ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index rose by three points from a downwardly revised 56 in July to 59 in August. Last month’s reading had been the…
Jon OggInvestors are on the hunt for solid research ideas now that stocks have pulled back a bit. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street and from boutique…
ThinkstockYou have probably noticed in the last couple of months that some of the strong housing recovery news headlines have tamed. Some of the price hikes, existing home sales, permits reports, pending…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are often on the hunt for new research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street…
July 26, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on a day when the only U.S. economic data of note was the revised University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index, which…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, July 26, 2013. They include Baidu, Tesla Motors, Campbell Soup, OpenTable and Raytheon.
ThinkstockThe stock market may be challenging all-time highs again, but interest rates have skyrocketed and mortgage applications have hit a serious soft patch as a result. As interest rates rise, it drives…
June 24, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and spent the day trying to move back to break even with Friday’s close. The U.S. markets got no help from Shanghai,…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Monday, June 24, 2013. They include Anheuser-Busch, Deere, Clearwire and Walgreen.
The bull market appears to still be alive and well for equities, but the risk of rising interest rates is plaguing bonds and investments tied to big dividends. What equity investors also…
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…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment rate remained…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. They include Best Buy, Buffalo Wild Wings and PulteGroup.
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…
