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Equity traders looking for signs that a blistering stock market advance is set to continue may take their cue from the companies that move goods across America’s roads, rails and waterways.

Announced buybacks surpassed $1 trillion on Aug. 20, marking the shortest amount of time needed to reach that level, according to data compiled by Birinyi Associates.

More than any of the megacap technology stocks, Amazon.com Inc.’s big-spending ways are coming at the expense of profits, and its shares are being punished as a result.

Transportation companies that serve as a bellwether for the American economy sent up a smoke signal last week.

Same-day data for publicly traded trucking and transportation stocks in the autonomous, truckload, less-than-truckload, package, logistics and leasing categories.

The latest warning sign for U.S. stocks is emerging from a corner of the market that investors closely watch to get a read on the state of the economy and the health of American consumers: Transportation shares.

NEW YORK — Wall Street had its biggest drop in more than a year March 7 as another leap for oil prices threatened to squeeze inflation’s grip on the global economy.

Self-driving technology companies are the latest automotive stocks to become an obsession of retail traders, with firms like Aurora Innovation Inc. surging Nov. 19 on high volume.

Shares of unprofitable food delivery platform DoorDash Inc. surged 86% in their trading debut Dec. 9, in the latest sign of investor exuberance in what already has been a record year for IPOs.

Trevor Milton said he remains committed to his Nikola Corp. holding and doesn’t plan to relinquish his position as its largest shareholder even though a restriction has been lifted, addressing speculation that he could divest of his stake in the company he founded and resigned from.