spot rate volatility

Freight Futures

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 03/25/2019
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Southwest’s fuel hedging strategy: an example for Trucking Freight Futures

Southwest surfed the volatility in petroleum markets and maintained a strong financial position by aggressively hedging jet fuel.
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Freight Futures

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 03/25/2019
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Southwest’s fuel hedging strategy: an example for Trucking Freight Futures

Southwest surfed the volatility in petroleum markets and maintained a strong financial position by aggressively hedging jet fuel.
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Company earnings

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 02/07/2019
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Analysts react to Echo’s Q4 results

Today’s selloff on soft revenue growth guidance went too far, according to Stifel’s Bruce Chan and Susquehanna’s Bascome Majors.
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Company earnings

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 02/07/2019
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ECHO beats earnings on managed transportation growth

ECHO pivoted away from the spot market and also leaned into LTL.
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Freight Futures

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 02/06/2019
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Trucking Freight Futures Road Show hits Wall Street, heads to Chicago

FreightWaves, DAT, Nodal Exchange, and K-Ratio pitched trucking freight futures to a diverse group of financial institutions and media and…
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Freight Futures

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 02/05/2019
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Why trucking freight futures now?

Access to data has improved market transparency, and recent spikes in volatility make the case that transportation costs must be…
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Market Update

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 02/01/2019
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Fuller and Bayaan speak on rapidly deteriorating freight economy

The macroeconomy is slowing down to trend-line growth, but drivers of freight movement look worse.
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Economics

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 01/17/2019
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Chicago to Atlanta a carrier safe haven amid the carnage?

Chicago to Atlanta is holding up around $2/mile net of fuel, while lanes like Los Angeles to Dallas have crashed…
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News

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 01/15/2019
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Carriers roughed up as shippers, brokers search for freight market bottom

Shippers aren’t shy about moving contract rates down in RFP negotiations, and even brokers are surprised at how cheap capacity…
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News

John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor 12/05/2018
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Brokers: capacity migrating south for the winter

Brokers at Arrive, Trident, and Avenger told us that capacity is flowing into Southeast markets, pushing down rates in that…
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