2 Top Shipping Stocks to Consider Buying Now -- and 1 to Avoid

Shipping companies have been trucking along nicely thanks in part to the continuing growth of e-commerce and home delivery. Investors can expect FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) to show continued appreciation, while excitement about air cargo firm Atlas Air Worldwide (NASDAQ: AAWW) appears to have gotten ahead of what the company can deliver. 

A FedEx truck preparing to head out on the open road. Image source: FedEx.

Long after the demise of e-Toys and other dot-bombs, survivors led by Amazon.com continue to grow in importance at FedEx and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). Elsewhere transport and logistics giants including XPO, CH Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ: CHRW), and JB Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) have had success offering their traditional retail clients tools to better manage inventory for a dot-com world and handle home deliveries and installations.

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