“Cash Burn Rate,” used to value companies with little or no revenues, was a popular term in the dot-com era. The burn rate is the amount of cash that is ... Read Full Story »
US equity markets opened lower this morning, but after the first hour or so of trading, the three major indexes moved to positive territory where they remained for the rest ... Read Full Story »
At about noon, the DJIA is still up about 35 points at about 12,880, the Nasdaq is up some about 8 points at around 2,910, and the S&P 500 is ... Read Full Story »
Defying all the mediocre views of the US housing market, PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE:PHM) reported EPS of $0.20 on revenue of $1.3 billion. Analysts had been expecting an EPS loss of ... Read Full Story »
The following are the ten CEOs who received the largest stock option grants in 2009. Together, they enjoyed gains which totaled $230 million based on their value at the end ... Read Full Story »
Heavy losses were sustained in three Tickerspy indexes over the last 30-day period. This month’s biggest index losers are in home furnishing retailers, homebuilders, and surety and title insurance stocks. Home ... Read Full Story »
There were strong losses in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month's biggest fallers are in surety and title insurance stocks, homebuilder stocks, and movie production ... Read Full Story »
There were strong gains in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month’s biggest gainers are in recreational vehicles, homebuilders, and vehicle rental stocks. Homebuilder stocks are up 19.3% in the past ... Read Full Story »
We won't bother telling you about the homebuilder merger this morning, because we already covered it once. But in a down and out sector, you will see that traders are ... Read Full Story »
So far there are very few analyst calls seen, but that may be the norm for this week. Here are today's early bird analyst callls:Standard Pacific (SPF) Raised to Buy ... Read Full Story »
The case for housing and home building stocks may be this simple. When smart money comes into the industry, the bottom should be near. Unless smart money has an idiot ... Read Full Story »
Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) is doing something some might not expect out of a homebuilder. It filed to raise up to $600 million by issuing securities and debt to ... Read Full Story »
Everyone knew homebuilders would turn one day and when they turned it would be fast and in a flurry of buying volume. Much of this may attributed to short covering, ... Read Full Story »
Quebecor (IQW) Printing company announces refinancing and get downgrades. Falls to $3.03 from $14.79 high. Virgin Mobile Usa (VM) Wider loss that expected. Falls to $8.07 from 52-week high of ... Read Full Story »
Novastar Finl Inc (NFI) Poor earnings and possible delisting. Drops to $1.72 from 52-week high of $127.20.Standard Pacific (SPF) Home builder. Down to $3.66 from 52-week high of $30.52.Fannie Mae ... Read Full Story »