Just last week the Mortgage Bankers Association, MBA, released its forecast for mortgage rates and numbers for the rest of 2010 and 2011. The association expect 30-year mortgages to fall through the…
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 furnishing retailer…
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 and theater…
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 month. The best…
These are some of the key research calls from this Thursday’s analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy but added to…
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 undertones here…
Moody’s Investors Service has raised the bias and outlook on the U.S. homebuilder sector this morning. Its report was titled “U.S. Homebuilding Industry Shows Signs of Stability” and the ratings agency raised…
Reuters: Obama’s poll ratings on the economy dropped. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) picked insider Brian Moynihan as CEO. Reuters: Bernanke’s confirmation should pass its first hurdle. Reuters: The US delayed selling…
We have several key movers in the after-hours trading session tonight. We have more details for price and volume analysis and comparison data on each stock with a link over to VSInvestor.com:…
Reuters: Solvay sold its drug unit to Abbott (ABT) foe $6.6 billion. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) will launch a hostile bid for Cadbury. Reuters: The World Bank said not to take the dollar’s…
These are this Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have links through to each with more detailed price/volume analysis over at VSinvestor.com: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie…
These are this Thursday’s top analyst downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning: Deere & Co. (DE) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. eHealth (EHTH) Cut to Hold at Argus.…
Reuters: The US outlined new financial market reforms. Reuters: Obama lobbied MDs on his new healthcare package. Reuters: Russia hosted the first BRIC summit. Reuters: B of A’s (BAC) BlackRock (BLK) stake…
These are the top ten analyst calls for research upgrades, downgrades, and initiations which we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning: Airgas (ARG) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.…
Traders are lightly selling Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV) and Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) after the two homebuilders reported earnings between yesterday’s close and this morning’s open. The news is also…
