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Why Transportation ETFs Should Be A Core Portfolio Holding
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Equal Weight Vs. Marketed Weight Indexes: Not An Issue With The Transportation ETF
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Transportation Average Upside Breakout? An Update
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Transportation Indexes And ETFs Should Be Broadened
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What Can 'Transport' The Market Higher?
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Delivering Profit By 2013: An Option Strategy
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Green Light For Bulls From U.S. Transports
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Transportation ETF Fires A Dow Theory Warning Shot
Gary Gordon • Fri, Feb 24, 2012 • 35 Comments
Fed Ex Earnings Brings iShares Dow Jones Transportation ETF Into Focus
Eric Dutram • Thu, Sep 22, 2011
Transportation ETF Breakdown Signals Recession Risks
Tom Lydon • Tue, Aug 23, 2011 • 1 Comment
Rail Traffic Remains Mixed
Cullen Roche • Fri, May 13, 2011
Rail Traffic Remains Robust
Cullen Roche • Thu, Apr 21, 2011
Movers of Household Goods Feel the Pressure
Dr. Duru • Wed, Apr 6, 2011
Rail Traffic Slows in First Week of March
Cullen Roche • Fri, Mar 11, 2011 • 1 Comment
Despite Economy, Americans Drove More in 2010
TheCarConnection • Fri, Mar 4, 2011 • 3 Comments
Booming Global Auto Market Good for Many
Frank Holmes • Mon, Feb 28, 2011 • 1 Comment
ATA: Trucking Surged in January but Oil Prices Pose a Risk
Cullen Roche • Thu, Feb 24, 2011 • 2 Comments
It's Not the News, It's the Reaction: Short-Term Disruption in Broad Markets
Jim Farrish • Fri, Jan 21, 2011 • 2 Comments
Bears Look to Ride Transports Lower
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Rail Traffic Continues To Stagnate
Cullen Roche • Thu, Jun 13 • 1 Comment
U.S. Manufacturing Shrinks - Should You Rethink Your Exposure To High-Beta ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Mon, Jun 3
Bulls Get Their Ducks In A Row
Gary Jakacky • Fri, May 31 • 5 Comments
Rail Traffic Remains Sluggish
Cullen Roche • Fri, May 31
Rail Traffic Remains Consistent With Sluggish Economy
Cullen Roche • Fri, May 24 • 5 Comments
Rail Traffic Update
Todd Sullivan • Thu, May 23 • 2 Comments
Why The Dow Transports May Keep Rolling Over The S&P 500
John Kozey • Wed, May 22
Rail Traffic Continues To Soften
Cullen Roche • Thu, May 16 • 4 Comments
U.S. Economy In March - Spring Swoon Has Arrived
Stephen Aniston • Thu, May 16 • 10 Comments
G7 Meeting And Reason For Bullish Caution
John Mylant • Mon, May 13 • 2 Comments
Rail Traffic Stabilizing In The Low Single Digits
Cullen Roche • Thu, May 9
Secular Bear Market For Stocks Is Over
Mark Thomas • Thu, May 9 • 18 Comments
Is It Time To Rotate From Defensive Sectors Into Riskier Assets?
Visual Capitalist • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
April Caps Off Continuing Weak Rail Trends
Cullen Roche • Thu, May 2
A Common Myth About Shale Oil And GDP
Jason Cimpl • Mon, Apr 29 • 8 Comments
The Secular Bull Market Continues
Jonathan Verenger • Sun, Apr 28 • 50 Comments
Rail Traffic Continues To Soften In Q2
Cullen Roche • Thu, Apr 25 • 5 Comments
Timeless Investment Lessons From Charlie Munger - And 5 ETFs He Might Like
Morningstar • Wed, Apr 24 • 5 Comments
Truck Tonnage Up 4% In The Past Year
Calafia Beach Pundit • Wed, Apr 24 • 3 Comments
Irrational Pessimism?
Brennan Basnicki • Mon, Apr 22 • 39 Comments

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Friday, May 17, 8:13 AM Thomas Lee lifts his year-end S&P 500 (SPY) forecast to 1,715 from 1,580 as the bull has already outrun his expectations. His team sees clues economic performance is picking up, including the outperformance of semiconductors (XSD) vs. transports (IYT), and the steepening of the 10 year/30 year Treasury curve. Risk/reward is particularly appealing in tech (XLK), healthcare (XLV), and financials (XLF). Comment!
Thursday, March 7, 3:17 PM Dow Theorists get chatty as both the DJIA (DIA) and DJ Transports (IYT) set all-time highs yesterday. "I've never seen anything like the action since the 2009 bottom," says Richard Russell. Ryan Detrick says when both averages make new highs near the same time, stocks tend to see strong returns over the following year. 4 Comments
Wednesday, January 30, 9:11 AM Quick question: What's the biggest holding in the SPDR Retail ETF (XRT)? It's Netflix, with 1.68% of assets. Money poured into the XRT yesterday, with the fund growing AUM by 31.25% (Amazon is a 1.07% holding). The Transports (IYT) saw a big inflow, growing AUM by 17.9%. Losing funds was the SPDR Oil & Gas Explorers (XOP), down 15%. Comment!
Saturday, September 29, 2012, 8:55 AM Stick the part from Dow Theory about the Transports and the DJIA needing to confirm each other in the same closet with your bell-bottoms, writes Jacqueline Doherty. Since the 1970s - as the U.S. has become a more service-oriented economy - the S&P 500 has gained an average 6.5% in the six months following a period (such as now) when the Transports have lagged. This handily beats the S&P's average 6-month gain of 4%. 11 Comments
Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:10 AM Leading the bounce in the market today? It's the transports, IYT +0.9% as the S&P erases nearly all of its early loss. A dive in the transport index last week (and a general divergence from the S&P since the big rally started in June) has the Dow Theorists in a lather. 4 Comments
Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 5:01 PM One leg of the bear case for stocks - the lagging performance of the transports (IYT) - may be getting knocked out. In the last week, transports have sharply outperformed, catching up to the SPY on a M/M basis. In fact, the broader - but obviously economically sensitive - cyclical index has led the way for the past 6 weeks. (h/t ukarlewitz) Comment!
Monday, September 3, 2012, 1:30 PM Technician Louise Yamada urges clients to keep stops tight as she watches equities with growing unease. "You could call it a vacuum rally," she says, characterized by short-covering, low volume, and deteriorating new highs vs. new lows. The lagging Transport Index (IYT) has her attention as well, but following this indicator kept some out of the big summer rally. 31 Comments
Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 1:05 PM Doug Kass continues net short into this rising market, noting the S&P - back at its spring highs - could be making a triple top. Also of interest, the Transports (IYT) and Small-caps (IWM) have sharply diverged from SPY's solid performance over the past month. Then there's the VIX - it's rarely paid to buy stocks when it's been this low, he says. 10 Comments
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:40 AM Defining overbought as being more than 5% above a 50-day moving average, Bespoke says 24% of tracked ETFs fit the bill. Leading the list is the homebuilders (XHB), more than 13% above its 50 day MA; Brazil (EWZ) leads the country ETFs, 8.2% above. A few more days of market gains and look for talk about the entire market being overbought. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Friday, October 7, 2011, 1:09 PM Sterne Agee gets a tepid response from the market after initiating the airliners today: AMR (AMR -0.6%), Allegiant Travel (ALGT -2%), Delta (DAL -2%), JetBlue (JBLU -0.2%) and United Continental (UAL -3.2%) are all started with buys, and US Airways (LCC -3%) and Southwest Airlines (LUV -4%) are initiated with a neutral. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 12:31 PM Fitch Ratings keeps its transportation-related ratings unchanged saying signs in the sector point to an economy growing, albeit at a slower rate. The usual suspects - higher oil and commodity prices, lower government spending and consumer tightening - were pinned by Fitch as leading causes for a slowdown in transportation activity. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6:05 PM Airline shares took a hit today as investors anticipate a wave of flight cancellations due to Hurricane Irene. The ripple effects are likely to be felt across the country as flights become grounded throughout major U.S. travel corridors. United Continental (UAL -2.9%), AMR (AMR -2.9%), Delta (DAL -5.8%). Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 2:18 PM Ed Yardeni looks at the 26-week moving average of railcar loadings, and he thinks it shows the economy may be coming out of its soft patch, despite prior divergences between the measure and transport stocks (IYT -1.7%) that sometimes have foreshadowed a recession. Loading activity has rebounded to its best reading since December. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, June 2, 2011, 3:51 PM A breath of economic exuberance: Union Pacific (UNP +1.4%) CEO James Young says his company has seen no evidence of a slowdown, and believes second-half freight shipments will exceed first-half results. UNP and other railroads lifting transports (IYT +0.4%): KSU +2.8%, CSX +1.2%, NSC +1.2%. 9 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Monday, March 21, 2011, 5:10 PM Despite oil’s rise, airline stocks (IYT +2.2%) gained altitude today, as Maxim Group's Ray Neidl expects a spring rally in airlines with the worst winter weather behind the industry and strong demand allowing carriers to pass through increased fuel costs to consumers. "Fuel costs may be near their top, which should provide U.S. carriers with a very strong 2012 as fares continue to rise." Comment!
Monday, March 7, 2011, 4:42 PM Airline stocks (IYT) mostly moved higher today, bucking rising oil prices and the falling stock market. Researcher Maxim says recent meetings with carriers indicate continued strong demand for seats, and if pricing remains firm, airlines could rally from depressed levels despite rising fuel costs. UAL +4.7%, DAL +1.8%, AMR +1.1%, LCC +0.2%. Comment!

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Brad Kenagy
Sell signal triggered by a custom indicator I use, and it is good at predicting corrections $SPY,$DIA,$IYT http://seekingalpha.com/p/10swp
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neobliviscar
$IYT I've gone on & on about waiting for Trans to break down before I even consider shorting the market. Divergence today = ice cracking?
Apr 2, 3:02 PM
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neobliviscar
$IYT Selling March Calls here at $109 and $110. Yep, putting neck out & going short here.
Mar 6, 9:46 AM
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Dr. Kris
Next leg up in rally starting as Transports $IYT, Financials $XLF, & Consumer Discretionary $XLY break out to new highs.
Mar 5, 1:50 PM
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Dr. Kris: Just mentioned them in latest ST. Thought you'd appreciate it.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Thanks Doc! Luv ya!
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Transports Strength Over? January 31, 2013 by: Michael A. Gayed. $DIA $IYT http://seekingalpha.com/a/ol79
Feb 1, 2:20 AM
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x oil -field: AMSTERDAM (AP) --http://bit.ly/YIcCh4
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x oil -field: $JPM JPMorgan: Don't blame us for slow recovery.http://bit.ly/XbS1v0 CNNMONEY
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Clayton Rulli
Look at the 1 month chart for $IYT LOL
Jan 22, 2:02 PM
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Ocean Man: Wow....
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Dr. Kris
Next leg up in rally starting as Transports $IYT, Financials $XLF, & Consumer Discretionary $XLY break out to new highs.
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Dr. Kris: Just mentioned them in latest ST. Thought you'd appreciate it.
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Transports Strength Over? January 31, 2013 by: Michael A. Gayed. $DIA $IYT http://seekingalpha.com/a/ol79
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x oil -field: AMSTERDAM (AP) --http://bit.ly/YIcCh4
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x oil -field: $JPM JPMorgan: Don't blame us for slow recovery.http://bit.ly/XbS1v0 CNNMONEY
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Clayton Rulli
Look at the 1 month chart for $IYT LOL
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neobliviscar
$IYT Covering 4000 shares held short since 12/18. Not a great hold. Rather lock in $1600 than let it ride w/ Congress stumbling around.
12/28/12
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Ocean Man: Surprising strength in transports?
12/29/12
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neobliviscar: Yep. Move >10% of Nov lows. Shorting at +10% point. U know what strong Trans- classically means. Yet in2012 Transports was laggin indicator
12/30/12
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Cabeza Howe
Dow Transport $IYT holds well again. Will it break down again like two days ago? Or will it help the market to bottom out?
10/26/12
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Cabeza Howe: Scale in (not going all in) quality stocks on the dip. Market is still ignoring good news (GDP) meaning bottom is not in just yet.
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Cabeza Howe: Will the Halloween indicator come to help?
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eabyrd
SPY down on heavy volume, IYT up on heavy volume. Hmm..
10/23/12
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vinyal: Yep we are heading to 1380 at least if not lower
10/23/12
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eabyrd: Today the opposite... SPY up fractionally, IYT down 1.2%...
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Cabeza Howe
$SPY $DIA $QQQ $IYT: Dow Jones Transport is outperforming the market these days. In the green today while market is red now.
10/12/12
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Cabeza Howe: Let's see if SPX can be solidly back above 1,450 again in the next few sessions. Earnings, in particular $AAPL, are very critical.
10/22/12
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Cabeza Howe: Earnings jittery is building on itself. $SPX 50d EMA totally. Now eyeing 1395-1400 level then 1375 (200d EMA). Scale into quality stocks.
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Gary Jakacky
SPY,DIA,QQQ continue their rally above 10 week sma's. All the world is waiting for IYT!
8/10/12
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neobliviscar: That would be the interesting thing, wouldn't it? Transports breaking under short, medium, and long term averages. Yet everything else Go-Go
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Gary Jakacky
Whats with the transports/IYT? They can't rally at ll even in the face of overall market strength. Augurs poorly for Dow Theory guys.
8/8/12
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Brian58: IYT great leading indicator of things to come
8/8/12
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neobliviscar
Selling IYT Calls. Transportation Index seems extremely overdone. A bit dangerous, but ..
8/3/12
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neobliviscar: Mid trade. Ready to hit out the bids.
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Michael A. Gayed
For those worried about the Transports (IYT), I recommend reading http://bit.ly/ywneAh - may be a false signal.
2/22/12
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Conventional Wisdumb: so then it's a buying opportunity? I read your articles but I am beginning to wonder why. thanks for responding.
2/22/12
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UnderCover Jellyfish: I'm not worried about transports I am worried about oil.
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