Dynamic Building & Construct Powershares (PKB) 22.67 $PKB
For Home Prices, The Rebound Effect Is Over. Long Live Job Growth
Trulia - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:17AM CST
Local home prices are no longer rising because of the rebound effect. Markets that had a more severe housing bust aren't where home prices are climbing fastest anymore. The markets with the fastest employment growth now have the largest price...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Weekly Indicators: Interest Rates And Oil Are Still The Story Edition
Hale Stewart - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 10:38AM CST
Monthly January reports started with the near-blockbuster employment report, showing 1 million jobs added in the last 3 months, a significant increase in wages, and a slight uptick in the unemployment rate due to a huge influx into the labor force....
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Where The Spring Housing Season Starts Early
Trulia - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 4:57AM CST
In January and February, the housing market is in full bloom in Florida and Arizona. But upstate New York, New England, and some Pacific markets blossom later. Nationally, the spring housing seasons kicks off in March and stays strong into August...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Homebuilder ETFs Piling Up Gains On Upbeat Earnings
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 4:25PM CST
The homebuilding space has been on a tear to start 2015 on steady economic growth, a healing job market, growing consumer confidence, moderating home prices and, of course, low interest rates prevailing in the U.S. To add to the excitement, President...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Homebuilder ETFs Piling Up Gains on Upbeat Earnings - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 03, 5:43AM CST
Solid earnings from home-builders have brightened the outlook for these ETFs.
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Weekly Indicators: Consumer Confidence Soars, Housing Improves Edition
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 9:48AM CST
In the rear view mirror, Q4 GDP grew at +2.6% annualized, a deceleration from Q2 and Q3. Monthly December reports reported in the last week included two series showing soaring consumer confidence, improved new home sales, a moderation in the increase...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Another Capex ETF Planned by Debutant Elkhorn Investments - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jan 30, 7:02AM CST
The planned ETF focuses on companies that exhibit high high capital expenditure efficiency.
FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18)
Record Unaffordability For New Homes In 2014
Ironman at Political Calculations - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 8:06AM CST
In terms of affordability, 2014 became the worst year on record for the median price of new homes sold in the United States. The chart below, showing the relationship between the trailing twelve months average of median new home sale prices and the...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Where to Invest When America's Infrastructure Is Worsening
Alexander MacLennan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 24, 8:00AM CST
One of the challenges the U.S. faces today is keeping infrastructure functional, safe, and productive. While politicians debate how to deal with the issue, American infrastructure continues to remain substandard in many areas. Now, a chart Goldman...
IGF: 42.34 (-0.11), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), SLX: 35.20 (+1.14)
Urban Headwinds, Suburban Tailwinds
Trulia - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 8:25AM CST
Although home prices are rising faster in urban neighborhoods, population is growing faster in suburban neighborhoods. Consumer preferences and the aging of the population are tailwinds for suburban growth; so are falling oil prices if they stay low...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Apartments Still Declining
Joseph Calhoun - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 4:39AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider The latest figures on housing construction have almost flipped the circumstances from late 2013. It was apartment construction that kept up hope that any retrenchment in single family construction would not be so devastating....
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
A Year-End Pop For U.S. Housing Construction, But The Trend Remains Sluggish
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 5:42PM CST
Housing starts in December rose a bit more than expected, the U.S. Census Bureau reports, but the modestly upbeat news was marred by the decline in new building permits in last year's final month. As a result, the overall profile for these leading...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Housing Barometer: Improvement On All Fronts In 2014
Trulia - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 5:52PM CST
All five measures of the Housing Barometer improved over the past year. The indicator that the recovery now most depends on—young-adult employment—made the largest leap, but is still not quite halfway back to normal. How We Track This...
REZ: 62.12 (-0.41), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44)
Bubble Watch: Home Prices Still 2% Undervalued And Slowing Toward Smooth Landing
Trulia - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 11:30AM CST
Relative to fundamentals, home prices nationally looked 2% undervalued in the fourth quarter of 2014. Home prices in 70 of the 100 largest metros are less than 10% over- or undervalued. That's the highest number of markets close to local long-term...
REZ: 62.12 (-0.41), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44)
iShares Plans U.S. Capex ETF
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 5:43PM CST
iShares - the San Francisco-based market leader in the ETF industry - has roughly 300 products in its portfolio spread across a number of asset classes including equity, bonds, commodities, currency and real estate. In fact, the issuer has been...
FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18)
iShares Plans U.S. Capex ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Jan 12, 7:00AM CST
The latest ETF filing from iShares targets companies that will benefit from increased capex spending levels.
FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18)
Comment On Eberly And Krishnamurthy: Efficient Credit Policies In A Housing Debt Crisis
Brad DeLong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 7:18AM CST
Comment on: Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy : Efficient Credit Policies in a Housing Debt Crisis : Very nicely done by the very sharp Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy, yet after reading it I am more mystified than I was before. I am...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
For Home Prices, The Rebound Effect Is Over. Long Live Job Growth
Trulia - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:17AM CST
Local home prices are no longer rising because of the rebound effect. Markets that had a more severe housing bust aren't where home prices are climbing fastest anymore. The markets with the fastest employment growth now have the largest price...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Weekly Indicators: Interest Rates And Oil Are Still The Story Edition
Hale Stewart - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 10:38AM CST
Monthly January reports started with the near-blockbuster employment report, showing 1 million jobs added in the last 3 months, a significant increase in wages, and a slight uptick in the unemployment rate due to a huge influx into the labor force....
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Where The Spring Housing Season Starts Early
Trulia - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 4:57AM CST
In January and February, the housing market is in full bloom in Florida and Arizona. But upstate New York, New England, and some Pacific markets blossom later. Nationally, the spring housing seasons kicks off in March and stays strong into August...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Homebuilder ETFs Piling Up Gains On Upbeat Earnings
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 4:25PM CST
The homebuilding space has been on a tear to start 2015 on steady economic growth, a healing job market, growing consumer confidence, moderating home prices and, of course, low interest rates prevailing in the U.S. To add to the excitement, President...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Homebuilder ETFs Piling Up Gains on Upbeat Earnings - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 03, 5:43AM CST
Solid earnings from home-builders have brightened the outlook for these ETFs.
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Weekly Indicators: Consumer Confidence Soars, Housing Improves Edition
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 9:48AM CST
In the rear view mirror, Q4 GDP grew at +2.6% annualized, a deceleration from Q2 and Q3. Monthly December reports reported in the last week included two series showing soaring consumer confidence, improved new home sales, a moderation in the increase...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Another Capex ETF Planned by Debutant Elkhorn Investments - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jan 30, 7:02AM CST
The planned ETF focuses on companies that exhibit high high capital expenditure efficiency.
FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18)
Record Unaffordability For New Homes In 2014
Ironman at Political Calculations - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 8:06AM CST
In terms of affordability, 2014 became the worst year on record for the median price of new homes sold in the United States. The chart below, showing the relationship between the trailing twelve months average of median new home sale prices and the...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Where to Invest When America's Infrastructure Is Worsening
Alexander MacLennan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 24, 8:00AM CST
One of the challenges the U.S. faces today is keeping infrastructure functional, safe, and productive. While politicians debate how to deal with the issue, American infrastructure continues to remain substandard in many areas. Now, a chart Goldman...
IGF: 42.34 (-0.11), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), SLX: 35.20 (+1.14)
Urban Headwinds, Suburban Tailwinds
Trulia - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 8:25AM CST
Although home prices are rising faster in urban neighborhoods, population is growing faster in suburban neighborhoods. Consumer preferences and the aging of the population are tailwinds for suburban growth; so are falling oil prices if they stay low...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Apartments Still Declining
Joseph Calhoun - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 4:39AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider The latest figures on housing construction have almost flipped the circumstances from late 2013. It was apartment construction that kept up hope that any retrenchment in single family construction would not be so devastating....
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
A Year-End Pop For U.S. Housing Construction, But The Trend Remains Sluggish
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 5:42PM CST
Housing starts in December rose a bit more than expected, the U.S. Census Bureau reports, but the modestly upbeat news was marred by the decline in new building permits in last year's final month. As a result, the overall profile for these leading...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
Housing Barometer: Improvement On All Fronts In 2014
Trulia - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 5:52PM CST
All five measures of the Housing Barometer improved over the past year. The indicator that the recovery now most depends on—young-adult employment—made the largest leap, but is still not quite halfway back to normal. How We Track This...
REZ: 62.12 (-0.41), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44)
Bubble Watch: Home Prices Still 2% Undervalued And Slowing Toward Smooth Landing
Trulia - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 11:30AM CST
Relative to fundamentals, home prices nationally looked 2% undervalued in the fourth quarter of 2014. Home prices in 70 of the 100 largest metros are less than 10% over- or undervalued. That's the highest number of markets close to local long-term...
REZ: 62.12 (-0.41), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44)
iShares Plans U.S. Capex ETF
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 5:43PM CST
iShares - the San Francisco-based market leader in the ETF industry - has roughly 300 products in its portfolio spread across a number of asset classes including equity, bonds, commodities, currency and real estate. In fact, the issuer has been...
FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18)
iShares Plans U.S. Capex ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Jan 12, 7:00AM CST
The latest ETF filing from iShares targets companies that will benefit from increased capex spending levels.
FLM: 44.03 (-0.37), PKB: 22.67 (+0.18)
Comment On Eberly And Krishnamurthy: Efficient Credit Policies In A Housing Debt Crisis
Brad DeLong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 7:18AM CST
Comment on: Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy : Efficient Credit Policies in a Housing Debt Crisis : Very nicely done by the very sharp Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy, yet after reading it I am more mystified than I was before. I am...
PKB: 22.67 (+0.18), XHB: 36.36 (+0.09), ITB: 27.51 (+0.02)
