10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now

In what UPS (NYSE: UPS  ) CEO Scott Davis calls "a win-win-win for our people, customers, and shareholders," the company has reached a "tentative agreement" with nearly 250,000 Teamsters Union employees on two five-year contracts. The first deal addresses union employees in UPS' packaging unit; the other agreement impacts freight employees, the sides recently announced.

According to the Teamsters announcement, both agreements will "protect [union members'] health-care benefits, provide substantial wage increases and significantly raise contributions to pension and health and welfare benefits." The deals would affect UPS' 140,000 package employees, and the nearly 110,000 Teamsters Union employees in its freight unit.

In addition to the health-care benefits and higher wages, Teamsters said the new agreement would result in 2,000 full-time jobs from the ranks of existing UPS part-time package employees.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Clearwire Corporation(CLWR)

Clearwire Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides fourth generation wireless broadband services in the United States. The company builds and operates mobile broadband networks that offer high-speed mobile Internet and residential Internet access services. It serves retail customers through its CLEAR brand. The company markets its products and services directly to consumers, as well as through cellular retailers, consumer electronics stores, satellite television dealers, and computer sales and repair stores; and through company-operated retail outlets. As of December 31, 2011, it had approximately 1.3 million retail and 9.1 million wholesale subscribers. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Clearwire Corporation is a subsidiary of Sprint HoldCo LLC.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Bank of Marin Bancorp(BMRC)

Bank of Marin Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Bank of Marin that offers a range of commercial and retail banking products and services in California. It offers personal and business checking and savings accounts; time deposit alternatives comprising time certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, health savings accounts, and certificate of deposit account registry services; remote deposit capture, direct deposit of payroll, social security and pension checks, fraud prevention services, and image lockbox services; and valet deposit pick-up service. The company provides its deposit products and services primarily to individuals, merchants, small to medium sized businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and professionals. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial and retail lending programs that include commercial loans and lines of credit, construction financing, consumer loans, and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company provides m erchant card services, credit cards, and business Visa programs; cash management services to business clients through a third party vendor; wealth management and trust services, such as customized investment portfolio management, financial planning, trust administration, estate settlement and custody services, and advice on charitable giving; and 401(k) plan services to small and medium businesses through a third party vendor. Further, it provides private banking services, including deposit services and loans; international banking services; and automated teller machine, Internet banking, and telephone banking services. As of April 25, 2011, Bank of Marin Bancorp operated 17 branch offices in Marin, San Francisco, Napa, and Sonoma counties. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Novato, California.

Top 5 Quality Stocks To Buy For 2014: Cache Exploration Inc (CAY.V)

Cache Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties, primarily rare-earth metals in Canada. It holds options to acquire 70 % interest in certain mineral claims in the Bluff Lake property located in the Quesnel trough area of British Columbia; 80 % interest in the Welsford rare earth property located in New Brunswick; and 80 % interest in two property claims, such as the Cross Hills and the Louil Hills rare earth properties located in Newfoundland. The company also has options to acquire 100% interest in the Inner Welsford property claims in southern New Brunswick; and 160 claims in the Long Lake property located in northern New Brunswick. Cache Exploration Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Macatawa Bank Corporation(MCBC)

Macatawa Bank Corporation operates as the holding company for Macatawa Bank that provides various commercial and personal banking services. It offers various deposit products, which comprise checking accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, transaction accounts, savings and time certificates, non-interest bearing and interest bearing demand deposits, and money market accounts. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans, construction and development loans, and multi-family and other non-residential real estate loans; residential mortgage loans; and consumer loans, including automobile loans, home equity lines of credit, installment loans, home improvement loans, deposit account loans, and other loans for household and personal purposes. It also provides cash management services, safe deposit boxes, travelers checks, money orders, and trust services; ATMs, Internet banking, telephone banking, and debit cards; and b rokerage services, including discount brokerage, personal financial planning, and consultation regarding mutual funds. In addition, the company offers personal trust services, such as financial planning, investment management services, trust and estate administration, and custodial services; and retirement plan services, including provision of various qualified retirement plans, such as profit sharing, 401(k)s, and pension plans. It operated a network of 26 branches and a lending and operation service facility in Kent, Ottawa, and northern Allegan counties of Michigan. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Holland, Michigan.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: USA Truck Inc. (USAK)

USA Truck, Inc. operates as a truckload carrier that provides general commodities transportation services in the continental United States, Mexico, and Canada. The company transports full dry van trailer loads of freight from origin to destination. It offers truckload freight services as a short-to medium-haul common carrier, as well as freight brokerage services, rail intermodal services, and third party logistics. The company also provides transportation scheduling, routing, and mode selection services. USA Truck, Inc. offers its services to various industries, such as industrial machinery and equipment, rubber and plastics, retail stores, paper products, durable consumer goods, metals, electronics, and chemicals. As of December 31, 2010, its trucking fleet consisted of 2,363 in service tractors and 6,709 service trailers. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Van Buren, Arkansas.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Sappi Limited(SPP)

Sappi Limited manufactures and sells various pulp, paper, chemical cellulose, and wood products worldwide. It offers coated woodfree paper used for marketing promotions and brochures, catalogues, corporate communications materials, direct mail, textbooks, and magazines; uncoated woodfree paper used for business forms, business stationery, tissue, photocopy paper, books, brochures, and magazines, as well as cut-size, preprint, and office paper; specialty woodfree paper used in bags, labels, and packaging; and release paper for use in textile, automotive, furniture, and engineering film markets. The company also provides packaging paper products, including containerboards, sack kraft, and grocery bags used for primary and secondary packaging of fast moving consumer goods, and agricultural and industrial products. In addition, it offers mechanical newsprint paper used in advertising inserts and newspapers; uncoated mechanical fiber based printing paper used for the printing o f books and advertising inserts; and coated mechanical fiber-based paper used for magazines, catalogues, and advertising material. Further, the company provides pulp products, including paper pulp used in the production of printing, writing, and packaging paper; and chemical cellulose used in the manufacture of various cellulose textile and non-woven fiber products, as well as used in various other cellulose-based applications in the food, film, cigarette, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Additionally, Sappi Limited offers sawn timber for construction and furniture manufacturing purposes. Its customers include printers, publishers, corporate end-users, suppliers, and converters. The company was formerly known as South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited and changed its name to Sappi Limited in 1973. Sappi Limited was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Premuda(PRNI.MI)

Premuda SpA operates as a shipping company in Italy. The company transports liquid and dry goods in bulk employing its own ships and those of third parties. It also engages in crude oil floating, production, storage, and offloading business, which comprises the extraction of crude oil and gas. In addition, the company involves in the transportation of oil and derivative products. As of June 30, 2010, it had an owned fleet composed of 14 units; and a chartered fleet comprising four Handymax bulk carriers The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Genova, Italy.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fd In (FFC)

Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund employs quantitative analysis to create its portfolios. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Merrill Lynch 8% Capped DRD Preferred Stock Index, Merrill Lynch Hybrid Preferred Securities Index, and Merrill Lynch Adjustable Preferred Stock 7% Constrained Index. Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc. was formed on May 23, 2002 and is domiciled in the United States.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: China Xlx Fertiliser Ltd. (B9R.SI)

China XLX Fertiliser Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture, sale, and trade of urea, compound fertilizers, methanol, and liquid ammonia and ammonia solution in Mainland China. The company offers urea that provides nitrogen to crops and serves as raw material for agricultural fertilizers, plastic, resin, coating materials and pharmaceutical industries; and methanol that is used in the industrial production of formaldehyde, synthetic fiber, plastic, pharmaceutical, pesticides, dye, and synthetic proteins, as well as used as fuel and energy resource in power stations. Its compound fertilizers can be used as ground fertilizer or added fertilizer and are suitable for growing wheat, paddy, corn, peanuts, tobacco, fruit trees, vegetables, and cotton. China XLX Fertiliser Ltd. also exports its products to the United States, south east Asia, and south Asia. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Xinxiang, the People�s Republic of China.

10 Best Freight Stocks To Watch Right Now: Severn Trent(SVT.L)

Severn Trent Plc engages in the treatment and provision of water; and removal of waste water in the United Kingdom. It operates in two segments, Severn Trent Water and Severn Trent Services. The Severn Trent Water segment provides water and sewerage services to approximately 3.2 million households and businesses in the Midlands and mid-Wales. The Severn Trent Services segment supplies water and waste water treatment solutions to utilities, municipalities, and commercial customers primarily in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Asia Pacific. This segment offers contract operating services to manage and maintain water and waste water plants and networks; technologies and integrated solutions for water and waste water disinfection, filtration, adsorption, and marine/offshore waste water treatment; and analytical services comprising environmental water testing services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Coventry, the United Kingd om.