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• Buffett's Call on Railroads Right on Track

  Mike Havrilla submits: Railroad companies represent a compelling investment despite the run-up in the stock prices of major U.S. players in the industry, such as Warren Buffett favorite Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNI, of which Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) owns nearly 64 million shares for an 18% stake. Railroad companies have...

  External links 2008-09-15

  Tags: Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp.

• Pullback in Railroads Offers Short-Term Opportunity

  Mark Thomas submits: Since 2004, railroads as a sector have dramatically outperformed the S&P 500 and other transportation stocks. Also, the sector regularly has 6-12% pullbacks based on the latest worry about economic growth, housing, financial crisis and last week slower exports due to a slowing global economy. There was also...

  External links 2008-09-10

  Tags: Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., CSX Corp., Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp.

• Berkshire Hathaway's Top Performer Over Last 3 Years: Union Pacific

  Donald Johnson submits: Union Pacific Corp. UNP has performed the best over the last three years of the 39 stocks owned by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), which has benefitted from the stock picking of the famous investment guru, Warren Buffett. UNP's total returns over the last three years have averaged...

  External links 2008-09-08

  Tags: Financial, Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp., Gannett, Nike Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., Tesco, Union Pacific Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Transportation Stocks Deserve a Better Look

  Investment U submits: Legend has it that Cornelius Vanderbilt began the family fortune with a $100 loan from his mother. He used the money to launch a ferry service across New York Harbor, which eventually turned into a fleet of more than 100 steamboats that traveled as far as...

  External links 2008-09-01

  Tags: Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Knight Transportation Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp., YRC Worldwide Inc.

• Railway Stocks Haul Transportation ETF to Solid Returns

  Don Dion submits: iShares Dow Jones Transport ETF IYT was up 14.5% year to date on Aug. 15—more than the fund returned during each of the last three calendar years, and among the top 25 of all 800-plus ETFs tracked by Morningstar. IYT invests in just 21...

  External links 2008-08-20

  Tags: ETF, Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Con-Way Inc., FedEx Corp., J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Landstar System Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp., Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Ryder System Inc., Union Pacific Corp., United Parcel Service of America Inc.

• Following Buffett's Railroad Tracks

  Investment U submits: Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest value investor the world has ever seen. His investment holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), has averaged a compounded return of 21% a year since 1965. That turned every dollar into $400,863. By contrast, the same investment in the S&P 500...

  External links 2008-08-11

  Tags: Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp., Trinity Industries Inc., Union Pacific Corp., Wabtec Corp.

• A Global Transport ETF Strategy

  Mike Havrilla submits: Investors are currently limited to the iShares Dow Jones Transports IYT as a transport ETF option with net assets of $698 million and 20 component stocks (stats as of 8/8/08 from the iShares website). The top five holdings account for 43.2% of invested assets and include the...

  External links 2008-08-10

  Tags: ETF, Transport, AMR Corp., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., FedEx Corp., JetBlue Airways Corp., Southwest Airlines Co., Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Union Pacific Corp., United Parcel Service of America Inc.

• A Leveraged Investment Vehicle for the Global Rail Industry

  Mike Havrilla submits: click to enlarge image by Mike Havrilla

  External links 2008-08-10

  Tags: ETF, Transport, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp.

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• Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on MSFT, BNI, NDAQ, PCU, and MHK

  CHICAGO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites on key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to all investors at: http://www.go7now.com/nb/1117X (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's Seven...

  Articles 2008-11-17

• BNSF's Chief Financial Officer to Address Citi's 23rd Annual Transportation Conference

  Thomas N. Hund, executive vice president andchief financial officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation BNSF(NYSE: BNI), will address Citi's 23rd Annual Transportation Conference inNew York on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at 11:15 a.m. EST. The presentation will describe BNSF's franchise, growth drivers andproductivity initiatives. Interested investors may listen to...

  Articles 2008-11-05

• Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Shire PLC, O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., United Therapeutics Corp. and Odyssey HealthCare, Inc

  CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Shire PLC (Nasdaq: SHPGY), O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ORLY), Burlington Northern...

  Articles 2008-10-31

• BullMarket.com Examines Railroad Stocks

  PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- BullMarket.com (http://www.bullmarket.com/), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, announced today that it has provided subscribers with investment coverage of several railroad stocks, including CSX Corp. , Burlington Northern Santa Fe , Union Pacific , and Norfolk Southern ,...

  Articles 2008-10-28

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results

  Burlington Northern Santa Fe CorporationBNSF (NYSE: BNI) -- Quarterly earnings were $2.00 per diluted share, which included a $0.09 per share impact related to a favorable tax settlement. This compares to third-quarter 2007 earnings of $1.48 per diluted share.-- Freight revenues increased...

  Articles 2008-10-23

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

  Directors of Burlington Northern Santa FeCorporation (NYSE: BNI) voted today, October 23, 2008, to pay a quarterlydividend of 40 cents per share on outstanding common stock. The dividendwill be paid January 2, 2009, to shareholders of record December 12, 2008.Common shares outstanding on September 30, 2008, totaled approximately 342million. Burlington...

  Articles 2008-10-23

• Railroad firms want price-fixing case thrown out

  Union Pacific Corp., along with the three next largest U.S. railroad companies, has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they made billions of dollars in illegal profits by fixing prices on fuel surcharges. The eight plaintiffs include US Magnesium, a Salt Lake City- based producer...

  Articles 2008-10-14

• Railroad Industry Leaders Agree on Establishing Positive Train Control Interoperability Standards

  OMAHA, Neb., FORT WORTH, Texas, and NORFOLK, Va. -- Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced that they have reached an agreement on establishing interoperability standards for Positive Train Control PTC, a critical component to safely implementing...

  Articles 2008-10-08

• Seven Summits Research Releases Alerts on MSFT, PEP, BNI, JWN, and HBAN

  CHICAGO, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at http://www.iotogo.com/s/100708A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts...

  Articles 2008-10-07

• Pinole residents OK with skate park, just not near their houses

  Residents at a community meeting agreed this week that Pinole needs a skate park -- but somewhere else, please; not near their homes. The City Council last month had settled on a site on the edge of Fernandez Park, between the left-field fence of the baseball diamond...

  Articles 2008-10-07

• Beacon Equity Issues Technical Trade Alerts on Recent Analyst Upgrades: GGP, SMG, BNI, COST, CS, NFX

  DALLAS, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today. Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/m Today's Trade Alerts include: General Growth Properties Inc. , Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. , Burlington...

  Articles 2008-10-06

• BNSF to Report Third-Quarter Earnings October 23

  Burlington Northern Santa Fe CorporationBNSF (NYSE: BNI) will Webcast its third-quarter 2008 earningspresentation at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time October 23, 2008, and issue itsearnings press release shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern Time. The Webcast will be led by BNSF Chairman, President and CEO Matt Rose andinclude presentations from Tom Hund,...

  Articles 2008-10-02