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…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral at UBS;…
We have several large earnings reports this week. While none are DJIA components nor broad market movers, they can impact stocks in their related sectors. Some of the top earnings this week…
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 fell to…
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 Inc. (NYSE:…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Allstate Corp. (NYSE:…
There are many stocks on the move on news for day traders and active traders this Friday morning. Stocks on the move are Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), BP plc (NYSE: BP), Citigroup,…
On May 17th and May 25th, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stopped trading in lumber futures because the contract price had fallen by the maximum allowable amount of $10. On the 25th, lumber…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday: ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut to Neutral at UBS. eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Raised…
Credit Suisse hit the homebuilders… KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is down 2.3% at $16.60 on fairly thin trading volume after it was lowered to Neutral from Outperform. Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) Cut…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research notes this morning: Apartment Investment & Management Co. (NYSE: AIV) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC Capital.…
KB Home (NYSE:KBH)Â just reported first quarter 2010 numbers. Data the company disclosed reveals a possible housing recovery. Yet there are wide geographic disparities in the state of the housing market with…
Douglas A. McIntyre KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is losing a very prestigious name on its Board of Directors. The company just announced that Ron Burkle will not stand for re-election to KB’s Board of Directors…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from this Tuesday’s research calls from Wall Street: Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK)…
