SPDR Homebuilders ETF
NYSE ARCA: XHB
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Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has initiated coverage of the homebuilder sector this morning. Technically this is a resumption of coverage. While some are positive calls, there are still some...
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New home sales in December went back the wrong way, which was largely expected considering the data we had already seen from the housing sector in the last week. The problem is that the drop in new...
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Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH) was weak earlier because of its proposed secondary offering that will add to dilution of shareholders. This morning the company’s secondary offering of...
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The Commerce Department has just shown a report that new home sales for the month of September turned south. This may increase the call for that first time home buyer $8,000.00 tax credit, but it...
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The prior data out of the National Association of Home Builders had been improving for three consecutive months. New data for October came out today showing that the index slipped. The problem...
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This morning’s July data for existing home sales, or used homes, posted another gain and this makes it the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors. This...
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These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and most active in price and volume. We have more detailed analysis and data on price and volume with links through to each at VSInvestor.com: JA...
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It looks like the NAHB survey of homebuilders are again feeling a bit “less-bad” than in recent surveys. The survey for July shows a reading of 17, up from 15 in June. The boost reflects more...
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The confidence among home builders looked like it was creeping higher, but the most recent data from the National Association of Home Builders showed a decrease in June. This drop put the index...
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Traders are lightly selling Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV) and Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) after the two homebuilders reported earnings between yesterday’s close and this morning’s...
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The Center for Responsible Lending estimates that there have now been 1,000,000 foreclosures filed so far in 2009. It also noted that the Mortgage Bankers Association’s most recent data shows...
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The Commerce Department data for April’s new home sales looks good on the surface, but there are perhaps more problems than there are winners here. On an annualized basis, there were 352,000 new...
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If you are an investor or a buyer in the market for a new home or if you are a homebuilder, there may be some good news after waves and waves of bad news and then “less-bad news.” The National...
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There is some good news on the housing front, although this “good news” may only be a relative issue and we are having to go back to February in this data. The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price...
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The new home sales data is showing a very mixed bag, with a bit of a positive twist to it. We are seeing a run up in the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB) and the iShares Dow Jones US Home...
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