Energy: America Needs Truckers

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🗓️ 18 October 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Although the industry is rarely discussed, there’s a 99% chance that almost everything you own spent at least some time on a truck. We discuss how a looming shortage of truck drivers will impact businesses from the energy sector to retail already absorbing the aftermath of tariffs.

Stocks Discussed: TGT, WMT, UPS, AMZN

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0:18.7	Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market
0:22.0	every day.
0:23.0	Today is Thursday, October 18th, and we're discussing trucking.
0:26.0	I'm your host Nick Saipoll, and today I'm joined in studio by Motley Fool Contributor, Dan
0:29.0	Dan.
0:30.0	How you doing, Dan.
0:31.0	Hey Nick, how are you? I'm doing well, Dan.
0:32.0	You know, you just got back from Bahamas. Hey Nick, how are you? How are you? I'm doing well, Dan.
0:33.0	You know, you just got back from Bahamas.
0:34.0	You know, you've been jet-setting all across, all across the country and across the world.
0:38.0	You're in the Bahamas over the weekend.
0:39.0	You're up here in D.C. with us now.
0:41.0	How's the, how's life treating you?
0:42.0	I am not sure if the people watching
0:44.0	this at home can see this, but I am a lot pinker than I normally am because
0:47.4	apparently even though I live in Florida and spend a lot of time outside, the sun in
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