It appears that the slowdown in foreclosure filings has reached an end. Issues surrounding foreclosure processing, state foreclosure laws, and other court rulings are getting resolved and the pace of foreclosures picked…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) Started as Buy at Citigroup.…
Homebuilder Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported third fiscal quarter earnings this morning, managing to post EPS of $0.25 on revenue of $394 million. Analysts were expecting EPS of $0.03 on revenue…
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported earnings on Monday morning ahead of the Tuesday report from The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD). When you look at the Lowe’s numbers and when you…
For the second week in a row, the number of US mortgage applications rose, but the vast majority of the action came in refinancing, not new purchases. This spells continuing pressure on…
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 happened. Yahoo!…
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, but as…
The economic data on the housing front seems to have very little to cheer about. Maybe there is some hope on pending sales today, but actual sale closings in existing homes and…
Jon OggWe had another crazy week in the markets with shares on a tear. There were many key analyst calls that moved shares this week. We have identified five specific analyst calls which…
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have had a revelation. The company has added homebuilder PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) to its ‘Conviction Buy’ list. The only possible explanation is that…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays. Arch Coal…
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 on revenue…
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 company’s revenue…
Meet the Nine Worst Performers Of The S&P 500, the broadly followed stock market index, that analysts expect will improve next year.  The reasons why they are in the Wall Street dog house…
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 homebuilders. A…
