U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a mixed bag of data on the U.S. economy and mixed earnings results out this morning. In Europe, Germany’s retail sales fell sharply this…
ThinkstockPulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the homebuilder posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.15 on revenues of $1.57…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a depressing report on U.S. GDP growth, which turned out to be negative (more coverage here). Even a good jobs report from ADP couldn’t…
ThinkstockWe have written at great length about the resurgence of homebuilding in the United States. Like any other sector, if you go long enough without production, demand catches up with supply. Doomsday…
Flickr, Images of MoneyThe resolution for the fiscal cliff remains elusive. The politicians hate each other too much to be rational. If one sector has a lot to lose as the country…
The list of the best stocks of 2012 on the S&P 500 Index is one which makes sense in some cases and doesn’t in other cases. Some of these are simply recovery…
ThinkstockA disappointing report for new home sales in October sure took a bite out of the homebuilder stocks today. The Census Bureau showed a 0.3% decline to 368,000 on an annualized basis. This…
Virtually every publicly traded homebuilder stock has posted a new 52-week high in the last month and many now trade above their consensus target prices even though they have come off those…
As the market reaches its most choppy period in the past few months, it is worth a look at which stocks have done the best so far in 2012 and which have…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning, taking until mid-morning to rise above the flat line and stay above it for the rest of the day. The initial response…
Share prices for homebuilders’ stocks began rising at the beginning of the year and all but two of the homebuilders we looked at in our value search have doubled share prices in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. American Electric…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo.…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning following European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s promise to “do whatever it takes to preserve the euro” (our coverage here). What he…
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) this morning released its data on pending home sales in June. The index fell from a downwardly revised figure of 100.7 in May to 99.3 in…
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