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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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D-Day ETFs for Quantitative Easing and QE2 Today (FAS, FAZ, XHB, FXF, CYB, UUP, GLD, DGP, TLT, TBT, SPY, DIA, QQQQ)

Posted: November 3, 2010 at 11:59 am

The elections are over and the Republicans took over the House but not the Senate as expected.  Today is D-Day for Quantitative Easing or QE2... Decision Day.  Now it is ...
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Why Is German Sentiment Stronger Than U.S. Sentiment? (XHB, FXE)

Posted: August 25, 2010 at 6:49 am

Things may still be difficult in America, but Germany's Info Institute gave a German sentiment reading that was not just above expectations. It grew to the highest level in 3 ...
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When Builders Rise on Awful Housing Data (MTH, RYL, LEN, KBH, BZH, XHB)

Posted: August 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

Sometimes logic can't be used when trading economic data and stocks.  The National Association Of Realtors report shows a drop of about 27% this morning for July's existing home sales ...
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Consolidation Coming to Homebuilders (BZH, MTH, RYL, DHI, KBH, PHM, XHB)

Posted: August 18, 2010 at 10:30 am

Mergers are headed the way of smaller homebuilders.  That is the take from Citi.  The firm is looking at several companies in the sector and it featured Beazer Homes USA ...
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Pulte’s Upside Turn, Incentives or Not (PHM, DHI, TOL, SPF, XHB)

Posted: August 4, 2010 at 10:36 am

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 ...
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Pulte Sets New Bar For Builders (PHM, XHB, ITB)

Posted: May 5, 2010 at 8:20 am

PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) is often thought of by many as the bogey of the US Homebuilding sector.  If so,  the company is giving a forecast that might mean profits ...
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BofA/Merrill Lynch Resumes Homebuilder Coverage (TOL, BZH, KBH, RYL, DHI, HOV, PHM, LEN, MDC, XHB)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 8:36 am

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has initiated coverage of the homebuilder sector this morning.  Technically this is a resumption of coverage.  While some are positive calls, there are still some cautious ...
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New Home Sales Heading Wrong Way (XHB, ITB)

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 10:13 am

New home sales in December went back the wrong way, which was largely expected considering the data we had already seen from the housing sector in the last week.  The ...
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Lennar Saves Beazer, But Sets High Mark Tone (BZH, LEN, XHB, ITB, KBH)

Posted: January 7, 2010 at 9:52 am

Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH) was weak earlier because of its proposed secondary offering that will add to dilution of shareholders.  This morning the company's secondary offering of 19,500,000 ...
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New Home Sales Highlight Softness (XHB, ITB, DHI, LEN)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 10:26 am

The Commerce Department has just shown a report that new home sales for the month of September turned south.  This may increase the call for that first time home buyer ...
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Home Builders Already Cautious, Get More Cautious (XHB, ITB)

Posted: October 19, 2009 at 1:55 pm

The prior data out of the National Association of Home Builders had been improving for three consecutive months.  New data for October came out today showing that the index slipped.  ...
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Are Housing Gains A Sham? (XHB, ITB, URE, HD)

Posted: August 21, 2009 at 12:21 pm

This morning's July data for existing home sales, or used homes, posted another gain and this makes it the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors.  This ...
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