No signs of economic slow-down in this week’s rail data.  Consistent with recent readings, rail traffic remained strong this week with carloads posting gains of 6.2% and intermodal traffic reporting …

Bullish sentiment jumped to its highest level since January 13, 2011, in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey.

Investors Intelligence is reporting the highest reading of bullish oriented news writers since May of 2011. Those writing articles with a bullish sentiment now make up 52%, while bearish views are down slightly from prior week at 29%. Many who have been predicting a correction have become bullish, with those in the “corrections camp” now at 19%, the lowest in 4 weeks.

Individual investors boosted their allocations to equities last month according to the January 2012 Asset Allocation Survey.

Weekly rail data posted mixed gains this week with carloads going negative and intermodal remaining quite strong.  Overall intermodal posted a 5.5% gain versus the same week last year.  This …

It’s that time of the month.  January is just about in the books and we’re headed full speed into February.  According to the Stock Traders Almanac, February is the “weak …

Rail data has been all over the map in recent weeks most likely due to seasonal discrepancies.  This week’s data settled back towards the 10 week trend with carloads up …

Bullish sentiment stayed near 50% for the fourth consecutive week in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Bearish sentiment is unusually low for the third time in four weeks.

This week’s data on truck tonnage makes the benign increases in rail data look underwhelming. The 2010 annual gain was the largest in 13 years!

Rail traffic is showing big gains this week after last week’s sharp decline.  The data has been choppy over the last few weeks, but the 10 week trend remains firmly …