Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® Transportation Index
Dallas, Texas (September 22, 2017) Swank Capital, LLC, and Cushing® Asset Management, LP, announce today the upcoming rebalancing of The Cushing® Transportation Index (the “Index”) as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on September 29, 2017, the constituents of the Index will be rebalanced, and the following changes will become effective on October 2, 2017:
Cushing® Transportation Index constituents, effective October 2, 2017:
| Company Name | Ticker | Index Weight | Status |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. | UPS | 6.00% | Existing |
| Matson, Inc. | MATX | 6.00% | Existing |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | DAL | 6.00% | Existing |
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | CHRW | 6.00% | Existing |
| Ryder System, Inc. | R | 6.00% | Existing |
| Union Pacific Corporation | UNP | 6.00% | Existing |
| Norfolk Southern Corporation | NSC | 6.00% | Existing |
| Alaska Air Group, Inc. | ALK | 5.67% | Existing |
| CSX Corporation | CSX | 5.17% | Existing |
| Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | EXPD | 4.93% | Existing |
| Kansas City Southern | KSU | 4.57% | Existing |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | LUV | 3.15% | Existing |
| FedEx Corporation | FDX | 3.10% | Existing |
| American Airlines Group Inc. | AAL | 3.01% | Existing |
| J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | JBHT | 2.99% | Existing |
| Sunoco LP | SUN | 2.00% | NEW |
| Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. | ARLP | 2.00% | Existing |
| EnLink Midstream Partners, LP | ENLK | 2.00% | Existing |
| DCP Midstream, LP | DCP | 2.00% | Existing |
| Buckeye Partners, L.P. | BPL | 2.00% | Existing |
| Andeavor Logistics LP | ANDX | 2.00% | Existing |
| Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP | TEP | 2.00% | Existing |
| Western Refining Logistics, LP | WNRL | 2.00% | Existing |
| Western Gas Partners, L.P. | WES | 2.00% | NEW |
| MPLX LP | MPLX | 2.00% | Existing |
| Cone Midstream Partners LP | CNNX | 2.00% | NEW |
| Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. | AHGP | 2.00% | Existing |
| Landstar System, Inc. | LSTR | 1.41% | NEW |
Constituents removed, October 2, 2017:
| Company Name | Ticker |
| Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. | ETE |
| Genesis Energy, L.P. | GEL |
| Spectra Energy Partners, LP | SEP |
ABOUT THE CUSHING® TRANSPORTATION INDEX
The Cushing® Transportation Index tracks the performance of widely held companies engaged in road, rail, marine and air transportation of cargoes and passengers, as well as master limited partnerships (MLPs) engaged in storage and transportation of oil, natural gas, coal and consumable fuels. Constituents of the Index are weighted based on current yield. The Index price level is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker “CTRI”.
ABOUT SWANK CAPITAL AND CUSHING® ASSET MANAGEMENT
Cushing® Asset Management, LP (“Cushing”), a subsidiary of Swank Capital, LLC, is an SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Cushing serves as investment adviser to affiliated funds and managed accounts which invest primarily in securities of MLPs and other natural resource companies.
Cushing is also dedicated to serving the needs of investors by sponsoring a variety of benchmarks, including The Cushing® 30 MLP Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPX), The Cushing® 30 MLP Market Cap Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI), The Cushing® MLP High Income Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPY), The Cushing® Energy Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CENI), The Cushing® Energy Supply Chain Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CSCI) and The Cushing® Utility Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CUTI). For more information, please visit https://www.cushingasset.com/indices.
Contact:
Judson Redmond
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Source: Cushing® Asset Management, LP and Swank Capital, LLC
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