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The Motley Fool September 19, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Housing's Direction Not Hazy Building permits drop 24% since last year. This may finally create a more healthy supply/demand equilibrium, but how long that will take is anyone's guess. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What Housing Bubble? Lennar debunks the housing bubble pin pushers. Again. Real estate developers are doing just fine. The housing boom may be a bubble, but it's apparently wrapped in a much thicker skin than industry pundits are giving it credit for. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
If Interest Rates Stay Low What would it mean for homebuilders and banks? What should smart investors do in response? Nothing. Investors should let company fundamentals and valuations -- not macroeconomic forecasts -- be their guide. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks to Sell in 2006 Some of 2005's big winners may be in for a rude awakening next year: ExxonMobil... Google... Toll Brothers... |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Not Much to Build On at KB Home In advance of third-quarter reports for KB Home, analysts are expecting a loss; perhaps even a mega-loss. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke's Out of Bullets Ben Bernanke has spent the past year and a half firing as many bullets as possible to prop up the economy. After lowering the target on the Fed funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25%, he's finally out of ammunition. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Maestro Had a Tin Ear When the dot.com bubble burst, as bubbles inevitably do, Greenspan and the Fed offered up rock-bottom interest rates to shore up the economy. But they almost certainly let them sit at those ankle-high levels far too long. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Harvest Time for Homebuilders Hovnanian Enterprises drops house prices $100,000. Expect other home-builders to follow. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Peter Coy |
It's Out Of Bernanke's Reach There's little the Fed can do about the information gap behind investors' panic. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Profiting From Active Trading Bond trading continues to pay off for Lehman Brothers. Factor in a solid backlog of business, and the company should do all right so long as we don't see any major unexpected volatility in the capital markets. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Did the Fed Go Too Low Too Long? Did the Fed blunder the first time through? Is there any hope of avoiding it this time? |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Is the Fed Smart, Dumb, or Both? One day, the market thinks the Federal Reserve chairman is the dumbest guy on Earth. The next morning, he's the master of the universe. The reality is somewhere in between -- but try telling that to traders who get whipsawed repeatedly. |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you. |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Kristin Graham |
Can Bernanke Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk? Ben Bernanke is getting down to business to combat inflation. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Volatility Rules the Day, but Bulls Get the Last Laugh It was a wild ride today, but the market eventually screamed higher after a rough start to the week. It all started with the Fed. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Will Rate Cuts Kill the Housing Market? The latest rate cut from the Federal Reserve was again good news for the stock market. Unlike the last several Fed moves, however, this one didn't make mortgage borrowers cheer. Read on to see why. |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Subprime's Expanding Toll Despite its luxury niche position, Toll Brothers is also being affected by the nation's subprime-mortgage disaster. But investors still have an opportunity here. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Next Unsustainable Asset Bubble As long as the first response to any financial stress is a quick infusion of cheap money, the formation of the next bubble is a virtual certainty. |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
7 Reasons Not to Worry This Week These companies are looking to post higher earnings -- or at the very least narrowing losses: Medtronic... TJX... BJ's Wholesale Club... Intuit... Toll Brothers... NetEase.com... GameStop... |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Housing's Increased Signs of Trouble The number of homes on the market is big, and likely to get much bigger. |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke's Quiet Bailout By using the term auction facility, Ben Bernanke was able prevent panic and simultaneously keep the banking system sound. Did he do the right thing? |
InternetNews November 19, 2008 Paul Shread |
Stocks Plunge as Fed Lowers Growth Outlook With the Federal Reserve predicting no growth until 2010, investors saw little reason to hold stocks on Wednesday. Yahoo and chip stocks led the tech sector lower. |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2003 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sell Your Home Now? Maybe now isn't the best time to sell your house. Just because it has appreciated in value doesn't mean that your best move is to, well, move. |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2007 Seth Jayson |
No Ambiguity in New Housing Numbers An explanation of the latest housing numbers. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Mike Norman |
A Simple Guide to Creating Money The government's printing money like crazy. Or is it? If economic conditions provide for few business opportunities, the Fed can exert little influence over monetary growth. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Who's in the FBI's Crosshairs? The Feds are targeting 14 companies to probe the subprime shenanigans. But it won't identify which. |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Credit Growth Remains Slow Banks are still skittish about offering credit, and households and companies remain reluctant to borrow, creating drags on the recovery. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
How Would You Like a 3.99% Mortgage? Leading home builder Toll Brothers offers a dirt-cheap home loan -- with no points -- in a brazen move to smoke out buyers. |
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Rich Smith |
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Citi is emphasizing housing stocks boasting sufficient liquidity to ride out a multiyear storm, and argues that liquidity is more solid at both Pulte and Toll Brothers than at their rivals. |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Stealing Home The housing sector is still standing tall, but is it a house of cards? The housing sector is still hot, but showing signs of cooling off. While Rick Aristotle Munarriz feels that many -- including himself -- have underestimated the length and the strength of the industry's bullish run, there are plenty of reasons to be cautious. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Savvy Moves That Should Soothe The Markets The Fed's quick and innovative response may avert the need to cut rates. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: Bearish on Homebuilders The bearish view of homebuilding stocks is that the situation can get much worse than it currently is, and it will. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Will the Fed Cut Matter? So what will the Fed cut mean for investors? What will the rate cut mean for housing stocks? Should U.S. investors look south to Mexican companies? These questions are discussed in this video. |
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Tom Keene |
Tom Keene's Econo Chat A conversation with Jim Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, on the slow economic recovery. |
InternetNews February 27, 2008 Paul Shread |
Dell's on Deck Cisco and Apple lead tech stocks higher on soothing comments from the Fed... Dell edges higher ahead of its results... Google finally rebounded... etc. |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Chris Jones |
The Bell Tolls for the Housing Crisis Luxury homebuyers are purportedly easing back into the market. With more new deposits, fewer cancellations, and cutbacks on incentives and price reductions, is it possible we've already hit bottom? |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Housing's Schizophrenic Day April new-home sales and Toll Brothers' earnings only seemed to tell different stories. Investors, this industry clearly isn't out of the woods yet. |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson |
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Tim Hanson |
The Worst Stock for 2007: Toll Brothers There are no values if there aren't value traps. Toll Brothers is a stock to avoid. |
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Bernanke's Done, Finally Stocks and the economy shouldn't expect any more help from the Fed. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Timothy M. Otte |
Bernanke Has a Point. Maybe. Is his idea about reducing mortgage principals a reasonable one? |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 David Lee Smith |
No Light in Horton's Tunnel The homebuilder D.R. Horton saw earnings plummet 85% year over year, and management foresees no real improvement. |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Should Ben Bernanke Get Another Term? He became chairman of the Federal Reserve right as we hurtled into financial meltdown. Does Bernanke deserve to keep the job? |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
7 Reasons Not to Worry This Week Not every company will be posting lower earnings this week. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 Hanson & Richards |
Stocks Down on Selling! This phrase is not meaningless, as long as you're on the right side of the trade. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Doesn't Budge Bernanke holds rates steady. Here's why that was a good idea. |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut. |
Reason January 2009 Jeffrey Rogers Hummel |
The Fed's Binge How the Federal Reserve engineered the most dramatic peacetime experiment in monetary and fiscal stimulus in U.S. history without anyone noticing |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Fed to Market: We're Scared, Too Investors aren't alone in their panic. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Can Your Portfolio Survive a Recession? Amid questions about the economy and the Fed's intentions, the uncertainty in which we are operating makes careful sector selection in your portfolio vital. Three good choices: energy, technology, and industrials. |