Western Railroad Discussion > Genesee and Wyoming stock recommendation on TV today

During the Saturday morning business news block on the Fox News Network today, one of the analysts recommended Genesee and Wyoming as a stock pick. She referred to G&W as "a shortlne railroad." Part of her rationale was the need to haul coal. Another chimed in that transportation stocks are hot right now. At the end, they put up a visual of G&W's competition: "Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern."

I know that G&W hauls coal in Pennsylvania and Illinois but I don't think of it primarily as a coal carrier. While I usually enjoy the commentary on "Bulls and Bears" and "Forbes on Fox," calling it a "shortline railroad" (singular), recommending it because it hauls some coal and listing class I railroads as its competition told me someone had not done a lot of homework. I'll stick with my own broker, thank you.

Pepperidge

pepperidge Wrote:
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> During the Saturday morning business news block on
> the Fox News Network today, one of the analysts
> recommended Genesee and Wyoming as a stock pick.
> She referred to G&W as "a shortlne railroad."
> Part of her rationale was the need to haul coal.
> Another chimed in that transportation stocks are
> hot right now. At the end, they put up a visual of
> G&W's competition: "Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk
> Southern."
>
> I know that G&W hauls coal in Pennsylvania and
> Illinois but I don't think of it primarily as a
> coal carrier. While I usually enjoy the
> commentary on "Bulls and Bears" and "Forbes on
> Fox," calling it a "shortline railroad"
> (singular), recommending it because it hauls some
> coal and listing class I railroads as its
> competition told me someone had not done a lot of
> homework. I'll stick with my own broker, thank
> you.
>
> Pepperidge

My guess is that someone (Cavuto?) has a bunch of G&W stock, so he's giving it a gentle nudge in the proper direction.