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It was all fun and games when WallStrip and AlphaTrends jumped on the Landstar bandwagon. Now that the company is profiled in BusinessWeek I’m getting a little worried. Landstar: Trucking Ahead We think Landstar System (LSTR; recent price, 53), a non-asset-based transportation company, has an extremely flexible strategy that limits its exposure to economic downturns while allowing it to rapidly ramp up operations when the economy improves. We think this model reduces balance sheet risk by limiting necessary investments in physical assets such as trucks and other equipment, but also allows the company to rapidly scale up operations during periods of economic strength and strong transportation demand. In our view, the company is well positioned to benefit from any strengthening in the U.S. economy in the latter half of the year. Even if the U.S. economy does not start to strengthen, we expect Landstar to increase revenues and earnings ...