If you've been burned by the commodity bear this summer... raise your Blackberry. Come on, now. There should be more gadgets in the air than that. I am including iPhone owners. You know that the...
I'll keep this short but not so sweet. The light volume we are seeing on the market is a function of two things. First is the topic all media is talking about - the end of summer and final...
Pending home sales are up 5.3% today, handily beating the consensus expectations, which called for a 1.0% decline. Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture has a different interpretation of the data in...
What's it take to be a member of the "in crowd"? The membership list is being both reduced [Countrywide and Bear Stearns] and expanded [FRE and FNM have been given temporary...
No big surprises as I scanned the five day price trend relative to the market to find financial ETFs hold the top spots. Homebuilders were in the top 15 with a nice bounce off the lows. (AMEX: XHB),...
I can't believe how many people are still looking at the homebuilders, trying to figure out when they'll be a good buy.Exact timing (and today's rally in the group) aside, the short answer to that...