With Donald Trump elected, infrastructure stocks are just starting to take off. Remember, The American Society of Civil Engineers boosted the nation’s infrastructure grade to a 20-year high of C-, but we’re in pitiful shape. Not helping, they say there’s an “infrastructure investment gap of nearly $2.6 trillion this decade that, if unaddressed, could cost the United States $10 trillion in lost gross domestic product by 2039.” Water main breaks occur on average every two minutes, and six billion gallons of treated water are lost every day. More than 40% of our roads are in poor or mediocre condition, and more than half of public-school districts need to update or replace building systems. Plus, according to the Infrastructure Report Card, 42% of the 617,000 bridges in the U.S. are more than 50 years old. And about 7.5% are structurally deficient. |
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That being said, investors may want to look at stocks such as: If we do see a much-needed infrastructure boom, we’ll need a massive amount of aggregate, which Vulcan supplies. According to Cemex (CX) nearly 85,000 tons of aggregates are required to build just one mile of an interstate highway. Again, as noted above, with more than 40% of our roads in poor or mediocre condition, that’ll require a massive amount of aggregate. While recent earnings weren’t so hot, the stock has been trending higher heading into the presidential election. Plus, the company just declared a dividend of 46 cents, which is payable on November 27 to shareholders of record as of November 4. |
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ETF: Global X Infrastructure Development ETF (SYM: PAVE) Or, if you’d rather diversify at a lower cost, there’s the Global X Infrastructure Development ETF (SYM: PAVE). With an expense ratio of 0.47%, the ETF holds about 99 top infrastructure stocks and trades at just $40 a share. As noted by GlobalXETFs.com, PAVE invests in “companies that stand to benefit from a potential increase in infrastructure activity in the United States, including those involved in the production of raw materials, heavy equipment, engineering and construction.” Some of its top holdings include United Rentals (SYM:URI), Emerson Electric (SYM:EMR), Parker Hannifin (SYM:PH), Sempra (SYM:SRE), Vulcan Materials (SYM: VMC), Eaton (SYM:ETN) and Crane (SYM:CR) to name a few. |
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