - but, not much more. 4 Comments [Global & FX]
Monday, February 6, 2012, 11:31 AM The collapse in shipping rates moves to the absurd stage, with Glencore getting paid $2K/day to hire a vessel. How could this happen? Ships deteriorate rather quickly if not kept seaworthy and moving, making transactions such as this necessary. (previous) Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 12:58 PM The Baltic Dry Index dives again, off 2.6% to 662, the lowest reading in more than 25 years. Rates for Capesizes - the largest carriers of iron ore and coal - have plunged 84% in just 7 weeks, and owners are idling vessels instead of accepting the low price. In the meantime ships continue to be built even as Asian demand for raw materials slows. 2 Comments [Global & FX, U.S. Economy, Commodities]

Christopher Wallace
Drybulk shippers are on the move, finally. BDI up 40% in a month, BALT, DSX, SEA just starting to move.
10/16/12
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Christopher Wallace
Drybulk shippers look atractive down here. Baltic Dry Index up over 30% in 2 weeks. BALT DSX ready to move.
10/12/12
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Christopher Wallace
Baltic dry index up 35% since mid-Sep. But BALT down over 10%. Wat up wit dat?
10/9/12
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Christopher Wallace
Baltic Dry Index now down 30 consecutive trading days in a row. What does that tell us about the economy? $BALT $DSX $NM
8/21/12
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The Hammer: Not sure the fall in baltic is related only to economy but themassive overbuild of the tanker market and the idiocy of industry managements
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ViciousTrader
BALT TNK CPLP PTNR OXF NKA TI-A CEL FGP VLCCF FTE VE NRGY NMM WHX TEF SFUN ECT YPF SDT any opinions on these high yield stocks? Thanks
3/22/12
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ViciousTrader: will do thanks
8/14/12
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ca7711: any update on VE? their business is shedding revenue from asset divestiture and recession in Europe. Looking at this one as a turn around
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Michael Bryant
Baltic Trading Limited (BALT) doesn't look great as a stock with a PE of 69. But an 11% dividend and 700% payout ratio. Impressive.
2/15/12
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Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth August 2011 ++ HDNG, PCBK, PROV, ATLS, SIX, BALT, THO, HOMB, RGR, KLAC, SLH, TW, RECN, BKI, CBOE, FUN
8/22/11
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Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth August 2011 ++ HDNG, PCBK, PROV, ATLS, SIX, BALT, THO, HOMB, RGR, KLAC, SLH, TW, RECN, BKI, CBOE, FUN,
8/20/11
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Dr. Kris
Short Notice: At new lows & nearing the $5 mark: BALT ($5.35), SMT ($5.29). On their tails & falling fast: AUO ($6.16). Thin options on all.
7/11/11
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Dr. Kris
Tanking: Marine shippers getting whacked today. Hitting new lows: BALT, FRO, GNK--these are 40-70% off recent highs & looking to head lower.
5/4/11
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ViciousTrader
BALT TNK CPLP PTNR OXF NKA TI-A CEL FGP VLCCF FTE VE NRGY NMM WHX TEF SFUN ECT YPF SDT any opinions on these high yield stocks? Thanks
3/22/12
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ca7711: any update on VE? their business is shedding revenue from asset divestiture and recession in Europe. Looking at this one as a turn around
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Christopher Wallace
Baltic Dry Index now down 30 consecutive trading days in a row. What does that tell us about the economy? $BALT $DSX $NM
8/21/12
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