The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Hovnanian Enterprises, DR Horton, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF and ProShares Ultra Homebuilders & Supplies ETF - Press Releases
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Jul 24, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Hovnanian Enterprises, DR Horton, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF and ProShares Ultra Homebuilders & Supplies ETF
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Homebuilder ETFs Soar on Hot-Selling Homes - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 23, 9:15AM CDT
Homebuilder ETFs ares seeing midsummer madness thanks to soaring demand for homes.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF and SPDR S&P Retail ETF - Press Releases
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jul 16, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF and SPDR S&P Retail ETF
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3 Sector ETFs to Watch on Revenue Growth Potential - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 15, 11:13AM CDT
Take a look at these sectors and their related ETFs as these see positive and strong revenue growth estimates while the same for S&P 500 reels in the negative zone.
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Inside ProShares' Bull & Bear Leveraged Homebuilding ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 14, 5:00AM CDT
ProShares recently rolled out two leveraged ETFs, one with long exposure to the U.S. housing sector and the other with short exposure.
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Time to Short the U.S. Home Construction Industry ETF
at The Street - Fri Jul 10, 11:34AM CDT
as technicals forecast that NOW is the time to reduce real estate holdings
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Uncertainty Escalates After Greek Referendum
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 11:14PM CDT
At this point words fail me once again. What will happen to Greece and their EU partners, no one knows. For now it's a cancer growing on both Greece and many world stock indexes. China is more alarming after the PBOC intervened in markets to no...
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Housing Recovery? Nah! It's Just Spiking Mortgage Rates (Video)
Jay Taylor - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 7:49AM CDT
This week's guests on the radio program are John Rubino and Gene Epstein . The Washington and Wall Street con game continues more brazen than ever. Good headlines are highlighted and bad ones ignored. Inflation is grossly understated, so GDP...
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A Midyear Look At The Housing Market
Hale Stewart - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 5:48AM CDT
By New Deal Democrat This is a good time to update my look at housing. While housing leads the rest of the economy, interest rates lead housing. Further, there can be a demographic boost or drag, depending on the relative size of the generation...
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Home Prices Rise At A Slightly Slower Pace
Doug Short - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 1:54AM CDT
With this morning's release of the April S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price, we learned that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months, but at a slightly lower pace. The adjacent column chart illustrates the...
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Econ Wrap-Up: ADP, Job Cuts, ISM Manufacturing And Construction Spending
Jenny Coombs - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 1:28AM CDT
While the major equity indices remain fairly optimistic that a resolution will come to Greece, there is also a ton of domestic economic data lifting the market today. Firstly, ADP gave a big preview of the jobs situation ahead of tomorrow's report...
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Econ Wrap-Up: Case-Shiller, Chicago PMI, And Consumer Confidence
Jenny Coombs - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 12:00AM CDT
Growth in home prices decelerated sharply in April as was noted by the 0.3% gain in the Case-Shiller 20-City Index. This is 5 basis points below consensus and 2 basis points lower than the lowest forecast. However, on a year-over-year basis, home...
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A Problem In Need Of Attention: Assessing The Great 21st Century American Housing Bust
Brad DeLong - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 11:15PM CDT
Comment of the Day: Charles Steindel : Monday Austrian-Economists Smackdown: The "Hangover Theory" of the 2008-2009 Crash Fails Because of Timing : "Yes, the housing slump started well before the actual recession... ...We've now had...
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Econ Wrap-Up: Pending Home Sales And Dallas Fed Manufacturing
Jenny Coombs - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 11:01PM CDT
All housing data has been quite strong in May, and the latest report on pending home sales is no different. Pending home sales jumped by a better-than-expected 0.9% in May while the Street anticipated a 0.6% gain. The total index level, at 112.6, is...
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Another Greek Weekend Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:38AM CDT
It's not a leap to suggest investors are nervous about another Greek weekend ahead to break the negotiating stand-off. Each side states they don't want to be blackmailed which is more bluster for the home audience. Will some settlement be achieved?...
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3 ETFs To Buy As Housing Picks Up
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 6:25AM CDT
Though the U.S. housing market saw a rough first quarter, sales are picking up as the spring selling season gets into full swing. The season usually warms up in March and sees maximum business till the back-to-school season in September. The spring...
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3 ETFs to Buy as Housing Picks Up - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 25, 10:38AM CDT
Investors should look at these ETFs as the housing market heats up.
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