Home builders

Homebuilding stocks were mostly higher Tuesday after Wedbush turned incrementally bullish on three names, despite year-to-date declines: Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (NASDAQ: BECN), Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) and LGI Homes Inc (NASDAQ: LGIH). The Analyst Wedbush's Jay...

Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE: TOL) reported fiscal fourth quarter earnings Tuesday that fell short of expectations and contributed to a selloff in the overall homebuilder group. The Analyst KeyBanc Capital Markets' Kenneth Zener downgraded Toll Brothers' stock rating from Overweight to Sector...

Many market veterans with decades of experience on Wall Street are struggling to explain the strength of the stock market at a time when the news is full of concerning headlines, CNBC's Jim Cramer suggested during his daily "Mad Money" show recently. In fact, the level of optimism appears to be "...

Shares of Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE: TOL) were trading higher by more than 3 percent early Tuesday morning after the company reported its second-quarter results. Strong Q2 Toll Brothers said it earned $0.51 per share in the second quarter on revenue of $1.115 billion. Wall Street analysts were...

Barron's argued in a report over the weekend that shares of Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE: TOL) have an upside of 40 percent. Barron's Andrew Bary pointed out that Toll Brothers entry into the luxury condominium market has been "successful" as the high-margin business accounted for...

Wilkes Graham of Compass Research stated on Thursday that the “Hope Trade” could result in a 10 to 20 percent upside potential. The “Hope Trade” refers to an annual occurrence where investors acquire shares of Homebuilders late in the year in anticipation of strong home sales in the following...

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...

Investors continue to question where the bottom of this most recent dip in stocks will materialize. The markets closed on Friday near the same levels that led to a bounce in early August, however, many fear that a deeper correction may be in the works. The week ahead features the release of...

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate spiked to 4.23 percent this week, well above last week's 4.12 percent. The rate now stands at its highest level since May but is below the 4.50 percent of a year ago. With the Federal Open Market Committee ready to step aside from its asset purchase...

Markets are firing on all cylinders after recently making new all-time highs. Here are the ETFs to watch for the week of Monday, August 25, 2014: Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) The financial sector benchmark ETF finally broke out to new highs after Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)...