The Big Challenge for These 2 Holiday Stocks

The following video is from Monday's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, along with analysts Bill Barker and Tim Hanson, discuss the top business and investing stories.

Today is the busiest shipping day of the year for FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which expects to move 19 million packages. Increased shipments, however, have not resulted in increased share prices for FedEx and UPS (NYSE: UPS). In this segment, the guys analyze the challenges both companies face in 2013 and beyond.

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