The U.S. housing market hit a critical milestone today for the first time in more than seven years.
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June 18 - News
Consumer credit increased in April, partly on auto loan growth. That's being driven by pent up demand and the desire to lock in low rates, just like home sales.
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June 17 - News
The most well known home builders are now trading at valuations that fully account for the recent rebound in the housing market.
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June 14 - News
Home sales have been improving of late. The momentum of the recovery has increased notably in recent months.
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June 14 - News
U.S. home sales are rising -- the month of April saw the second highest level of sales in three and half years.
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June 14 - News
The recent rise in home prices is a strong indicator that the economy is recovering. Meritage Homes Corp (NYSE:MTH) and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) have more than tripled ...
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June 14 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), KB Home (NYSE:KBH), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), PulteGroup, Inc.
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June 13 - News
After the financial crisis hit, few sectors in the market got hit as hard as the homebuilders.
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June 13 - News
Steve Mandel's Lone Pine Capital just disclosed that it owns a 5.1% stake in realty group Realogy Holdings Corp (NYSE:RLGY).
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June 10 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller founded his Duquesne Capital hedge fund in 1981. It now has some $10 billion in assets under management.
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June 10 - Hedge Funds
New home sales were strong in April, according to Bloomberg. What was more interesting, however, was that the median home price went up.
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June 5 - News
I have generally observed that investing in a company catering to a niche segment can go either way; it can be pretty lucrative, or lead to disastrous consequences when that particular...
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June 4 - News
In mid May, Capital Growth Management, a fund managed by Ken Heebner, filed its 13F with the SEC.
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May 30 - Hedge Funds
It is no secret that the U.S. housing market is on the rebound. More people are getting jobs, the unemployment rate is falling, and the housing price indexes are increasing.
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May 28 - News
If you'd ask most investors, hedge funds are viewed as unimportant, outdated investment tools of the past.
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May 23 - News
No sector was hurt as much as housing during the Great Recession of the last decade. Most analysts said that housing would take a decade or more to recover.
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May 21 - News
An improving housing market should catapult retailers to higher altitudes. The housing market has been picking up recently, and new furniture is needed as home sales increase.
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May 21 - News
Last Friday shares of Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL) virtually doubled.
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May 20 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Remy International Inc (NASDAQ:REMY), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc (NYSE:BIF), Lennar Corporation (NYSE...
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May 17 - Hedge Funds
When we want to ship a package there are only a few options to choose.
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May 15 - News
The American dream of owning a home looks to be under increasing pressure.
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May 14 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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May 7 - Hedge Funds
The ongoing recovery of the housing market keeps the stocks of leading home-builders such as D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) rising.
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April 29 - News
Harvard University's endowment has an impressive track record when it comes to investing.
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April 24 - News
Although the pace of the housing market recovery is gaining momentum, it is important to keep in mind that we are still in the early stages of the recovery.
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April 22 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), NVR, Inc. (NYSE:NVR), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
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April 18 - News
I've been pounding the table to buy Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL) for a while now.
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April 17 - News
I am not sure if the phrase “rags to riches” would be a right pick to describe the US housing market; however, my point is that this sector has exhibited an unimaginable growth...
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April 3 - News
It is no secret that the US housing rebound has been a topic of conversation. The US housing market has taken a promising turn.
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March 30 - News
There is no doubt that the U.S. housing market is finally recovering after a severe and protracted slump.
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March 28 - News
Is Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) a worthy investment today? The smart money is reducing their bets on the stock.
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March 27 - Hedge Funds
Every week, I take a look at three companies that beat market expectations, since I believe that it's the biggest factor in a stock beating the market.
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March 25 - News
2012 was a stable year for the housing market, with respect to both volume and prices.
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March 24 - News
Generally, there are two industries that are blamed for the financial crisis: banks and homebuilders.
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March 13 - News
There are plenty of stocks where the worrywarts have been running for the hills.
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March 6 - News
In February many hedge funds filed their 13Fs for the fourth quarter of 2012.
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March 4 - Hedge Funds
I have been following the exciting homebuilding industry closely in recent months.
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February 27 - News
The Millennial generation of young adults has gotten a lot of attention lately, as they've faced the huge challenge of coming of age in a time of extreme economic pressure and...
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February 22 - News
Sizable fortunes were already delivered to those who have wisely invested in stocks of American homebuilders last year, judging by the recent rosy results of three of the largest...
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February 20 - News
Home builders and developers do much more than stick a few pieces of wood in the ground.
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February 15 - News
Several reports came out in recent weeks that suggest the housing market is showing signs of recovery. Moreover, shares of leading U.S homebuilders such as D.R. Horton, Inc.
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February 8 - News
The fiscal-cliff compromise on New Year's Day made substantial changes to existing tax law and permanently implemented a number of decade-old tax breaks for the vast majority ...
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February 7 - News
The U.S. housing market today is full of confusing contradictions.
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February 6 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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February 2 - News