ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for November was flat with a downwardly revised reading of 54 in October. The reading was lower than a forecast of…
ThinkstockThe recovery in the housing market has been a big story this year and the market for new homes could improve even more. according analysts at Sterne Agee. Homebuilders D. R. Horton…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, June 24, 2013. They include Advanced Micro Devices, Schwab, First Solar and Toll Brothers.
ThinkstockIn the past 60 days, mortgage rates have moved up 60 basis points from 3.35% to near 4%. While that may seem like a large move, it is important to remember that…
ThinkstockInterest rates are rising and the 30-year mortgage just hit a 12-month high. Rising rates will eat up your spending power and erode the value of your fixed income investments. So, will…
Jon OggOne of the biggest complaints for years about Wall St. research was that no firm ever said when to sell. Back in the halcyon days of the late 1980s, and through…
Flickr, Images of MoneyThe housing data keeps rolling in stronger and stronger for the U.S. economy. What is at issue is whether investors should keep paying up and up for housing stocks.…
ThinkstockThe home building industry may have been left for dead after the mortgage debacle and recession of 2008, but it continues to help lead markets higher and heal a very anemic economy.…
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…
While the nation’s population grew last year by just 0.1%, many of the largest metropolitan cities are booming. Based on newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 24/7 Wall St. identified…
When the market is stable or when shares are strong, many companies choose to unload shares to raise capital. It may hurt the shareholders today but these moves can help grow a…
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Vringo Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNG), FriendFinders Network Inc. (NASDAQ: FFN),…
Paul Ausick Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) Cut to Underperform at…
Forecasts for solar energy growth in 2011 generally noted that manufacturing capacity would increase and that margins would decrease. The outlook did not project a loss for solar energy players, but growth…
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…
