Trinity Industries, Inc.

• FreightCar America: Cheaper And Safer Than Peers

  By Mark Lin - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: ARII, RAIL, GBX, TRN

  FreightCar America (NASDAQ: RAIL) manufactures railroad freight cars, supplies railcar parts, leases freight cars through its JAIX Leasing Company subsidiary, and provides railcar maintenance, repairs, and management through its FreightCar Rail Services, LLC subsidiary. FreightCar America designs and builds coal cars, bulk commodity cars, flat cars, mill gondola cars, intermodal cars, coil steel cars and motor vehicle carriers. It is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has facilities in the following more »

• Hedge Funds Just Bought These Stocks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 14, 2013 | Tickers: ASPS, BZH, RDC, TRN

  Hedge funds and other major investors file a 13D or a 13G with the SEC when they acquire 5% ownership of a company or later change this position. Since these filings are made relatively quickly, they provide a more or less up-to-date recommendation that investors can research further. While the 5% threshold results in filings being made almost exclusively for small-cap and mid-cap stocks, it’s actually particularly important to more »

• Holy Equities Commissioner…We Don't Even Miss the Batmobile!

  By Michael Ugulini - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: GE, TRN, LCC |

  With the original Batmobile selling at auction recently for $4.2 million, the Caped Crusaders have resorted to public transit and other modes of transportation to fight evil. At an Investors' Forum in Gotham City this week, the Duo discussed their investing philosophies concerning diverse aspects of the transportation industry. Here's a portion of my give and take with them:

  Michael: I understand you both have an interest in more »

• What You Need to Know About Trinity

  By Ron Chatterjee - January 8, 2013 | Tickers: ARII, TXI, GBX, TRN, WAB

  On the 14th of this month, Trinity Industries (NYSE: TRN) announced that, through a wholly owned subsidiary, it has acquired the assets of Armstrong Bros. Holding Co., a Michigan-based manufacturer and lessor of trench shields and shoring equipment for the underground construction industry, for a total price of $40 million. This $40 million acquires net working capital, rental fleet assets, associated manufacturing and operational facilities, and certain patents and trademarks more »

• Trains, Barges and Pipelines

  By Mark Morelli - December 29, 2012 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, SE, TRN, VLO

  One of my favorite movies is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," which stars Steve Martin and the late John Candy. It tells the tale of two businessmen trying to get home to Chicago from NYC in time for Thanksgiving. Battling bad weather and other woes, they use three forms of transportation as the title implies. 

  One of the methods, railways, is becoming a key player in energy too. Due to a more »

• Is This Railcar Maker a Buy After Icahn's Offer?

  By Anh HOANG - December 24, 2012 | Tickers: ARII, GBX, TRN

  The famous 76-year old activist investor Carl Icahn got himself busy again at the end of 2012 with his plan to take over the railroad transportation equipment provider Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) for around $543 million, or $20 per share. The offer was only a 5% premium to last Monday's trading price of $18.97. Carl Icahn, who owned 56% of American Railcar Industries (NASDAQ: ARII), is pushing for more »

• Is This Truck Trailer Manufacturer a Good Buy?

  By Anh HOANG - November 5, 2012 | Tickers: TRN, WNC

  I am always interested in large price swings, either up or down. These fluctuations create investment opportunities that we can take advantage of. As long as we can determine that it is safe to initiate or sell a position in a particular stock for a particular price, we will be fine. Recently, the sudden rise of Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) caught my attention. Its stock jumped nearly 23.5 more »

• Railroading Profit

  By Declan Fallon - August 30, 2012 | Tickers: ARII, GBX, TRN

  The Transport sector has held its ground despite the limping economy, it's resilience a suggestion of better times ahead despite what headlines might suggest.  A pick up in Transport activity is generally a sign of improving business conditions; and new highs in transport stocks is a good lead for gains in Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors and the broader economy as a whole.

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• A Fair Look at Investing in Alternative Energy Today

  By Maxwell Fisher - August 25, 2012 | Tickers: BWEN, FSLR, GE, TRN, UTX

  Among the choices we will be making in November is about the energy future of this country, both directly and indirectly. By directly, I mean that some states, my home state of Michigan being perhaps the most contentious due to the issue being driven by a citizen backed Constitutional amendment enforcing a 25% renewable energy standard by 2025, are considering following leaders such as Iowa and California in enforcing clean more »