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It's springtime. Love is in the air. Flowers are beginning to bloom. The weather is getting warmer. Baseball season is off to a strong start. Oh, and the ubiquitous real estate agents are putting homes on the market for sale. Remember back in the day how one would see sometimes cheesy ads for real estate agents highlighting homes they have for sale? Oftentimes, these ads would have pictures 20 years old and the accompanying marketing materials, etc. just did not fit? Just as in other industries that provide tools to those that service the consumer, there are companies providing the technology to assist real estate agents in dramatically enhancing their respective agencies and businesses, which have helped shed those old-school images. One such firm is Market Leader, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEDR -$3.69). While not as familiar a name as Zillow (NYSE: Z), Market Leader provides real estate professionals with all of the tools needed to manage and grow their practices.
Eastbound and Down
For watchers of the popular show on HBO - sorry to disappoint you, but today's blog is not referencing those crazy guys. Maybe we can come back to it another time. I was actually referring to: "Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin'," which references the movie Smokey and the Bandit and was part of the lyrics written and performed by country singer and co-star Jerry Reed. After all, we're going into the trucking business today. Stocks in the trucking industry are up an average of more than 16% this year. One in particular has caught our eye. With the solid retail figures on Monday, the transportation of goods to consumers could be a good place to be. The downside from the big-picture perspective has a lot to do with the cost of gasoline, government regulations, and the relatively high debt levels found with most of the companies in this space. Nonetheless, this stock offers good upside and has been trending nicely of late, which, as we have noted recently, is a key to trading success in corrective phases of the stock market.
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