Paper and packing companies, like sector giant International Paper (IP 0.66%) and its peer, Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW), were up big today. Motley Fool analyst, Taylor Muckerman, provides his take on why he believes these stocks trumped the overall market. Positive notes on growth from the Federal Reserve, and a major online retailer's recent earnings release should definitely be looked to as possible causes.
U.S. growth and online retailing could be a couple of the causes,
About the Author
Taylor Muckerman was lead energy & materials analyst for fool.com from 2012-2013. He is now Head of Retention for Motley Fool Canada.