Almost as quickly as it happened, it was gone.
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president Nov. 8, the stock prices of a slew of shipping companies soared by more than 1000% on hopes that commodity prices would rise and U.S. manufacturing would rebound, spurring a surge in shipments of everything from iron ore to computer parts.
However, analysts say that the hopes are fading, which is apparent in the subsequent decline in share prices.