PFL Railcar Report 8-4-2025

“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” Hannah Arendt Jobs Update • Initial jobless claims seasonally adjusted for the week ending July 26, 2025, came in at 218,000, up 1,000 people week over week. • Continuing jobless claims came in at 1,946,000, […]

PFL Railcar Report 7-28-2025

“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter […]

PFL Railcar Report 7-21-2025

“I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.”– Ella Maillart Jobs Update Stocks closed mixed on Friday of last week and mixed week-over-week The DOW closed lower on Friday of last week, down -142.3 points (-0.32%), closing out the week at 44,342.19, down […]

PFL Railcar Report 7-14-2025

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Jobs Update Stocks closed lower on Friday of last week and lower week-over-week The DOW closed lower on Friday of last week, down -279.13 points (0.63%), closing out the week at 44,371.51, down -457.02 points week-over-week. The S&P 500 closed lower on […]

PFL Railcar Report 7-7-2025

“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.” – Marquis de Lafayette Jobs Update Stocks closed higher on Thursday of last week and higher week-over-week The DOW closed higher on Thursday of last week, up 344.11 points (0.77%), closing out the week at 44.828.53, up 1,009.26 points week-over-week. The S&P 500 closed higher […]

PFL Railcar Report 6-30-2025

“There’s a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It’s impossible to be mature without having lived.”– Amy Grant Jobs Update Stocks closed higher on Friday of last week and higher week-over-week The DOW closed higher on Friday of last week, up 432.43 points (1%), closing out the week at 43,819.27, up 1,612.45 […]

PFL Railcar Report 6-23-2025

“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” — Stephen R. Covey Jobs Update Stocks closed mixed on Friday of last week and mixed week-over-week The DOW closed higher on Friday of last week, up 35.16 points (0.08%), closing out the week at 42,206.82, up 9.03 points week-over-week. […]

PFL Railcar Report 6-16-2025

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats Jobs Update Stocks closed lower on Friday of last week and lower week-over-week Wall Street plummeted on Friday of last week, giving up all its gains for the week and ending in the red.  The […]

PFL Railcar Report 6-9-2025

“There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.” ― G.K. Chesterton Jobs Update Stocks closed higher on Friday of last week and higher week-over-week The DOW closed higher on Friday of last week, up 443.13 points (+1.05%), closing out the week at 42,762.87, up 492.81 points week-over-week. The S&P 500 closed higher on Friday […]

PFL Railcar Report 6-2-2025

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” George Bernard Shaw Jobs Update Stocks closed lower on Friday of last week, but higher week over week The DOW closed higher on Friday of last week, up 54.34 points (+0.13%) , closing out the week at 42,270.07, up 667 points week-over-week. The S&P 500 […]