If you want to see the lingering effects of the financial crisis, then look no further than the number of Americans who are still underwater on their mortgages.
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September 11 - News
As the economy in the United States continues its gradual recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression, investors are on the lookout for promising opportunities...
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September 4 - News
Now that mortgage rates have come off their historic lows, commentators are beginning to proclaim that the end of the housing recovery is nigh.
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September 3 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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August 30 - News
I follow quite a lot of companies, so the usefulness of a watchlist to me cannot be overstated.
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August 29 - News
To many investors, hedge funds are viewed as delayed, outdated investment tools of a forgotten age.
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August 29 - News
It looks like the recovery in the US housing market is really starting to pick up steam, as not only the macro numbers coming out recently have been favorable, but also the earnings...
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August 28 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are tons of gauges investors can use to watch publicly traded companies.
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August 26 - News
If you were to ask many of your peers, hedge funds are viewed as useless, outdated financial vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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August 25 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of metrics shareholders can use to track publicly traded companies.
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August 23 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are tons of gauges investors can use to track stocks. Two of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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August 23 - News
Since the beginning of August, the market has turned sour on a number of housing-related stocks, as investors fear that rising interest rates will hurt sales. As usual, Mr.
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August 23 - News
The first trading day of the week kicks off with Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL) reporting quarterly results.
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August 19 - News
Housing starts and existing home sales stalled in June.
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August 5 - News
In the recent past, demand for housing has been suddenly gushing in, and home builders are rushing to capitalize on the opportunity.
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August 5 - News
Data released this week by Standard & Poor's showed that prices in 20 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas increased by 12% in June compared to the same month last year.
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July 31 - News
Over the last few months, mortgage rates have increased at a historically unprecedented pace.
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July 25 - News
“Consumer borrowing in the U.S. climbed in May by the most in a year,” according to Bloomberg. Credit cards, school loans, and automobile loans led the list.
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July 24 - News
It’s rare when you come across a situation where a company is perfectly positioned to benefit from a turnaround in an industry.
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July 18 - News
The National Association of Realtors recently warned that home prices are moving to far too fast. The only thing that can help solve the problem is more construction.
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July 16 - News
The housing markets still have room to run as the economic recovery of the country continues.
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July 15 - News
Mortgage rates have skyrocketed over the past few months.
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July 15 - News
I’ve written for over a year about the improvement in the housing market. Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL) and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) have been two of my best performing...
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July 12 - News
I hate it when I’m looking at an earnings report and I’m left with a big unanswered question.
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July 10 - News
Home builders stumbled in June on fear rising mortgage rates will derail demand. But, demand may not suffer as much as feared.
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July 8 - News
Attempting to figure out homebuilders and the future direction of their stock prices is no easy task. In this article, we’ll focus on industry trends and PulteGroup, Inc.
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July 8 - News
A consensus of home builders believe conditions for new construction are favorable for the first time since the housing market tanked seven long years ago.
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July 3 - News
Home-builder stocks soared in 2012 and early this year but have since leveled off their earlier peak.
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July 2 - News
Mortgage rates increased more than 1/2% this week to 4.46%, the largest weekly increase in more than a quarter-century and the highest rate in 2 years.
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July 1 - News
Back in January, green shoots in the housing market were just starting to show. Home prices had risen 7.4% during 2012 - the most since 2005.
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June 27 - News
Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL), the leading luxury home builder in the U.S. with an average home price exceeding half a million dollars, serves a wide variety of home buyers.
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June 27 - News
Hot-selling homebuilder stocks such as D.R. Horton, Inc.
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June 26 - News
Last Monday's home builder sentiment report surged for the month of June and broke 50, a key milestone that suggest builders view conditions as favorable versus poor.
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June 18 - News
The U.S. housing market hit a critical milestone today for the first time in more than seven years.
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June 18 - News
The most well known home builders are now trading at valuations that fully account for the recent rebound in the housing market.
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June 14 - News
Home sales have been improving of late. The momentum of the recovery has increased notably in recent months.
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June 14 - News
U.S. home sales are rising -- the month of April saw the second highest level of sales in three and half years.
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June 14 - News
The recent rise in home prices is a strong indicator that the economy is recovering. Meritage Homes Corp (NYSE:MTH) and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) have more than tripled ...
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June 14 - News
New home constructions in the U.S recently touched 5 year highs, thanks to Fed’s monthly liquidity injections in a low interest rate environment.
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June 12 - News
The world’s largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot, Inc.
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June 12 - News
After recovering from a major slump, the US housing market is now back in full swing, evidenced in part by strong macro numbers.
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June 6 - News
New home sales were strong in April, according to Bloomberg. What was more interesting, however, was that the median home price went up.
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June 5 - News
Heidi Moore of the Guardian recently described the recovery of the US economy as "false." Much of her premise is based on the rising prices of housing, especially the more recent...
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June 5 - News
It is a natural reaction.
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June 4 - News
I have generally observed that investing in a company catering to a niche segment can go either way; it can be pretty lucrative, or lead to disastrous consequences when that particular...
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June 4 - News
The housing sector got a nice boost recently, when the Case-Shiller Index reported a nearly 11% rise in March home-sales prices from the same time one year ago.
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May 31 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are plenty of metrics shareholders can use to analyze stocks. A duo of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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May 29 - News
The recession has been a tough time for workers everywhere.
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May 29 - News
Blue-chip stocks sprinted out of the gate today.
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May 28 - News
It is no secret that the U.S. housing market is on the rebound. More people are getting jobs, the unemployment rate is falling, and the housing price indexes are increasing.
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May 28 - News
