D.R. Horton Beats Q3 Estimates; Housing ETFs to Watch - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 29, 7:15AM CDT
D.R. Horton gains post earnings and puts these housing ETFs in focus.
DHI: 28.36 (+0.77), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), HOML: 27.85 (+0.46), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34)
D.R. Horton Stock Looks Hot on a Housing Rebound
at The Street - Sat Jul 25, 9:23AM CDT
Investors who bail on D.R. Horton stock, fearing it's gotten too hot, are likely to regret it.
DHI: 28.36 (+0.77), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29)
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
DHI: 28.36 (+0.77), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34), HOV: 2.02 (unch), HBU: 19.17 (-0.12)
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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Look for Shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 1.97% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jul 22, 4:41PM CDT
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (AMEX:XHB) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $36.49 to a high of $37.31. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.0%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $37.22 on volume of 4.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XHB: 36.89 (+0.29)
After Yesterday's Rally of 1.97% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jul 22, 4:41PM CDT
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (AMEX:XHB) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $36.49 to a high of $37.31. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.0%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $37.22 on volume of 4.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
XHB: 36.89 (+0.29)
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.
PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), HBZ: 19.98 (-0.52), HOML: 27.85 (+0.46), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34), HOMX: 26.88 (unch), HBU: 19.17 (-0.12)
Bulls Prepare For A New Buying Opportunity, Courtesy Of Greece
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jul 07, 12:27AM CDT
Of course, all eyes have been on Greece in an ongoing saga that, although critical to the Greeks, is mostly just an annoying distraction for global investors -- partly because it has been going on for so many years, with the proverbial can of...
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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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Has Deceleration Returned To Home Prices?
Anthony Fernandez - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 6:57AM CDT
REZ: 59.20 (-0.14), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29)
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...
PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), REZ: 59.20 (-0.14), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34)
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...
PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), REZ: 59.20 (-0.14), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34)
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...
PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34)
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...
PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), REZ: 59.20 (-0.14), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34)
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...
REZ: 59.20 (-0.14), PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), ITB: 27.84 (+0.34)
May New Homes Sales: Cracks Beneath The Surface
Dave Kranzler - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 1:50PM CDT
DHI: 28.36 (+0.77), LEN: 51.39 (+0.39), RYL: 45.24 (+0.78), LGIH: 19.00 (+0.46), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), PHM: 19.96 (+0.27), BZH: 18.75 (+0.27), KBH: 15.56 (+0.21), TOL: 38.50 (+0.12)