Rydex Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Inv (RYURX) was incepted in January 1994. The investment seeks to provide investment results that inversely correlate to daily performance of the S&P 500 Index.

The fund normally invests in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to those of its underlying index. It is non-diversified.

Unit holders have to make a minimum initial investment of $2,500 to enter this Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong Buy") fund. It has outstripped the total returns of its benchmark index in the last 1-, 3- and 5-year periods.

Rydex Transportation Inv (RYPIX) seeks capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in providing transportation services or those engaged in design, manufacture, distribution, or sale of transportation equipment.

The fund invests in securities that are traded in the United States, as well as in futures and options contracts. It has an expense ratio of 1.38%.

The fund’s key

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Highlights include Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC), Union Pacific Corp. (UNP), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI), CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX) and Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU). One way to keep track of economic activity is to look at just how much stuff is moving around. In this case, the data from Railfax shown below is not very reassuring. Total rail traffic last week was down 24.4% from a week ago, and the decline is very broad-based across all of the major types of goods carried on the rails. The best way to look at the data is to compare the top line of each grouping (the "Vs. 2008" line). Note that the total traffic quarter to date is down 22.5% from a year ago, which is substantially worse than the 18.1% decline year to date. ...

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We are retaining our Hold on Union Pacific Corp. (UNP), as well as our $80 target price. UNP will report third quarter results on October 23. We are maintaining our 2008 diluted EPS estimate at $4.15, near the high end of management's increased $4.00-4.20 range (up from $3.88-4.13 before), and our 2009 EPS estimate at $5.

UNP should benefit from higher rates on contract renewal pricing and improved productivity, which should offset expected volume weakness and higher fuel costs. UNP posted second quarter EPS of $1.02, up 24% year-over-year, and better than consensus of $0.92 and our estimate of $0.91, largely due to higher-than-expected revenue growth.

Revenues advanced 13% as higher rates (revenue per car up 16%) offset a 3% volume decline. UNP recently increased its dividend by 23%, following a 26% in 2007's fourth quarter.

The company repriced 7% of its business in 2007 and has the opportunity to

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