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  • Rail Traffic Data Tell a Different Economic Story [View article]
    I've read that China has been stockpiling copper. That's a good idea with low commodity and shipping prices. It won't go on forever.


    On Aug 05 02:57 PM Alphameister wrote:

    > Shallow article hardly worthy of Zacks. Traffic figures are coincident
    > indicators and everyone knows we've been in a recession. The transport
    > stock indices are a much better indicator of what lies ahead. Also,
    > the Baltic shipping index has recovered strongly from its November
    > lows, reflecting a resumption of demand in Asia.
    Aug 05 18:40 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Rail Traffic Data Tell a Different Economic Story [View article]
    poke around on this site www.railroadpm.org/
    There's 52 weeks of data for each major rail line.
    Two of the rail lines just hit new lows in overall traffic while the others are dwelling near lows.


    On Aug 04 07:09 PM dcb wrote:

    > Maybe I'm stupid, but I'm interested on 4 week rolling averages,
    > on a sequential basis, how does YOY help me. we could be down huge
    > YOY, but in a huge upswing
    Aug 05 18:33 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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