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Jon C. Ogg | Jan 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM EST

Beware the Sharp Rise in Treasury Yields (GS, TBT, TLT, MORT, XHB)

Jon OggInterest rates are nearly zero and the Federal Reserve has pledged to keep them that way until unemployment reaches…

Jon C. Ogg | Dec 21, 2012 at 9:56 AM EST

Homebuilders and Housing Tank into Fiscal Cliff

Flickr, Images of MoneyThe resolution for the fiscal cliff remains elusive. The politicians hate each other too much to be…

Jon C. Ogg | Dec 13, 2012 at 6:29 AM EST

Why Wall St. Can’t Get Housing Right (AIV, AVB, LEN, TOL, XHB)

ThinkstockThe bad timing of Wall St. analysts is legendary. As the implosion of the subprime mortgage credit market mirrored the…

Jon C. Ogg | Nov 7, 2012 at 8:10 AM EST

2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin…

Paul Ausick | Jun 27, 2012 at 9:41 AM EDT

Homebuilder Hammers Estimates Again, Orders Rise 40% (LEN, DHI, PHM, HOV, TOL, NVR, KBH, XHB)

Homebuilder Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) reported second quarter earnings today that handily beat both EPS and revenue estimates. Excluding a…

Jon C. Ogg | Jun 19, 2012 at 3:57 PM EDT

Evaluating a Housing Stock Bubble (DHI, LEN, TOL, USG, HD, STC, ELLI, XHB, ITB)

Investors have been chasing up the housing stocks higher and higher over the last year. The economy is only just…

Paul Ausick | Apr 23, 2012 at 9:35 AM EDT

Homebuilder Horton Beats Estimates, Expects Full-year Profit (DHI, PHM, LEN, HOV, TOL, NVR, KBH, XHB)

Hopes for a recovery in homebuilding have picked up recently, primarily as a result of pent-up demand for new household…

Paul Ausick | Mar 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM EDT

PulteGroup Sinks Homebuilders Shares (PHM, DHI, KBH, MHO, XHB)

Homebuilder PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) is leading homebuilding stocks into another trough today following a downgrade from S&P Capital IQ…

Jon C. Ogg | Mar 23, 2012 at 10:27 AM EDT

New Homes Sales Wreck Housing Players (HD, LOW, ITB, XHB)

The housing data keeps coming in with a mixed fan-fare. The new home sales in America for the month of…

Jon C. Ogg | Feb 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM EST

Two Housing Earnings, Two Trends (BZH, PHM, XHB)

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) and PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) are seeing two different reactions after earnings. Beazer’s recent order…

Paul Ausick | Nov 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM EST

Mortgage Applications Fall Again (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Mortgage interest rates remain historically low, but buyers are either unwilling or unable to take advantage of the low rates.…

Jon C. Ogg | Sep 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM EDT

New Home Sales Continue to be Awful (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, TOL, NVR, BZH, XHB)

Despite a near-compulsive search for good news from the US housing market, nearly every story contains more than enough dismal…

Jon C. Ogg | Aug 24, 2011 at 9:07 AM EDT

After Toll’s Report, Housing Market Still Sick (TOL, NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Homebuilder Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported third fiscal quarter earnings this morning, managing to post EPS of $0.25 on…

Jon C. Ogg | Aug 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM EDT

Lowe’s & Home Depot Diverge As Homebuilder Proxy (LOW, HD, XHB, ITB, DHI, PHM, PMI)

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported earnings on Monday morning ahead of the Tuesday report from The Home Depot, Inc.…

Jon C. Ogg | Aug 10, 2011 at 10:18 AM EDT

Mortgage Applications Rise, But Not for New Buyers (NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB, STC)

For the second week in a row, the number of US mortgage applications rose, but the vast majority of the…

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SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF : XHB

All XHB Articles

Beware the Sharp Rise in Treasury Yields (GS, TBT, TLT, MORT, XHB)

Homebuilders and Housing Tank into Fiscal Cliff

Why Wall St. Can’t Get Housing Right (AIV, AVB, LEN, TOL, XHB)

2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

Homebuilder Hammers Estimates Again, Orders Rise 40% (LEN, DHI, PHM, HOV, TOL, NVR, KBH, XHB)

Evaluating a Housing Stock Bubble (DHI, LEN, TOL, USG, HD, STC, ELLI, XHB, ITB)

Homebuilder Horton Beats Estimates, Expects Full-year Profit (DHI, PHM, LEN, HOV, TOL, NVR, KBH, XHB)

PulteGroup Sinks Homebuilders Shares (PHM, DHI, KBH, MHO, XHB)

New Homes Sales Wreck Housing Players (HD, LOW, ITB, XHB)

Two Housing Earnings, Two Trends (BZH, PHM, XHB)

Mortgage Applications Fall Again (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, BZH, XHB)

New Home Sales Continue to be Awful (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, TOL, NVR, BZH, XHB)

After Toll’s Report, Housing Market Still Sick (TOL, NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Lowe’s & Home Depot Diverge As Homebuilder Proxy (LOW, HD, XHB, ITB, DHI, PHM, PMI)

Mortgage Applications Rise, But Not for New Buyers (NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB, STC)

This High-Yield ETF Combines Bond Investing With Emerging Market Currencies

SoFi Stock Could Jump 26% as Market Overreacts to One Soft Segment

China’s Semiconductor Equipment Companies Gain Share Despite U.S. Sanctions

52% of Americans Are Building Wealth While Ignoring Their Greatest Risk

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This High-Yield ETF Combines Bond Investing With Emerging Market Currencies

SoFi Stock Could Jump 26% as Market Overreacts to One Soft Segment

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF : XHB

All XHB Articles

Beware the Sharp Rise in Treasury Yields (GS, TBT, TLT, MORT, XHB)

Homebuilders and Housing Tank into Fiscal Cliff

Why Wall St. Can’t Get Housing Right (AIV, AVB, LEN, TOL, XHB)

2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

Homebuilder Hammers Estimates Again, Orders Rise 40% (LEN, DHI, PHM, HOV, TOL, NVR, KBH, XHB)

Evaluating a Housing Stock Bubble (DHI, LEN, TOL, USG, HD, STC, ELLI, XHB, ITB)

Homebuilder Horton Beats Estimates, Expects Full-year Profit (DHI, PHM, LEN, HOV, TOL, NVR, KBH, XHB)

PulteGroup Sinks Homebuilders Shares (PHM, DHI, KBH, MHO, XHB)

New Homes Sales Wreck Housing Players (HD, LOW, ITB, XHB)

Two Housing Earnings, Two Trends (BZH, PHM, XHB)

Mortgage Applications Fall Again (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, BZH, XHB)

New Home Sales Continue to be Awful (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, TOL, NVR, BZH, XHB)

After Toll’s Report, Housing Market Still Sick (TOL, NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Lowe’s & Home Depot Diverge As Homebuilder Proxy (LOW, HD, XHB, ITB, DHI, PHM, PMI)

Mortgage Applications Rise, But Not for New Buyers (NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB, STC)

This High-Yield ETF Combines Bond Investing With Emerging Market Currencies

SoFi Stock Could Jump 26% as Market Overreacts to One Soft Segment

China’s Semiconductor Equipment Companies Gain Share Despite U.S. Sanctions

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