Research Library
Below is our research library, listed in reverse chronological order. Please use the search box to look for research on a specific company or topic, or use the Calendar, Archives, or Sector links at left to browse for research from a specific time period or sector. If you are a Wolfe Trahan client and can not access any of the links in our library, please contact ITSupport@WolfeResearch.com to request our PDF decryption plug-in.
Friday Freight
This weekly report presents the most recent views we are hearing from industry insiders and summarizes the research of Wolfe Trahan. Included are (1) key takeaways, selected shipper comments; (2) notices of upcoming industry events; (3) key takeaways from some of our notes from the past week; (4) recent stock performance for our transport universe; (5) updated comparison tables for the airfreight & logistics group, railroads, and trucking; and (6) fuel trends for West Texas Crude Oil, On-highway diesel, Rail diesel, and Jet fuel.
Friday Flyer
We publish the “Friday Flyer” each week with highlights from the U.S. airline industry, and our opinion on how the events should impact airline stocks. Included are (1) a summary from the week with our sentiment gauge; (2) updates on noteworthy news events that might be interesting but maybe unworthy of a standalone note (3) key changes to airline schedules per OAG data; (4) recent stock performance and an update on the correlation of WTI and Heating Oil with airline stocks; (5) updated guidance/data points (6) our stat of the week (7) updated comp tables, and more.
On Track, Week 19 Ending May 12: Rail Volumes Inflect Negative
Total Week 19 rail vols decreased 0.2% y/y, down from +1.9% and +2.5% the prior 2 weeks. After 3 straight weeks of positive y/y vols, vols inflected negative on weaker y/y coal vols and slower intermodal growth. Excluding coal, rail vols grew 3.6% y/y, also decelerated from +4.8% and +7.2% the last 2 weeks.
The State of the Freight: Second Quarter 2012
This 70-page report analyzes the responses from over 110 traffic managers that filled out our second-quarter survey during April and early May. Within the report, we discuss in detail: pricing, volume, service and capacity trends across all modes of freight transportation. The report looks at inventory restocking trends and shippers’ expectations for targeted inventory levels.
Research Library
- Coverage List
- Consolidated Research Library
- Airfreight & Surface Transportation Library
- Portfolio Strategy & Quantitative Analysis Library
- Accounting & Tax Policy Library
- Auto & Truck Manufacturing Library
- Airlines Library
- Conference Calls
- Interactive Doh! Models
- Ed Wolfe Bi-Weekly Freight Update