MRTN - News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha 'MRTN' Tag RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/mrtn Short These Truckers! http://seekingalpha.com/article/143428-short-these-truckers?source=feed 143428 “Keep on Truckin’...” A noble sentiment and a great song (from “Truckin’ My Blues Away” by Blind Boy Fuller in the 1940s and various covers since then...)

It’s way better as a song than an investment, however. Especially now. If manufacturing is down, construction is down, and consumers are saving more and buying less (see last paragraph) what happens to the trucking business? That’s what truckers do, after all – move manufacturing, construction, food and retail goods around the country. Well, there’s still food anyway…

]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:49:57 -0400 Joseph L. Shaefer Joseph L. Shaefer submits:

“Keep on Truckin’...” A noble sentiment and a great song (from “Truckin’ My Blues Away” by Blind Boy Fuller in the 1940s and various covers since then...)

It’s way better as a song than an investment, however. Especially now. If manufacturing is down, construction is down, and consumers are saving more and buying less (see last paragraph) what happens to the trucking business? That’s what truckers do, after all – move manufacturing, construction, food and retail goods around the country. Well, there’s still food anyway…


Complete Story »]]> IYT YRCW JBHT LSTR ABFS ODFL WERN MRTN CNW SAIA Joseph L. Shaefer New Global Trucking and Logistics Company Index http://seekingalpha.com/article/106506-new-global-trucking-and-logistics-company-index?source=feed 106506

The accompanying table presents statistics and the top 10 rated companies in the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Trucking & Logistics Index. The trucking & logistics industry has posted strong results over the past year in spite of the weak global economy and has been aided by declining fuel prices, including gains of about 50% for Marten Transport (MRTN) and nearly 10% each for Werner Enterprises (WERN) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW).

]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:42:56 -0500 Mike Havrilla Mike Havrilla submits:

The accompanying table presents statistics and the top 10 rated companies in the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Trucking & Logistics Index. The trucking & logistics industry has posted strong results over the past year in spite of the weak global economy and has been aided by declining fuel prices, including gains of about 50% for Marten Transport (MRTN) and nearly 10% each for Werner Enterprises (WERN) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW).


Complete Story »]]> MRTN WERN CHRW UTIW YRCW IYT UPS HUBG HTLD ODFL ABFS Mike Havrilla New Index of Top Rated Global Transport Companies http://seekingalpha.com/article/106338-new-index-of-top-rated-global-transport-companies?source=feed 106338

The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a database of 225 companies included in the five indexes below to provide broader investment exposure compared to existing ETFs such as iShares Dow Transports (IYT) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP).
]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:13:55 -0500 Mike Havrilla Mike Havrilla submits:

The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a database of 225 companies included in the five indexes below to provide broader investment exposure compared to existing ETFs such as iShares Dow Transports (IYT) and PowerShares Global Progressive Transport (PTRP).

Complete Story »]]> IYT PTRP MRTN WERN CHRW HMC HOG PII VLKAY.PK NAT SEA BNI UNP CSX NSC AAWW HA ALGT JBLU SPAAF.PQ LUV Mike Havrilla Recent Russell 3000 Movers http://seekingalpha.com/article/103831-recent-russell-3000-movers?source=feed 103831 Market Analysis Commentary:  Relative Price Volume Momentum Tracks scans the Russell 3000 components for stocks that are moving up or down on relatively strong surging volume. Such stocks may signal institutional buying or selling and have a tendency to continue further in their current market direction. From a contrarian perspective, buying and selling on extreme volume also has a tendency to produce short term reversals of a stock’s market direction on the following day of trading.

Moving Up on Surging Volume

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:08:49 -0500 J Clinton Hill J Clinton Hill submits:

Market Analysis Commentary:  Relative Price Volume Momentum Tracks scans the Russell 3000 components for stocks that are moving up or down on relatively strong surging volume. Such stocks may signal institutional buying or selling and have a tendency to continue further in their current market direction. From a contrarian perspective, buying and selling on extreme volume also has a tendency to produce short term reversals of a stock’s market direction on the following day of trading.

Moving Up on Surging Volume


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Truth to be told on Monday, when the trucker of food and other consumer-packaged goods reports second-quarter results after the close. In a seasonably strong time of year for truck transportation, the conditions in the second quarter through June will be key to mapping the company’s route for the rest of the year.

]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:10:39 -0400 Smallcap Investor MRTN) out of its rut.

Truth to be told on Monday, when the trucker of food and other consumer-packaged goods reports second-quarter results after the close. In a seasonably strong time of year for truck transportation, the conditions in the second quarter through June will be key to mapping the company’s route for the rest of the year.


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