The iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund (NYSEArca: IYT) has broken out to record highs following a nearly 20% rally the past couple months driven by strength in airlines, railroads and shipping companies.
The transports ETF traded over $101 a share on Thursday for the first time ever, up about 18% from its November low.
According to Dow Theory, industrial and transportation averages should confirm new highs together in a healthy bull market. [Transports ETF Makes Up Lost Ground]
IYT trailed the Dow Jones Industrial Average for most of 2012 but has been outperforming since the end of September. [Transportation ETF Getting Back in Gear]
“The transportation stocks often lead the economy in both directions,” writes Sy Harding at SeekingAlpha.
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund
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