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The following are the ten CEOs who received the largest stock option grants in 2009. Together, they enjoyed gains which totaled $230 million based on their value at the end of May. The data, tracked...
Heavy losses were sustained in three Tickerspy indexes over the last 30-day period. This month’s biggest index losers are in home furnishing retailers, homebuilders, and surety and title insurance...
There were strong losses in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month’s biggest fallers are in surety and title insurance stocks, homebuilder stocks, and movie...
There were strong gains in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month’s biggest gainers are in recreational vehicles, homebuilders, and vehicle rental stocks....
We won’t bother telling you about the homebuilder merger this morning, because we already covered it once.  But in a down and out sector, you will see that traders are looking to see if there will...
So far there are very few analyst calls seen, but that may be the norm for this week.  Here are today’s early bird analyst callls: Standard Pacific (SPF) Raised to Buy at UBS. FPL Group (FPL) Cut...
The case for housing and home building stocks may be this simple. When smart money comes into the industry, the bottom should be near. Unless smart money has an idiot fringe, an outpost of stupidity...
Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) is doing something some might not expect out of a homebuilder.  It filed to raise up to $600 million by issuing securities and debt to fund the development or...
Everyone knew homebuilders would turn one day and when they turned it would be fast and in a flurry of buying volume.  Much of this may attributed to short covering, but much is because the good old...
Quebecor (IQW) Printing company announces refinancing and get downgrades. Falls to $3.03 from $14.79 high. Virgin Mobile Usa (VM) Wider loss that expected. Falls to $8.07 from 52-week high of $15.69....
Novastar Finl Inc (NFI) Poor earnings and possible delisting. Drops to $1.72 from 52-week high of $127.20. Standard Pacific  (SPF) Home builder. Down to $3.66 from 52-week high of $30.52. Fannie Mae...
Dominos Pizza (DPZ) Quarterly profits drop along with shares. Down to $14.22 from 52-week high of $35.67. Standard Pacific (SPF) Home builder on a day with more bad news about housing sales. Off to...
Toyota (TM) Hard to believe. Must be the UAW settlement. Drops $107.70 from 52-week high of $138. Nautilus (NLS) Fitness company cuts jobs. Down to $6.74 from 52-week high of $18.63. Standard Pacific...
The housing situation in the US may be getting bad enough so that one or more of the major home builders could face Chapter 11, especially if the downturn goes deep into 2008. Bloomberg writes that...
AAPL started as Buy at BMO Capital.AVR cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.BIOF cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.CHIC cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.CIEN raised to Neutral at UBS.COO cut to Underperform at Bear...