SPDR S&P Transportation ETF

• Trains, Planes, and Automobiles, All Driving this ETF to New Heights.

  By Jeff Stouffer - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: CAR, HTZ, LUV, XTN, LCC

  A key component of The Dow Theory is that transportation is an essential ingredient of an improving economy. Without the profitability in transportation companies to move goods to the consumer, then an upturn in manufacturing output is not confirmed

  The SPDR^® S&P^® Transportation ETF (NYSEMKT: XTN) is an exchange-traded fund that holds 40 stocks of transportation companies. This ETF was brought to the market on January 26, 2011 and more »

• Different Perspectives on Transportation via Three Separate ETFs

  By Jeff Stouffer - September 8, 2012 | Tickers: FAA.DL, DAL, GWR, IYT, LUV, XTN, UNP, UAL

   Transportation of goods and materials is an important fundamental part of our economy. As crucial as this industry is and with all the competitive ways to fulfill this need to move good, mixed results have been experienced by average investors. The various segments of transportation include railroads, trucking, airlines, freight forwarders, warehousing, and many more. Finding investment opportunities in such companies has been hampered by the cyclical nature of the more »