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Markets Little Changed As Investors And Traders Salute Veterans
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 5:37pm | 734Read More...U.S. markets were little changed at the end of the trading day. The bond market was closed on Tuesday to commemorate Veterans Day. Typically speaking, the bond market is a major driver of the equities market. When the bond market is closed, equities volume tends to be lower in a less volatile...
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Buckingham Initiates Coverage On Several Homebuilders
Monday, October 20, 2014 - 1:23pm | 354Read More...Traders and investors may want to pay attention to the Homebuilding sector ahead of a busy week for the group going in to the seasonal "hope trade" period where shares of Homebuilder stocks are expected to outperform the broader index. Buckingham's housing analyst Mark Weintraub...
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Compass Point Research Offers 'The Home Builder Hope Trade'
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 11:49am | 486Read More...Wilkes Graham of Compass Point Research on Monday published a report titled ‘The Home Builder Hope Trade, 2014-2015 Edition.' Over the last 16 years, the homebuilders have outperformed the overall S&P 500 index between November 21 and February 6 by an average of 16 percent. Graham...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 27: Facebook, Google, Apple And More
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 7:56am | 982Read More...The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...
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Will Immigration Reform Boost Housing Sales?
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 10:01am | 520Read More...In a word, yes. So says David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indexes. Appearing on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street Tuesday morning, Bitzer was asked by co-host, Jim Cramer, whether he thought the fact that 11 million undocumented aliens may become legal residents...
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KB Home Earnings Preview: A Surge in Q1 Revenue Expected
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:05am | 919Read More...KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2012 results tomorrow, March 23, before the markets open. The homebuilder reported a profit last quarter, ending a three-quarter string of losses, as well as a year-over-year revenue increase that broke a streak of three consecutive...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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DR Horton and Home Depot to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 7:38am | 675Read More...The Dow and the S&P 500 both closed down less than 1% on Friday, but were higher than at the start of last week. Also on Friday, in a positive sign for the housing sector, homebuilder DR Horton (NYSE: DHI) and home-improvement retailer Home Depot (NYSE: HD) managed to reach 52-week highs -- of...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 7
Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 12:19pm | 885Read More...Many of the S&P 500 have already reported results for the most recent quarter. But lots of earnings reports are scheduled for this week. Among those reporting are General Motors (NYSE: GM), as well as the first of a wave of results from retailers: Macy's (NYSE: M), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and...
