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Homebuilders Rally, Ignore Case-Shiller Drop (LEN, PHM, BZH, DHI)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 3:13 pm

This morning’s report on the S&P Case-Shiller housing price index indicated that housing prices continue to fall in the US (our coverage here). Shortly before the January data was released, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (DELL, EW, AKS, STLD, BRCM, GMCR, EDMC, NDAQ, QCOM, BZH, BSX, BCO, DO, LEA, MRK, TTWO, VIAB, ZNGA, MNOV, RGDX, BIOS, URG)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 4:08 pm

All three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, and spent the rest of the day bouncing around the neutral line. The reports from retailers on same-store sales in ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Thursday (BZH, PHM, BX, CME, DOW, GNW, GILD, IP, K, MA, MRK, RCL, HOT, TRMB, VRTX, YRCW)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 3:43 pm

Earnings season is still upon us.  There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BZH, BHP, CCL, FDX, GGP, INTC, LLTC, LOGI, MTH, PNRA, POT, RYL, STLD, SF, TSLA, USB, WYNN)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) Cut to Underperform ...
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Are Homebuilders, Home Improvement Stores Coming Back? (NVR, TOL, PHM, HOV, DHI, BZH, HD, LOW)

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Stocks in homebuilders have been down so low for so long that almost anything look like up. Recent earnings releases have indicated that new orders are improving, but much of ...
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Mortgage Applications Fall Again (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 9:45 am

Mortgage interest rates remain historically low, but buyers are either unwilling or unable to take advantage of the low rates. After three straight weeks of increases in mortgage applications, borrowers ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (A, CRM, AAP, LOW, ALIM, WMT, BZH, COV, DKS, TJX, SKS, MGI, PEIX, NLST, FFN, MTOR)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 4:04 pm

Stocks opened lower this morning and stayed lower for nearly the entire first half of the day, with buyers most likely waiting to see what would happen with Italian bond ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (DWA, HRB, PCLN, RAD, WAG, ADSK, GM, AONE, IL, NILE, HNR, NP, ENER, PRTS, ORLY, AMSC, NOR, C, BZH)

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Pre-market signals were weak today, and once trading opened, the signals got stronger. The DJIA has traded down more than -200 points for most of the day, with financial and ...
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Expected Upside for Homebuilders and Home Improvement Companies (NVR, TOL, PHM, HOV, DHI, BZH, HD, LOW)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Our look at stock target prices focuses on homebuilders and home improvement stores today. It is not news that U.S. homebuilders have had a very tough few years. In the ...
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New Home Sales Continue to be Awful (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, TOL, NVR, BZH, XHB)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 1:24 pm

Despite a near-compulsive search for good news from the US housing market, nearly every story contains more than enough dismal news to outweigh whatever good news there is. Generally the ...
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Double-Dip Alert: Foreclosure Pace Picks Up (TOL, DHI, NVR, LEN, PHM, MHO, RYL, BZH)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 9:37 am

It appears that the slowdown in foreclosure filings has reached an end. Issues surrounding foreclosure processing, state foreclosure laws, and other court rulings are getting resolved and the pace of ...
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After Toll’s Report, Housing Market Still Sick (TOL, NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Posted: August 24, 2011 at 9:07 am

Homebuilder Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported third fiscal quarter earnings this morning, managing to post EPS of $0.25 on revenue of $394 million. Analysts were expecting EPS of $0.03 ...
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Mortgage Applications Rise, But Not for New Buyers (NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB, STC)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 10:18 am

For the second week in a row, the number of US mortgage applications rose, but the vast majority of the action came in refinancing, not new purchases. This spells continuing ...
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IPO Watch: Housing Capital Raises… IPO-esque? (BZH, HOV, ITB)

Posted: April 8, 2011 at 1:32 pm

The dark side of investment banking beyond Initial Public Offerings usually revolves around secondary offerings and when companies raise capital via securities sales.  Generally speaking, these can offer investors a ...
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As Homebuilders Change, Going to Pre-Owned and Distressed Sales (BZH, TOL, LEN)

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 10:15 am

Imagine how the world has changed when it comes to homebuilders.  From boom to a massive boom, and then to bust.  The bust was bad enough that many investors are ...
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