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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, ARIA, BIIB, CELG, LFC, CSCO, DRI, FIO, GPN, HUM, LEN, MSI, TLB, TZOO)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 8:23 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Started as Outperform at BMO. ...
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Taking Solar Installations to New Homes in Texas (LEN, WEST)

Posted: July 25, 2011 at 10:08 am

Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEST), also called Akeena Solar, is getting a major boost this morning due to a supply contract for Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN).  The designer and manufacturer ...
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Counter-Take: Should Housing Really Be Recovering Yet? (ITB, XHB, KBH, HOV, DRI, LEN, TOL)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 10:37 am

This week is starting to look a bit different for housing and homebuilders and it is a serious matter in considering that the news of the world and the less ...
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Key Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (RENN, ADBE, BKS, CCL, CAAS, CMC, GRB, JBL, JEF, WAG, BBBY, KMX, FDX, PAYX, RHT, CAG, HRB, LEN, MU, ORCL, RAD)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Earnings season is supposed to be over.  Guess again.  This coming week is going to feel like the earnings floodgates are open and the companies reporting have market-moving and sector-moving ...
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The Week’s Biggest Market Losers (YHOO, BSX, C)

Posted: May 14, 2011 at 9:29 am

Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) lost ground after it disclosed that its short-term CEO, Ray Elliott, would leave. Elliott joined the firm two years ago to engineer a turnaround which never ...
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Pulte Trend, Envy of All Builders… Cutting the Fat (PHM, GS, KBH, LEN, TOL, HOV, DRI, XHB)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 11:25 am

Homebuilder PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) employed more than 13,000 people at the end of 2005. The company now employs less than 4,800, and that number is set to fall again, ...
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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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Dividend Watch: Housing, Buybacks Versus Dividends (HD, LOW, LEN)

Posted: March 29, 2011 at 10:45 am

Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) may not have a great housing market to boost its shares, but the company has decided to take an unusual approach to returning capital to ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 26 The Companies With The Most Bad Press

Posted: March 26, 2011 at 7:47 am

Lennar (NYSE: LEN)  received a large amount of bad press after it was disclosed that an outsider had been accused of insider trading in the company's shares  Alcatel Lucent's (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AFL, CPLA, COO, HIG, IBM, IFF, LVS, MET, NUE, PAYX, UHS, SHI, KBH, LEN, RYL)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Reiterated Buy and $83 target at ...
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Homebuilders Looking at Spring Sales Through Rose-colored Glasses (DHI, LEN, KBH, XHB)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:53 am

Spring is traditionally the best season for new home builders. In 12 of the past 14 years, sales of new homes peaked in March or April. If 2011 is going ...
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Mortgage Applications Up, Refinancings Too

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 12:17 pm

The Mortgage Bankers Association publishes a summary of mortgage applications every week, and as a barometer of home sales it adds some color to the official reports from the government. ...
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Earnings For Homebuilders, They’re Back… Almost (LEN, KBH, RYL, DHI, PHM, TOL, XHB)

Posted: January 11, 2011 at 11:05 am

A second homebuilder has reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings that handily beat very low expectations. Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) reported this morning that it had quarterly EPS of $0.17 ...
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Investors See Signs of Hope for Homebuilders (KBH, LEN, RYL, DHI, PHM, TOL, XHB)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 9:58 am

Homebuilder KB Home (NYSE: KBH) posted a surprise EPS gain of $0.23 for its fourth quarter of 2010 ended in November. Analysts had expected an EPS loss of -$0.17. The ...
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Are Homebuilders About to Bounce Back? (DHI, RYL, PHM, LEN, KBH, TOL, XHB)

Posted: December 3, 2010 at 10:08 am

Today's disappointing report on unemployment from the US Labor Department sent stock futures down sharply this morning.  Along with that slide may have gone some glimmers of hope for US ...
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