Dow Drops Over 150 Points as Rising Yields Worry Investors
Positive earnings from the likes of Bank of New York Mellon, BB&T and Danaher were overshadowed by rising yields in the early trading…
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Homebuilder Stocks, ETFs Pounded by Another Downgrade
Shares of home improvement retailers and homebuilders equities tumbled Wednesday after another analyst downgraded the sector, weighing on the related exchange traded…
Disappointing Housing Starts Data Nails Homebuilder ETFs
Housing starts fell more than expected, sliding by 5.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.201 million units last month, according to…
Real Estate Doldrums Could Benefit Leveraged Bear ETF, Hurt Hombuilder ETF
A rising rate landscape continues to rock the foundations of the real estate sector, particularly when it comes to homebuilders, which could…
A Contrarian Bet on Homebuilder ETFs
Homebuilder stocks and sector-related ETFs are on a losing streak, touching their lowest level in over a year. However, the sell-off in…
3 Real Estate ETFs Defying Rising Rates
The housing market is already feeling the pangs of rising interest rates crimping homebuyer enthusiasm to take on financing to purchase real…
Weakness in Real Estate Sector is Perfect Setup for ‘DRV’ ETF
The latest round of Chinese tariffs took effect yesterday as the United States and China continue waging their seemingly endless tariff-for-tariff war,…
Shaky Foundations for Homebuilder ETFs
Exchange traded funds with exposure to residential home construction, including the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEArca: XHB) and the iShares U.S. Home…
Latest Round of Tariffs Impacting Homebuilder ETFs
The new round of Chinese tariffs took effect today as the U.S.-China trade disputes don’t appear to be diminishing, which will increase…
J.P. Morgan Downgrades Drag Down Homebuilder ETFs
Homebuilder ETFs weakened Friday after J.P. Morgan analysts downgraded a number of home construction companies on a pessimism over housing market fundamentals.…
Less Competitive Housing Market Could Help Leveraged Homebuilder ETF
Based on the Modern Homebuyer Survey, almost half of the participants cited that the competition for home buying is decreasing, which could…
Homebuilder ETFs Break Out on Strong Toll Brothers Q2 Results
Homebuilder stocks led Tuesday gains with sector-related ETFs breaking above their short-term trend lines after Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) beat second quarter…
Homebuilder ETFs Could Still Thrive Despite Rising Rates
Three of the biggest homebuilder ETFs have been feeling the pangs of the current economic landscape of rising rates, such as iShares…
Homebuilder ETFs Falter on Latest Housing Data
The housing market took a blow today as the Department of Commerce reported that U.S. homebuilding fell to a nine-month low in…