Merrill Lynch analysts surveyed and spoke to around 90 community managers for the top homebuilders across the country to gauge their views on demand, traffic, inventories, pricing and incentives.
ThinkstockWhile some say valuations are stretched, and the bull market is tired, the bottom line is the market has basically gone sideways for almost a half a year. In a new research report, the…
ThinkstockGasoline prices at the pump seemed to be fairly stable ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, according to an Energy Information Administration report released early last week. It had the national average price for…
ThinkstockCalifornia continues to suffer some of the highest gasoline prices in the United States. The average price of a gallon of regular in the nation’s largest state sits at $4.09, second only to Hawaii’s…
In a new research report, the telecom team at RBC thinks that global capital expenditures on wireless could increase as much as 6% this year. Here are some of their top telecom and networking…
Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai said that he would consider taking on an equity partner to share in the TV division's growth and risk, but that didn't mean the…
In a new report from UBS, not only is the deal DirecTV-AT&T scrutinized, but the case is made that the company that ends up the winner in this gigantic merger may very well be…
A new research report from Cowen cautions that progress on a cure for pancreatic cancer is slow, but steady. Drugs from three companies though have been favorably viewed by consultants.
A new report from the global equity strategy team at Credit Suisse maintains that the best defensive sector now is large cap pharmaceuticals. Here are their top large cap pharmaceuticals to buy now.
A new addition to the Merrill Lynch U.S.1 list prompted us to review their top stocks to buy, and they are not the same old monkey-see, monkey-do ideas that are so common on Wall…
A new research report from the Internet analysts at Deutsche Bank stresses that there is some very attractive risk-reward available for those doing some blue chip bottom-fishing.
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsAccording the PwC’s 17th Annual Global CEO Survey, 79% of automotive CEOs believe that technological advances will transform their business in the next five years. Kind of makes you wonder who…
ThinkstockThe grinding sell-off that started with biotech, moved to momentum stocks and ended up with solid big cap technology stocks has given investors a very solid entry point to some of the top stocks…
ThinkstockThere is no doubt that the ongoing drought has hit California’s Central Valley hard. A new study by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences suggests that it could cost the agriculture industry there…
A recent Bloomberg poll suggests that most Target customers are willing to forgive the massive data breach that came to light over this past holiday season.
Shares of Pitney Bowes took another run at their 52-week high Monday morning. This came in the wake of a positive Barron's article over the weekend.
ThinkstockThe consumer market research firm NPD group says the numbers are in for April sales of video games, and they are up big. Sales grew a whopping 17% for the month and were way…
courtesy of Whole Foods MarketInflation always seems like a dirty word we don’t want to talk about. In reality, the Federal Reserve is praying for some, and there are sectors that actually benefit from…
ThinkstockThe biotech meltdown that started in late February was an indiscriminate killer. The top mega-cap sector leaders were shot down in flames along with small cap names that have yet to make a dime.…
Netflix's share of fixed-line Internet traffic in North America has grown to 34% of data flowing to consumers during peak times. Cord cutters were the heaviest users of streaming audio and video.