“Exchange-traded funds that concentrate on residential-construction stocks may see activity pick up this week as investors digest the Federal Open Market Committee’s latest decision on interest Read more…
NYSE:ITB, NYSE:XHB
“Raw lumber prices have zoomed more than 25% this year, even though the home construction business - its main use – has been scrambling along at record lows. This is a rather stunning Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:XHB
The MacroShares Major Metro Housing exchange-traded products which were launched in June of 2009, let you bet 3X (UMM) the movement of the Case-Shiller index of home prices in ten major U.S. cities or 3X (DMM) the inverse of the index’s movement Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:DMM
Sam Masucci, MacroMarkets; Eric Landry, Morningstar; and CNBC’s Bob Pisani discuss how the homebuilder sentiment fits into the greater oulook for the housing market. The group discusses Read more…
NYSE:DMM
“Real estate and housing ETFs are in the most damaged sector of the American economy and running neck and neck with consumer sectors for the title of worst sector going forward, yet they nonetheless enjoyed a spectacular Read more…
NYSE:ICF, NYSE:ITB, NYSE:IYR, NYSE:RWR, NYSE:VNQ, NYSE:XHB
Will Swarts from Smart Money reports that “It’s been over a year since the housing sector imploded. Yet, it’s still at the epicenter of the current economic crisis. Many market watchers are pinning any chance of a broad recovery on housing pulling one off first, so the data emerging out of the sector is closely watched. Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:ITB, NYSE:XHB
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