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In business, losing a bidding war is usually bad news. Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) lost one in 2023, and that defeat quietly became one of the smartest financial decisions in the company’s history. The rival on the other side of that story was Yellow Corp, a nearly 100-year-old carrier that ...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.46%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.28%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.40%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
The freight market is recovering, but much of it is already priced into the valuations of stocks in the sector.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.61%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.88%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.80%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.71%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Amazon com is at it again, roiling an industry’s shares with its plans to build new businesses. The tech giant said it would open up its less-than-truckload, or LTL, shipping business to any customer. Amazon already had been offering LTL services to partners shipping to Amazon warehouses.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.28%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.38%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.28%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.25%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
FedEx Freight bucked the market trend on Friday, making it one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 on a tough day for the market. Shares of the company, which spun out of FedEx on June 1, gained 6.4% on Friday, closing at $167.84, while the and fell 2.6% and 4.2%. FedEx Freight is likely avoiding the drawdown because shares are very new.
Expensive stocks typically earn their valuations through superior growth rates that other companies simply can’t match. The flip side though is that these lofty expectations make them particularly susceptible to drawdowns when market sentiment shifts.
FedEx stock dropped after Amazon unveiled a new logistics offering that could compete directly with the shipping giant’s core business.
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