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		<title>(IDCC) Money-Losing Companies That Beat the Market By 46% Each Year</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/idcc-money-losing-companies-that-beat-the-market-by-46-each-year/100416</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wireless Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anadarko Petroleum Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archer-Daniels-Midland Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CarMax Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elan Corporation plc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[InterDigital Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KMX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NOK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salesforce.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transocean Limited]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was young, stupid and chasing girls, good looks were the most important attribute a female could have as far as I was concerned. A disastrous relationship with an insane model changed my thinking pretty quickly. After splitting up with “Crazy Christine,” as my friends used to call her, I became much more interested in what was beneath the surface. The same can be said about my approach to stocks. Most investors look at earnings when evaluating a company. And that’s a great place to start. Typically, a company that’s consistently increasing its earnings has a healthy business, and the stock should emulate that success. But I like to dig deeper and really get to know the company. To do that, I look at cash flow. Cash flow is ]]></description>
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		<title>(MTH) Meritage Homes Issues Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/19/mth-meritage-homes-issues-notes/97014</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/19/mth-meritage-homes-issues-notes/97014#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KB Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KBH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meritage Homes Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulte Homes Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Home builder Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) recently announced that it will redeem its 6.25% senior notes due 2015 carrying an aggregate principal amount of $285 million. In order to pay off this debt, the company will raise another debt comprising senior unsecured notes due 2022 carrying a coupon rate of 7% and an aggregate principal amount of $300 million. The closing date for this notes issue is April 10, 2012. The remaining proceeds from the 7% notes issue together with the current cash in hand will be used for repurchasing approximately $26 million aggregate principal amount of the company’s outstanding 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017. Adjusting for the above transactions, management estimated that the balance sheet as of December 31, 2011 would have reflected approximately $313 million of cash ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLE) Stock Market News for March 26, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/28/xle-stock-market-news-for-march-26-2012-market-news/96655</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/28/xle-stock-market-news-for-march-26-2012-market-news/96655#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bhp Billiton Limited]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chevron Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CLF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devon Energy Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DVN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EI DuPont de Nemours & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Oil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newmont Mining Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPDR S&P Homebuilders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dow Chemical Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valero Energy Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Refining Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy and basic materials took the benchmarks modestly higher on Friday, snapping a three-day losing streak. However, meager gains failed to prevent the Dow and S&#38;P 500 from suffering their worst weekly performance this year. Global economic concerns weighed on investors through the week and their influence carried onto Friday. Moreover, tepid housing data made matters worse on Friday, limiting gains. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) gained 0.3% and closed the day at 13,080.73. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) was also up 0.3% and finished Friday’s trading session at 1,397.11. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 0.1% and settled at 3,067.92. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) lost 4.8% and closed at 14.82. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and ]]></description>
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		<title>(XHB) Stock Market News for March 20, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/22/xhb-stock-market-news-for-march-20-2012-market-news/95955</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/22/xhb-stock-market-news-for-march-20-2012-market-news/95955#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AXP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDC Holdings Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulte Homes Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPDR S&P Homebuilders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Home Depot Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a day devoid of major economic events, tepid housing data could do little to bolster the markets and benchmarks ended the day just slightly higher. It was yet another choppy trading session for the benchmarks, which started on a low note and recovered after Apple announced a dividend payout and share buyback. By the closing bell, benchmarks had lost some ground and dropped from the day’s highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) edged up 0.05% and closed the day at 13,239.13. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) closed yesterday’s trading session 0.4% higher at 1,409.75. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.8% and settled at 3,078.32. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) gained 3.9% to close at 15.04. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, the ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLF) Stock Market News for February 28, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/28/xlf-stock-market-news-for-february-28-2012-market-news/93747</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/28/xlf-stock-market-news-for-february-28-2012-market-news/93747#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CHCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comstock Homebuilding Companies Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halliburton Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Oilwell Varco Incorporated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schlumberger Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Us Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Asset Inflation Management Fund Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domestic housing data, which came in better-than-expected, combined with a drop in crude prices, helped the markets close narrowly higher on Monday. The S&#38;P 500 hit its highest level since pre-recessionary days in May 2008 as it touched an intra-day high of 1,370.89. However, the Dow dropped marginally, prevented investors from seeing it settle above 13, 000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) closed merely 0.01% lower at 12,981.51. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) edged up 0.1% and closed narrowly higher at 1,367.59. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.1% and closed yesterday’s trading session at 2,966.16. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index gained 515 and settled at 18.19. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and Nasdaq were 6.3 billion shares, which was lower than the ]]></description>
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		<title>(BZH) Stock Market News for December 30, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/bzh-stock-market-news-for-december-30-2011-market-news/89472</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/bzh-stock-market-news-for-december-30-2011-market-news/89472#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BZH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KB Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KBH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulte Homes Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Better housing data and a drop in four-week moving average of initial claims joined hands to guide the benchmarks higher yesterday, providing investors another hope that S&#38;P 500 might just end 2011 on a positive note. With yesterday’s gains, the Dow washed out the losses it suffered on Wednesday and sits comfortably in the green for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) jumped 1.1% to settle at 12,287.04. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 inched up 1.1% and finished yesterday’s trading at 1,263.02. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 2,613.74, moving up by 0.9%. Reflecting subdued fears in the markets, the fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index dropped 3.7% and settled at 22.65. While investors stay busy in the festive mood, the Street yet again posted low volumes. Consolidated volumes on ]]></description>
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		<title>(BONT) Stock Market News for December 28, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/29/bont-stock-market-news-for-december-28-2011-market-news/89326</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/29/bont-stock-market-news-for-december-28-2011-market-news/89326#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Department Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bon-Ton Stores Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CHCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comstock Homebuilding Companies Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dillard's Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saks Incorporated]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets opted to take a pause after a recent rally, as mixed economic data and a session featuring light volumes meant benchmarks ended Tuesday’s session on a flat note. Given the Christmas overhang, consolidated volumes remained substantively low, and final minutes’ movement took the Dow slightly lower to end its winning run of four consecutive trading days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) slipped 2.6 points or 0.02% to finish the day at 12,291.35. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) also remained almost unchanged at 1,265.43, gaining 0.01%. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 0.3% and finished yesterday’s trading session at 2,625.20. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) went up 5.7% to settle at 21.91. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE Amex and Nasdaq, were ]]></description>
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		<title>(TOL) Toll Brothers Takes Over CamWest</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/23/tol-toll-brothers-takes-over-camwest/87447</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/23/tol-toll-brothers-takes-over-camwest/87447#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Residential Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KB Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KBH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulte Homes Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) recently announced that it has acquired CamWest Development LLC. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal but stated that it will start reaping benefits from the acquisition in the upcoming year. CamWest is considered as one of the largest privately held home building companies in the Pacific Northwest. This acquisition will mark Toll Brothers’ entry into the Seattle market, which is both affluent and possesses a strong employment base. As a result of the acquisition, Toll Brothers’ existing backlog increased by around 1,500 lots (1,300 lots owned and 200 lots controlled) in King and Snohomish Counties. According to management, the acquisition will increase Toll Brothers&#8217; selling community count by approximately 15 communities. In the last reported quarter, Toll Brothers earned $3.9 million ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXR) U.S. Home Builders Rated by ValuEngine.com</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/15/axr-u-s-home-builders-rated-by-valuengine-com/81872</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/15/axr-u-s-home-builders-rated-by-valuengine-com/81872#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>valuengine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMREP Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AXR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CHCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comstock Homebuilding Companies Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing market continues to struggle as news today indicates that new-home sales fell during July to the lowest level in five months. Sales decreased by 0.7% on a monthly basis to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000. This is the worst number since February. Sales figures for June were also revised downward to a bigger decline&#8211;2.9% vs the 1% originally reported. The annual rate of 298,000 is far below the &#8220;healthy&#8221; rate of @750,000 sales annually. The housing market is still being battered by tight credit, increased lending standards, and a wave of foreclosures, short sales, etc. New Homes face particular problems because existing homes as well as those being sold under duress are providing cheaper alternatives for those able to secure financing. Below, we provide our Critical VE data points for the ]]></description>
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		<title>(TOL) Toll Brothers Misses Profit Estimate</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/26/tol-toll-brothers-misses-profit-estimate/82118</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/26/tol-toll-brothers-misses-profit-estimate/82118#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) reported a net income of $42.1 million or 25 cents per share during the third quarter of fiscal 2011 compared with a net income of $27.3 million or 16 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Reported income in the 2011 quarter included a tax benefit of $38.2 million and that in the 2010 quarter included a tax benefit of $26.5 million. Excluding the tax benefits, adjusted income in the quarter was $3.9 million or 2 cents per share, a penny lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 3 cents per share. Adjusted income in the last year quarter amounted to $0.8 million. Third quarter pre-tax income was $24.1 million (excluding write-downs and debt retirement charges of $16.8 million and $3.4 million, respectively) compared with $14.0 ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Lennar Buys Distressed Debt</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/08/len-lennar-buys-distressed-debt/78668</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/08/len-lennar-buys-distressed-debt/78668#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lennar Corp. (LEN) recently acquired the distressed debt on the Century Grand project in Doral through one of its affiliates named Flordade LLC. State. The mortgaged property, which was purchased for an undisclosed sum, spans almost 153 acres of the Century Grand project. Before the purchase, the project was handled by homebuilder Sergio Pino with a plan to build approximately 4,600 town homes, 150,000 square feet of commercial space with residential facilities on top along with a charter school, a church and a recreational center. However, a foreclosure lawsuit valued at $65.6 million was filed against Atlas Property I LLC and  the CEO of Century Homebuilders in late 2009 by Wells Fargo Bank (WFC), acting as a representative for a group of lenders. Wells Fargo holds almost $40 million of ]]></description>
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		<title>(TOL) U.S. Housing: Past and Future</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/tol-u-s-housing-past-and-future/77727</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/tol-u-s-housing-past-and-future/77727#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across this piece written by Larry Kudlow, the host of two shows on CNBC. It is from June 20, 2005: “Homebuilders led the stock parade this week with a fantastic 11 percent gain. This is a group that hedge funds and bubbleheads love to hate. All the bond bears have been dead wrong in predicting sky-high mortgage rates. So have all the bubbleheads who expect housing-price crashes in Las Vegas or Naples, Florida, to bring down the consumer, the rest of the economy, and the entire stock market. None of this has happened&#8230;[T]he homebuilders index has increased 76 percent over the past year, with particularly well-run companies like Toll Brothers (TOL) up about twice as much. The bubbleheads missed all this because they haven’t done their homework&#8230;. ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Lennar&#8217;s Second Quarter Beats Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/len-lennars-second-quarter-beats-estimates/77281</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/len-lennars-second-quarter-beats-estimates/77281#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation (LEN) reported net earnings of $13.8 million or 7 cents per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 ended May 31, 2011, compared with $28.7 million or 15 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Reported earnings were higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 4 cents per share. Total revenue in the quarter dropped 6.1% year over year to $764.5 million, due to poor performance across all the company’s reporting segments, except Rialto Investments. However, revenues exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $655 million. Homebuilding Revenues from the Home building segment declined 6.1% to $662.5 million. This was attributable to a 6.5% drop in home sales to $649.8 million and a 9% decrease in new home deliveries (excluding unconsolidated entities) to 2,652 units, partly offset by ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLE) Stock Market News for June 23, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/xle-stock-market-news-for-june-23-2011-market-news/77236</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/xle-stock-market-news-for-june-23-2011-market-news/77236#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets ended their four-day winning streak, tumbling in the late session, as the Federal Reserve slashed its growth forecast and provided no indications of further economic stimulus. All the benchmarks dropped by around 0.7% during a thin trading session, and investors were mostly spurred to sell their shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at 12,109.67, after dropping 0.7%. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) declined 0.7% to settle at 1,287.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index also shed 0.7% to close at 2,669.19. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped modestly to hover below 19. On the New York Stock Exchange, AMEX and Nasdaq, consolidated volumes were 6.2 billion shares, lower than the daily average of 7.58 billion. On the NYSE, for every 17 stocks that declined, only 12 ]]></description>
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		<title>(CAG) U.S. Labor Department Reports Weak Jobless Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/cag-u-s-labor-department-reports-weak-jobless-claims/77239</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/cag-u-s-labor-department-reports-weak-jobless-claims/77239#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks will likely continue to reflect what Fed Chair Bernanke said, or didn&#8217;t say, on Wednesday even as we got another negative labor market report this morning. The weak growth picture emerging out of the Fed chief&#8217;s news conference and today&#8217;s Jobless Claims report will likely force stocks to give back the gains of the last few days. I discuss the disconcerting aspect of what the Fed chief said Wednesday below, but let&#8217;s look at this morning&#8217;s weaker than expected labor market report first. Jobless Claims increased 9 thousand to 429 thousand, while the four-week average remained unchanged at 426 thousand. This is the 11th week running that the jobless claims number has remained above the 400 thousand level. Today&#8217;s number is a reversal of last week&#8217;s report and takes ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Lennar Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/len-lennar-second-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/77116</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/len-lennar-second-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/77116#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lennar Corp. (LEN) announced that it will release its second quarter 2011 results before the market opens on June 23, 2011. Miami, Florida-based Lennar Corp. earned a profit of 14 cents per share in the first quarter, comprehensively beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 6 cents per share. For the upcoming quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Lennar Corp. is pegged at a profit of 4 cents per share, reflecting an annualized decline of 79%. The upside potential for the estimate, which can essentially be viewed as a proxy for future earnings surprises, is 25%. With respect to earnings surprises, the company significantly outdid the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters. This is reflected in the average earnings surprise of 944.5%, with the highest generated ]]></description>
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		<title>(IMF) Stock Market News for June 22, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/imf-stock-market-news-for-june-22-2011-market-news/77054</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/imf-stock-market-news-for-june-22-2011-market-news/77054#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets ended in the green for the fourth consecutive day after Greece’s Prime Minister won a confidence vote which may help the nation avoid a sovereign debt default. While the technology and energy sectors chipped in to bolster the benchmarks, a smaller-than-expected decline in existing home sales also contributed to the upside movement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was up 0.9% and settled at 12,190.01. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) closed at 1295.52, after inching 1.3% higher. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.2% to finish at 2,687.26. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) slipped 10% to settle near 18. On the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), consolidated volumes were 3.6 billion shares and for every one stock that declined, six stocks advanced. After shedding their six-week losing ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Double Dip in Housing is Official &#8211; ValuEngine.com Chief Market Strategist Suttmeier</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/01/axr-double-dip-in-housing-is-official-valuengine-com-chief-market-strategist-suttmeier/75199</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>valuengine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Case-Shiller data&#8211;released today, confirms that housing prices in the U.S. are suffering from a double dip.  Home prices fell 4.2% in the first quarter of 2011 and have a hit a new post-bubble low.   To make matters worse, 60% of the component cities in the Case-Shiller index posted new lows in March.  Only Washington DC and Seattle posted increases in prices.  Overall, prices are now at levels last seen in 2002.  Analysts have found that the end of the home buyer tax credit last year removed much-needed support for the market. Our Chief Market Strategist Richard Suttmeier has been predicting this event for quite some time now.  His analysis of the housing and banking sectors has been quite accurate with warnings about the frailty of the market and ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCE) Stock Market News for May 31, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/31/pce-stock-market-news-for-may-31-2011-market-news/75183</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investor sentiment was bolstered on Friday, as gas prices eased off and economic data struck a positive note. However, the modest gains ahead of the Memorial Day holiday were not strong enough to prevent a fourth consecutive week of losses for the indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained 0.3% to settle at 12,441.58. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) was up 0.4% and ended at 1,331.10. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished at 2,796.86, after rising 0.5%. Markets rose for the third consecutive day, but the modest gains failed to wash out the losses suffered earlier in the week. This was the first time since February 2010 that markets have been in the red for four consecutive weeks. For the week, The Dow, S&#38;P 500 and Nasdaq were ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Existing Home Sales Up in April</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/20/dhi-u-s-existing-home-sales-up-in-april/74568</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 17:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The existing home sales in the U.S. rose in April, marking the second consecutive month of improvement in previously owned homes. Total purchases of existing houses stood at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.2 million, up 2% from a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.1 million a month ago. High unemployment, low customer confidence and tough credit rules have acted as driving forces behind this increased sale of pre-occupied homes in the current year. Consequently, construction of new homes was largely affected. In the first four months of the year, total permits issued for new homes totaled at a seasonally adjusted 126,400 units, down 22.2% year over year; new home starts totaled 125,500 units (seasonally adjusted), down 24.7% year over year; and total new homes completed during the period was 122,000 ]]></description>
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		<title>(KBH) Homes Crumble &#8211; Mortgage Applications Fall as Rates Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/10/kbh-homes-crumble-as-mortgage-rates-rise/70985</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/10/kbh-homes-crumble-as-mortgage-rates-rise/70985#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rising mortgage rates in the U.S. have pulled down the total mortgage applications in the country, thereby discouraging home buyers. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased slightly to 4.93% from 4.92% in the last week, leading to a 2% drop in mortgage application on a seasonally adjusted basis. The overall economic recovery has undoubtedly improved market conditions, making houses more affordable to consumers. But surprisingly this has not accelerated the housing activity much as a result of the twin problems of tight credit conditions and a considerable level of contract cancellations. The limited credit availability is a crucial factor behind the decline in home sales in the U.S. economy. The banks have been tightening their credit facility mostly because of tightened lending standards and uncertain economic prospects. In turn, ]]></description>
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		<title>(TOL) Toll Brothers and Deutsche Bank Buy Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/03/tol-toll-brothers-and-deutsche-bank-buy-loans/70495</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/03/tol-toll-brothers-and-deutsche-bank-buy-loans/70495#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gibraltar Capital and Asset Management LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) and Deutsche Bank (DB) together announced the closing of a private transaction with a large financial institution. The transaction involves the purchase of a portfolio consisting of 83 non-performing loans with outstanding balances of almost $200 million. The average size of the loan is approximately $2.4 million. The portfolio, mainly consisting of residential acquisition, development and construction loans, is located in the nine states of U.S. along with Washington D.C. Besides, this is the second real estate portfolio transaction of Gibraltar, whose asset value is approximately $2 billion. Last year, it entered into a transaction with Oaktree Capital Management LP and Milestone Asset Resolution Co. to purchase a portfolio of loans with a face value ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Industry Still Struggling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/dhi-u-s-housing-industry-still-struggling/69023</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/dhi-u-s-housing-industry-still-struggling/69023#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MTH]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prolonged weakness in the housing industry has extended up to February 2011. Housing starts fell 22.5% year over year to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 479,000 units in February, in contrary to an expectation of an improvement to 580,000 units. The drop in housing starts during the month was the highest since March 1984, driven by a 46% year-over-year decline in multi-family home construction starts along with a 12% fall in single-family starts. The construction of single-family and multi-family home starts decreased to 375,000 units and 104,000 units, respectively. The country’s major homebuilders including D.R. Horton (DHI), PulteGroup (PHM), Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH), Toll Brothers (TOL) and Lennar Corp. (LEN) have been struggling with poor demand, which affects their financial performance. A sloppy housing industry, despite modest recovery in ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXR) Home Sales Take Another Dive &#8211; ValuEngine Ratings for Home Builders Show Duress</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/23/axr-home-sales-take-another-dive-valuengine-ratings-for-home-builders-show-duress/69020</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>valuengine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had poor home sales data last week&#8211;new housing starts came in at their lowest levels since 1974.  Today, we got even more.  New home sales fell yet again and came in at a new record low.  The US Commerce Department&#8211;which has been keeping this data set almost 50 years, reports that on a seasonally-adjusted annual basis the US is on track to sell 250,000 homes.  That is far below the rate of 700,000 considered &#8220;healthy.&#8221;  The prices of the new homes continue to decline as well and have now declined to the levels of December, 2003. Our Chief Market Strategist Richard Suttmeier has been tracking this issue for years now, and called the initial bubble way before most analysts.  He notes in his most recent ValuEngine FDIC Report that ]]></description>
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		<title>(EU) Stock Market News for March 17, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/18/eu-stock-market-news-for-march-17-2011-market-news/68980</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/18/eu-stock-market-news-for-march-17-2011-market-news/68980#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indices washed out most of the gains of 2011 and plunged significantly as benchmarks S&#38;P 500 and Nasdaq moved into negative territory for the year and the Dow had its worst showing in eight months. On the second-busiest trading day of the year, the crisis in Japan worsened and comments from the European Union about the situation strengthened fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Investors remained tense about the challenges that the crisis was going to create for the global economic recovery. Additionally, investors’ mood was also dampened by the continuing tensions in Libya and Bahrain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) suffered its worst run in eight months as it lost 2.04% and closed at 11,613.3. All 30 components of the Dow were on the declining side. Both the Standard ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXP) Stock Market News for March 9, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/10/axp-stock-market-news-for-march-9-2011-market-news/68348</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/10/axp-stock-market-news-for-march-9-2011-market-news/68348#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indices moved out of negative territory on Tuesday, as Bank of America provided assurances of higher profits and an increase in dividends for shareholders. Additionally, crude prices hit a roadblock and eased off by 0.4% as OPEC members consider ramping up production for the first time in two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) inched up 1% to close at 12214.38 recovering losses made on the previous two trading days. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 closed at 1321.82 after gaining 0.9%. According to Tobias Levkovich, Citigroup’s chief equities strategist, the S&#38;P 500 has gained 94% over the last two years,the best bear market jump since the index closed at 676 on March 9, 2009. Nasdaq moved up 0.7% to finish at 2765.77. The fear gauge CBOE Volatility Index fell ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Decline 12.6%</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/07/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-decline-12-6/67810</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/07/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-decline-12-6/67810#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LEN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The feeble condition of the homebuilding industry has once again reflected in the home sales statistics for January. New home sales dropped 12.6% to a seasonally adjusted 284,000 units from 325,000 units in December last year. Meanwhile, pending home sales index fell 2.8% to 88.9 from 91.5 in the previous month. The decline in new home sales during the month was attributable to the deteriorating conditions in the West as well as in the South, partly offset by improvement in the Northeast and the Midwest markets in the U.S. The Western market saw a 37% drop in sales followed by a 13% decline in the South, partially offset by a 55% increase in sales in the Northeast and 17% in the Midwest. The country’s major homebuilders including D.R. Horton (DHI), ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) U.S. Housing Market Index Unchanged in February &#8211; It is Still Awful</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/16/len-u-s-housing-market-index-unchanged-in-february-it-is-still-awful/67023</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/16/len-u-s-housing-market-index-unchanged-in-february-it-is-still-awful/67023#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged in February, holding at 16 for the fourth month in a row. The index is a “magic 50” index, where 50 is the dividing line between homebuilders seeing the conditions as been good and being poor. As such, 16 is an extremely weak reading. The index is made up of three sub-indexes. The index tracking current sales improved by 2 points, but that only brought it up to a level of 17. The index that tracks sales expectations over the next six months rose by one point, to 25, while the index that tracks the traffic of potential homebuyers in the model homes was unchanged at 12. If you want to hunt real hard for a silver ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Stock Market News for Jan 18, 2011  &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/19/aapl-stock-market-news-for-jan-18-2011-market-news/65303</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/19/aapl-stock-market-news-for-jan-18-2011-market-news/65303#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets posted an optimistic picture at the week end, marking seven straight consecutive weeks of gains for the S&#38;P with banks leading the rally. The Dow recorded new highs though it is to be seen whether it can carry the same momentum forward on Tuesday. Apart from the Dow, certain benchmarks also gained points on the closing day. On the other hand investor worries remain after US stock futures continued their fall on Monday. S&#38;P 500 futures dropped 0.3% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.9%. Meanwhile, Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares were badly hit after company CEO Steve Jobs decided to go on leave for medical reasons. The company’s COO Tim Cook will look after day to day operations in his absence. On Friday, the Dow rose by 0.47% and closed at ]]></description>
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		<title>(AIG) Stock Market News for Jan 12, 2011  &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/13/aig-stock-market-news-for-jan-12-2011-market-news/65031</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/13/aig-stock-market-news-for-jan-12-2011-market-news/65031#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets on Tuesday climbed modestly higher as the euro-zone debt crisis eased to lessen investors’ nervousness. Reports of a New York appeals court ruling in favor of MBIA Inc. and upbeat earnings results also helped indices break out of the red zone. Indices gained modestly as bond insurer MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI) won a major battle against twenty of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citibank (NYSE:C), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), HSBC (NYSE:HBC), and UBS (NYSE:UBS) among others. MBIA was battling this lawsuit over a restructuring plan. The company’s split in 2009 had been challenged through the lawsuit which claimed the split was fraudulent. The banks had argued that the split neglected policy holders’ interests and only favored holders of muni-insurance. MBIA shares jumped 10.3% and closed at ]]></description>
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		<title>(ANF) Stock Market News for December 3, 2010 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/05/anf-stock-market-news-for-december-3-2010-market-news/61230</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/05/anf-stock-market-news-for-december-3-2010-market-news/61230#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks advanced for a second straight day as better-than-anticipated retail sales and housing data continued to point toward economic strength. European Central Bank’s assertion that it would not abandon its plan to buy government bonds helped contain eurozone worries, helping stocks extend their gains. Financials led on the upside, after Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised its rating on the sector to “overweight,” saying an improving economy is helping U.S. banks’ operations. The upgrade sent Dow components Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) up 3.5% and 1.16%, respectively. The Dow average, after its 250-point surge Wednesday, added another 107 points to its tally, marking its best two-day run since early July. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite index gained nearly 30 points, or 1.2%, to 2579.35. The widely tacked S&#38;P 500 index ]]></description>
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		<title>(AA) Stock Market News for October 26, 2010 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/26/aa-stock-market-news-for-october-26-2010-market-news/56645</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/26/aa-stock-market-news-for-october-26-2010-market-news/56645#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks rose to their highest level since April amid renewed hopes that the Fed would soon initiate steps to stimulate economic growth. A jump in commodity prices, aided by a falling dollar, also helped push stocks higher and the blue-chip Dow average closed at its highest level since late April. Twenty-three of the 30 DJIA components ended in the green as the index gained 31 points, or 0.3%, to close at 11,164, its highest close in almost six months. The technology-laden Nasdaq Composite index gained 11.46 points, or 0.5%, to 2490.85. The broader S&#38;P’s 500-stock index edged up 2.54 points, or 0.2%, to 1185.62. On the New York Stock Exchange more than 1 billion shares exchanged hands as advancing issues beat those that fell in price by a three-to-two ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Housing Starts Surge &#8211; Analyst Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/03/brkb-housing-starts-surge-analyst-blog/52405</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/10/03/brkb-housing-starts-surge-analyst-blog/52405#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts surged in August, but the good news is probably better toasted with Miller than with Moet. Total housing starts rose 10.5% to an annualized rate of 598,000, well ahead of consensus expectations of just 550,000. However, that was from July starts that were revised down to a rate of just 541,000 rather than the original 546,000. Also, almost all of the increase can be traced to the extremely volatile apartment and condo part of the housing market. Single family starts, which is what most people think of as homebuilding, rose just 4.3% from July to an annual rate of 438,000. Relative to a year ago, total starts are up 2.2%, and single family starts are actually down 9.1%. It is not as if the housing market was exactly ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) July Begins Second Downleg in Housing Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/28/len-july-begins-second-downleg-in-housing-prices/53228</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/28/len-july-begins-second-downleg-in-housing-prices/53228#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, home prices started to slip again, but unevenly across the country. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) rose 0.03% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is up 4.01% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.13% on the month and is up 3.13% from a year ago. In June, the year-over-year gains were 5.02% for the C-10 and 4.22% for the C-20, so it looks like the year-over-year gains are rolling over. Of the 20 cities, only four posted gains on the month, while 16 saw prices fall. Year-over-year, 10 metro areas saw gains and 10 suffered losses. In June, 15 were up year over year and 5 were down. There is a seasonal pattern ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCL) U.S. New Home Sales Rise in June</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/07/27/pcl-u-s-new-home-sales-rise-in-june/44910</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/07/27/pcl-u-s-new-home-sales-rise-in-june/44910#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales rose 23.6% in June from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 330,000. However, the May total was revised down sharply from a rate of 300,000 to 267,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, the increase was more like 10%. Relative to a year ago, sales were down 16.7% from last year’s rate of 396,000. On a not-seasonally-adjusted basis, sales were just 30,000 for the month &#8212; the weakest June on record. Results by Region Regionally, based on the seasonally adjusted numbers and the revised May figures, the biggest increase was in the Northeast where sales jumped 46.4%, and were up 17.1% from a year ago. The Northeast is the smallest of the four census regions for housing data, and even with the big ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) U.S. New Home Sales Collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/25/len-u-s-new-home-sales-collapse/41288</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone expected that New Home Sales would be weak, but not that weak. In May, new homes were selling at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 300,000, 32.7% below the 446,000 rate in April and even 18.3% below the very depressed levels of a year ago. Actually, given the huge downward revision to the April numbers relative to where we thought we were, sales were down more like 40.5%. The consensus expectation was that sales would fall to a 430,000 rate. The reason everyone was expecting a decline was that new home sales are recorded when the contract is signed, not at closing as is the case with existing home sales. Thus, all the people who were taking advantage of the home buyer tax credit were recorded in April. Someone would ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Report on New U.S. Home Sales is Just Plain Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/27/dhi-report-on-new-u-s-home-sales-is-just-plain-ugly/31692</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales dropped to an all time record low in February, down 2.2% on the month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 308,000. The one saving grace to the report was that the January numbers, which previously were the all-time record low, were revised to a 315,000 rate from the originally reported 309,000 rate. Thus, relative to where we thought we were on home sales last night, sales were just down 0.3%. That, however, kind of misses the overall point. The point is that new home sales remain at record-low levels for the second straight month. We are talking about data that goes all the way back to 1963, when the population was far smaller, and we are well below the level of new home sales way back ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Investors and Homeowners Ask When Will Housing Come Back?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/len-investors-and-homeowners-ask-when-will-housing-come-back/31916</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/len-investors-and-homeowners-ask-when-will-housing-come-back/31916#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we got news that New Home Sales had fallen to their second all-time record low (since the data started in 1963) in a row.  With other areas of the economy clearly on the mend (at least for now) the question arises: when will housing come back? I want to focus on new home sales, not existing home sales, because new home sales directly contribute to economic growth, while existing home sales have only an indirect effect. The U.S. is a much larger place now than it was back in 1963, both in terms of population and the overall size of the economy, even adjusted for inflation. With more and richer people, one would expect that there would be a demand for more and newer houses. In the graph below I show ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/02/dhi-u-s-homeownership-rate-falls-again/26810</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/02/dhi-u-s-homeownership-rate-falls-again/26810#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[REIT - Residential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apartment Investment & Management Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EQR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A smaller percentage of Americans owned their own homes in the 4th quarter of 2009 than at any time since 2000. In the 4th quarter 67.2% of Americans owned their own home, down from 67.6% in the third quarter and two full percentage points below the peak set in the fourth quarter of 2004. As the first graph below shows (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/), the homeownership rate rose steadily throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, rising from under 63% in 1965 to just short of 66% by 1980. The super high interest rates needed to slay the inflation dragon took their toll, however, and by the end of 1986, the rate had fallen all the way back to 63.5%. We then spent a decade with the homeownership rate hovering around 64%. In ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Narrower Loss for Lennar Corporation</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/12/len-narrower-loss-for-lennar-corporation/24810</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/12/len-narrower-loss-for-lennar-corporation/24810#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Construction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation (LEN) showed a loss per share of 26 cents (before special items) for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009, compared to an earnings per share of 43 cents (before special items) in the same quarter a year ago. However, the loss was better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 56 cents per share. Lennar benefited from a 3% increase in home orders to 2,652 homes during the quarter. This is, in fact, the homebuilder’s first year-over-year gain in new orders since the first quarter of fiscal 2006. However, revenue went down 29% to $913.7 million as home deliveries declined 23% to 3,496 homes. Homebuilding Revenues in the homebuilding segment declined 30% to $830.2 million. This was attributable to a 22% ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) November New Home Sales Fall Down</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/27/len-november-new-home-sales-fall-down/23552</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/27/len-november-new-home-sales-fall-down/23552#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DR Horton Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November, New Home Sales seriously disappointed by falling 11.3% from October levels to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 355,000. The rate was also 9.0% below the year-ago sales levels. The consensus expectations were for sales to be running at a 435,000 rate in November. In even worse news, October’s numbers were revised sharply lower from 430,000 to 400,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it is more like a 17.4% monthly drop. The drop in New Home sales are in distinct contrast to yesterday’s report on Existing home sales, which surged 7.4% on the month and which were up 44% from a year ago. Normally, existing home sales run about 6x new home sales, but now existing homes sales are running at over 18x new home sales ]]></description>
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		<title>(BZH) New Home Sales Sink &#8211; Credit Rising</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/28/bzh-new-home-sales-sink-credit-rising/19051</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/28/bzh-new-home-sales-sink-credit-rising/19051#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In distinct contrast to the existing home sales report last week, new home sales were ugly in September, falling 3.6% for the month and down 7.8% year over year. The seasonally adjusted annual rate in September was 402.000 down from 417,000 in August, which was revised down from the originally reported 429,000. This came in well below consensus expectations of 440,000. The good news in the report was that inventories also continued to decline, to 251,000 from 261,000 in August (down 3.8%) and from 395,000 a year ago (down 36.5%). That kept the months of supply metric even at 7.5 months, a big improvement over the 10.9 months of a year ago, and the scary peak of 12.4 months in January. There is a distinct seasonal pattern to new home ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Homeownership Rate Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/06/eqr-homeownership-rate-falling/16658</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/06/eqr-homeownership-rate-falling/16658#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apartment Investment & Management Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming out of most economic downturns, homebuilding is one of the key locomotives to power the economy. Housing is sort of the ultimate durable good, where during downturns demand builds up, and then has a powerful upward force on the economy as the pent-up demand is released. Given that almost all houses are financed rather than bought with cash, the sector is exquisitely interest-rate sensitive. However, with the rate of home ownership falling, residential investment (RI) will not be a very powerful engine this time around. First, let me present the following graph (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com) showing that historically what has been one of the key forces behind both going into and coming out of recessions &#8212; it shows the history of housing starts over the last 40 years. Notice that ]]></description>
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		<title>(NVDA) Is the Jobs Data a Concern?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/03/nvda-is-the-jobs-data-a-concern/16502</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/03/nvda-is-the-jobs-data-a-concern/16502#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Mills Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Micron Technology Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MU]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears about the pace of the recovery have caused stocks to tumble. Technology stocks are being particularly hit hard with NVIDIA (NVDA) and Micron Technology (MU) down by more than 5% on the day. Financials and homebuilders are also faring poorly. Both Zions Bancorp (ZION) and Lennar (LEN) have large intraday losses. At the heart of the problem is the labor situation. The employment component in the ISM Survey worsened slightly to 46.2. (Readings over 50 signal expansion, or in this case, hiring.) Initial jobless claims also rose, reversing a previously weekly improvement. Dirk van Dijk pointed out on our Analyst Blog, &#8220;In recent weeks progress on claims has stalled out and become erratic.&#8221; Compounding matters is the Monster Employment Index, which also worsened. The index declined to 119 last ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Surprise Fall in Used Home Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/24/dhi-surprise-fall-in-used-home-sales/16022</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/24/dhi-surprise-fall-in-used-home-sales/16022#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August, the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of existing home sales was 5.10 million, a decline of 2.7% from the 5.24 million pace in July, and well below the 5.35 million pace expected by the consensus of economists. However, it was a 3.4% improvement from the 4.93 million pace of a year ago. The month-over-month decline came despite mortgage rates being slightly lower in August (5.19%) than in July (5.22%). Rates are well below the 6.48% of a year ago. The median price, which is not the best measure of home prices since it can be affected by mix shifts, fell 12.5% from a year ago to $177,700. Existing home sales do follow a distinct seasonal pattern (as can be seen in the graph from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/ below), so seasonal ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Tough Decisions Loom for Bernanke at Federal Reserve</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/24/len-tough-decisions-loom-for-bernanke-at-federal-reserve/15975</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/24/len-tough-decisions-loom-for-bernanke-at-federal-reserve/15975#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Fed decision was no surprise, but questions abound about the timing of Bernanke&#8217;s next move. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously to keep the fed funds target rate between 0% and 1/4%. The wording of the statement reflected a slightly more upbeat assessment of the economy, with the observation that &#8220;economic activity has picked up.&#8221; In August, the Fed opined that &#8220;economic activity is leveling out.&#8221; Expectations for long-term inflation were described as &#8220;stable,&#8221; which is new language and something I don&#8217;t necessarily agree with. A change to the planned purchase of agency mortgage-backed securities was also made, with the program now scheduled to end in the first quarter, instead of next month. Today&#8217;s meeting was a no-brainer for Bernanke. All he had to do was say ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Lennar Corporation Predicts Profit in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/21/len-lennar-corporation-predicts-profit-in-2010/15767</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/21/len-lennar-corporation-predicts-profit-in-2010/15767#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lennar Corporation (LEN) one of the nation&#8217;s largest home builders, predicts a return to profitability in 2010 as it targets the hot market of first time homebuyers and those looking for more bang for their buck. The company reported third-quarter results today which surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 27 cents even as new orders fell 8% year over year. Earnings per share were a loss of 21 cents compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 48 cents. The company saw improvement during each month of the quarter as well as sequentially. Despite the forward-looking optimism, the declines continued across most metrics compared to the third quarter of 2008. Revenues continued to fall, sliding 35% compared to the year ago period. Deliveries sank 29% to 2,691 ]]></description>
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		<title>(AZO) Earnings Preview for Sep 21 &#8211; 25 &#8211; Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/18/azo-earnings-preview-for-sep-21-25-earnings-preview/15616</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/18/azo-earnings-preview-for-sep-21-25-earnings-preview/15616#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3Com Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AutoZone Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ConAgra Foods Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finish Line Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Mills Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will get another look at initial third-quarter results with 11 S&#38;P 500 companies reporting. Included in this group are AutoZone (AZO), Bed, Bath &#38; Beyond (BBBY), General Mills (GIS), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN) and Paychex (PAYX). A total of 33 companies are on the calendar. The Fed will hold a 2-day meeting starting on Tuesday. No change in rates is expected at either this or the November meeting. Traders will be looking for insight about the pace of recovery and updates on the various bailout programs. In addition to the Fed meeting, the economic calendar features August Leading Indicators and home sales data. Monday: August Leading Indicators Tuesday: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index Wednesday: FOMC rate decision (about 2:10 pm), weekly crude inventories, weekly mortgage ]]></description>
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		<title>(X) Stock Market News for August 27, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/27/x-stock-market-news-for-august-27-2009/13599</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/27/x-stock-market-news-for-august-27-2009/13599#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metal Fabrication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3M Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beazer Homes USA Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BZH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks edged up slightly higher, after swinging back and forth in a narrow range, as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines.  After yesterday’s better-than-expected reports on housing and consumer confidence, investors looked for fresh signs to help restart a rally that has catapulted major indexes to multi-month highs. Yesterday, fifteen of the thirty DJIA components closed higher; 245 of the S&#38;P500 closed up and 42 of the NASDAQ100 finished on higher ground.  Trading was subdued with NYSE volume of 1.05 billion well below last year&#8217;s average of 1.49 billion.  The DJIA gained 4 points to close virtually flat at 9543; the NASDAQ and S&#38;P500 each recorded gains of 0.01%.  Declining issues beat those that advanced eight to seven.  Treasuries were mixed after the government successfully auctioned $39 billion ]]></description>
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		<title>(MBA) The U.S. Housing Market: Three (More) Reasons Real Estate Isn’t Rebounding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist Editor’s Note: Yesterday we heard from Martin Denholm, the managing editor at Smart Profits, one of our affiliate publications which will be joining us over the next few weeks. We’ll be adding their experts to our esteemed panelists to give you the best investing ideas and advice out there. Today we follow Martin with outspoken favorite, Louis Basenese, who also gives us his take and concern for investors, on the housing market. If ever an off-the-wall indicator existed to predict the fate of the U.S. housing market, I found it… You see, business is booming in one particular niche of the real estate industry &#8211; shrink-wrap. That’s right. Contractors and developers are wrapping mothballed building projects in plastic, literally &#8211; from single-family homes to 25,000 ]]></description>
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