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Shah Gilani: Forget about optimistic headlines on the housing market. Whether it’s record low mortgage rates, improvement in the Case-Shiller Index, higher housing starts, or any other report, Read more…
Jeff Harding: It would not surprise anyone that home prices are still falling, perhaps less, but they are still declining. The Case Shiller report for November 30, 2011 showed: Read more…
Ron Rowland: I’ve spent my investment career following sector momentum, and it’s worked out pretty well. ETFs make it even better. Right now my indicators show a lot of short-term strength in real estate. Personally, I find it hard to believe the housing market has truly bottomed. My colleague Read more…
Andrew Snyder: The nation’s housing market is in shambles. But as Washington passes the buck to Wall Street, it’s about to get even worse. After nearly 10 years of government manipulation, the fate of the nation’s housing market (NYSEARCA:IYR) once again lies in the hands of capitalism. We’ve gone Read more…
Mike Larson: What was one of the best performing sectors in late 2011 … and the first several days of 2012? Would you believe HOUSING?? The Philadelphia Housing Sector Index, or HGX plunged to 73.65 in October. But then it started rising, ultimately tagging 109.65 this week. That’s a gain of Read more…
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment solutions to sophisticated investors, will execute a 1-for-5 reverse split of the shares of the Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: DRV), Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: EDC), Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: President Obama on Oct. 24 announced yet another housing bailout. This time, borrowers who are underwater by more than 25%, are on time with their payments, and have Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgages dating before March 2009 will be allowed to refinance their home Read more…
Jared Cummans: The housing sector has been rather difficult to predict in the past few years. Once the U.S. housing bubble burst and the Great Recession began, investors pulled out of a number of domestic Read more…
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment solutions to sophisticated investors, will execute a 1-for-5 reverse split of the shares of the Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (NYSE:DRV), Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares Read more…
Adam Patti is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IndexIQ, a New York-based ETF issuer behind several of the most innovative ETF products to hit the market in recent years including several hedge fund replication ETFs. A few weeks ago, we spoke with Adam Patti to get his thoughts on the current Read more…
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment solutions to sophisticated investors, announced today it will execute reverse splits for six of its leveraged ETFs. The total market value of the shares outstanding will not be affected as a result of this reverse split, except with respect to the redemption Read more…
Justice Litle: The housing bubble aftermath has reached a new stage as banks sue homeowners, and China (NYSE:FXI) looks more ready than ever for a property bust. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: The housing market remains a drag on the economy, but there are indications that it is finally starting to bottom. Prices have stopped declining, and there is even some sign of life in sales. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The value of so-called ultra prime homes throughout Asia has soared over the past five years as the continent mints ever more billionaires.
The changes are felt especially in Mumbai and Singapore, where prices have more than doubled. Read more…
George Wolff: China’s housing “bubble” is the current bogeyman of the global economy. Ever since the disastrous US real estate implosion, the world has been watching anxiously for the next great Read more…
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