http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/#comment-10935 PPI: Behind the Headlines - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:23:59 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/#comment-10935 [...] Price increases in corregated boxes had previously been at odds with bad news from trucking companies. Now it looks like box prices may be rolling over. [...] […] Price increases in corregated boxes had previously been at odds with bad news from trucking companies. Now it looks like box prices may be rolling over. […]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/#comment-10572 Trucker Forum Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:31:10 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/#comment-10572 Take the good times with the bad, trucking isnt just going to disappear Take the good times with the bad, trucking isnt just going to disappear

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/#comment-10300 CIOs Not Planning to Bail Out Consumers - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:11:48 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/29/if-trucks-arent-carrying-anything-whos-buying-anything/#comment-10300 [...] With indications of a consumer spending slowdown building, hopes for real GDP growing at 2.5% must anticipate a fairly significant contribution from business spending (since the consumer accounts for roughly two thirds of the economy.) However, the latest poll of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) by CIO Magazine does not paint a particularly rosy picture. In fact, the only thread on which the bulls can cling is that CIO sentiment is frequently more of a lagging than a leading indicator of tech spending. As evidence, consider this quote from the poll findings: In the December Poll, panelists project IT budgets will grow by 5.8% over the next 12 months, down from 6.5% in the September poll. In addition, CIOs report that IT budgets increased by an average of 5.8% over the last 12 months, up from 5.0% last quarter. [...] […] With indications of a consumer spending slowdown building, hopes for real GDP growing at 2.5% must anticipate a fairly significant contribution from business spending (since the consumer accounts for roughly two thirds of the economy.) However, the latest poll of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) by CIO Magazine does not paint a particularly rosy picture. In fact, the only thread on which the bulls can cling is that CIO sentiment is frequently more of a lagging than a leading indicator of tech spending. As evidence, consider this quote from the poll findings: In the December Poll, panelists project IT budgets will grow by 5.8% over the next 12 months, down from 6.5% in the September poll. In addition, CIOs report that IT budgets increased by an average of 5.8% over the last 12 months, up from 5.0% last quarter. […]

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