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• Six Thanksgiving trades for tasty profits

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 651
  Filed under: Costco Wholesale (COST) , Darden Restaurants (DRI) , ETF Investing , Options , Agriculture Whether the market can keep pushing higher in 2010 despite our shaky economy is anyones guess, but we hope that this rally has helped you recoup from some of the devastating losses most people experienced in ...
  1 day ago

• 3 Reasons to Watch Real Estate ETFs

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 561
  Although the housing sector and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) witnessed a minor setback last week, things are looking better this week as home sales rise to a two-and-a-half year high.Many have suggested that the drop in housing starts in October was caused by the expiration of the first-time...
  2 days ago

• Almost 1 In 4 Mortgages Now Underwater

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 542
  While I was driving back and forth all over the Chicagoland area today, the local radio stations were talking about rising home prices, increased home sales, and the beginning (even continuation) of a housing recovery. Some people must be buying into this sentiment (or at least, fantasizing they were re-living the ...
  4 days ago

• Midday Market Update: Gold Lifted, Dollar Weaker After Housing Report

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 561
  A glowing report on home sales for the month of October sent stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) soaring this morning. It also started the week off on the right foot, renewing optimism about the economy’s overall direction. Home sales from September to October jumped a whopping 10.1%,...
  5 days ago

• Tinley Park, Bensenville, bankrupt homebuilders assocation in this weeks real estate news

  
  Rent or Buy — Authority: 124
  Heres a round up of the past week in real estate news in and around Chicago: 1. Tinley Park was named the best place to raise your kids in America : BusinessWeek reports the town has good schools and you dont have to pay a lot to live there. The elephant in the room? The Lane Bryant shootings, which BW says have ...
  6 days ago

• Midday Market Update: Stocks Edge Lower as Treasuries Move Higher

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 561
  Stocks and many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) lost ground for a third straight day as investors grew increasingly uneasy about a recent move away from riskier assets and into U.S. Treasuries. As investors moved money out of stocks, they moved money into safer investments like Treasury bills, report...
  1 week ago

• Is construction headed for a rebound? Autodesk numbers give a good clue

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 797
  Filed under: Technology , Economy , Investing Several years ago, when I was doing research for hedge funds, I spent a month talking to Autodesk ( ADSK ) resellers. Autodesks AutoCAD software suite is the standard tool used by designers and architects in the construction trade, and it dominates its market much ...
  1 week ago

• Sayonara to that $10K state tax credit for new-home buyers

  
  Home Front — Authority: 129
  From this mornings Home Front Column: Saygoodbye, finally, to hopes of extending that $10,000 tax credit for buyersof new unoccupied homes in California. Itsall but dead for this year, says one lobbyist who patrols the state Legislature on behalfof home builders.   "Wewere disappointed neither of ...
  1 week ago

• Pulte Homes Moves to the Sell-Block

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 474
  On Wednesday we wrote a piece talking about the strange upgrade of Pulte Homes ( PHM ) by an analyst at Citigroup ( C ).  At that time ( Upgrade Trumps Macro-Economics for Homebuilders ), we reiterated our Overvalued stance on Pulte, the largest in the group thanks to its acquisition of Centex, as we have ...
  1 week ago

• Upgrade Trumps Macro-Economics for Homebuilders

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 474
  This morning the Commerce Department released figures that homebuilding activity in the U.S. had unexpectedly fallen in October.  The reasoning was that increased joblessness in addition to doubts that the homebuyer tax credit would be renewed weighed on homebuilders.  Homebuilders slipped to an annual pace of only ...
  1 week ago

• Midday Market Update: Consumer Prices Up While Housing Numbers Down

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 561
  Stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been in negative territory from the opening bell this morning on the back of higher inflation at the consumer level and weak numbers on housing. Equities slid on Wednesday morning as an unexpected drop in home construction raised concerns about the pace of the ...
  1 week ago

• More Bad News on the Jobs Front: Families Unprepared for Unemployment

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  As lawmakers start to shift their attention to job creation , a Brandeis University study finds that four in 10 families don’t have enough savings or assets on hand to pay for essential expenses during a period of unemployment. The report also notes that the poor economy is hitting minority households particularly ...
  1 week ago

• Southern California Home Sales Rise

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 572
  Southern California home sales rose in October as prices showed more signs of firming.
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• Throwing Money At Those Who Don’t Deserve It?

  
  HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority: 134
  -One of our dedicated readers Chris passed this article along — he thought our other readers would find it interesting- When a bill that included the extensions of both the homebuyer tax credit and unemployment benefits was circulating through Washington, most of chatter surrounding the legislation had to do with ...
  1 week ago

• Toronto Condo Buyers Shocked By Fictitous Final Charges.

  
  Toronto Condos — Authority: 112
  Toronto is now the new Condo Capital of North America with more and more Condos nearing completion and even more planned for the future. Buying a new Condo through a builder without first consulting a Lawyer or even a Real Estate Agent for their advise can yield some expensive surprises. Have your own Real Estate ...
  2 weeks ago

• Options Update: Activision volatility flat on release of new Call of Duty

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 651
  Filed under: Options Activision ( ATVI ) closed at $11.44. ATVI "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" went on sale in North America and the U.K. on November 12 selling 4.7 million games, cnet.com reports. ATVI December and January option implied volatility of 41 is near its 26-week average, according to Track Data, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Beazer Homes: Hopes to Build Sales Through Technology

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 474
  It is not a surprise that the residential construction industry has been rocked by the recession of the past few years.  The fall in home values was one of the dominos that set in motion what has become known as the credit crisis that affected so many other industries in one way or another.  Firms like Beazer Homes ...
  2 weeks ago

• Midday Market Update: Good News Lifts ETFs, Dollar Sinks More

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 561
  Encouraging reports from China and news that the Federal Reserve would hold interest rates steady for some time are pushing stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) toward another rally. The U.S. dollar has hit a 15-month low against a basket of major currencies today on positive economic news from...
  2 weeks ago

• Whitney Tilson: "A pullback of some sort is likely"

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 683
  Tilson is saying what I have been saying, namely that March saw an increased number of attractive buys, but most of these are now fully priced. As a result, he is selling equities – even building up his net short positions. Unlike bear turned bull Richard Bernstein , Tilson says that after a huge 60%+ run up ...
  2 weeks ago

• ETF Plays for the Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 561
  The home buyer tax credit has been expanded and extended. Potential home owners are the obvious beneficiaries of this new piece of legislation, but homebuilders, along with related exchange traded funds (ETFs), could also benefit from the government’s aid in the housing market.Congress voted...
  3 weeks ago

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