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  • Home Depot Beats Expectations

    By Kyle Colona - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    Home Depot (NYSE: HD) reported higher quarterly sales and earnings figures this week. The strong results were due in part to the housing market recovery that is slowly gaining momentum. This article will provide an overview of the company’s quarterly results and the 2013 outlook for Home Depot and some of its competitors.

    Home Depot’s First Quarter Earnings

     Home Depot is the Nation’s largest home improvement retail more »

  • The Ugly Housing Report - Should You Sell?

    By John Timmes - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    If the past five years have taught us anything, it is the importance of the housing market to the global economy. A strengthening housing market has also been widely regarded as a major indicator of a growing economy. However, last week's new-housing starts report was a bit of a shock to the markets. 

    New housing starts fell in April to an 853,000 annual rate, below analysts expectations of more »

  • Invest in the Improving Housing Market and Sleep Well

    By Robinson Roacho - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The housing market outlook is shining! There are several reasons why I believe the new homes sales will continue to improve.

    • Dr. Ben Bernanke (yes, he studied hard to earn his Ph.D degree) is not likely to raise interest rates from current historic low levels.
    • Consumer confidence index is improving. Mortgage interest rates are also low, and customers are starting to take advantage of it.
    • Unemployment rates are declining more »

  • Chicago-Based Fund Is Bullish on These Stocks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: ACHC, CSU, CSOD, LL, PRAA

    We are in a very active period for institutional investors, because it has been several weeks since the end of March, and investors are required to file their Q1 13Fs with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) within the following 45-day period. These filings are important because by analyzing them, one can see the recent moves made by a fund manager, the latest acquisitions, or sales of stakes. Let's more »

  • Intentional Investing : Tough Love on Housing Recovery (Part 7)

    By Penny Czarra - May 19, 2013 | Tickers: LL, SHOS, TTS

    I’m looking for some “housing recovery” investment prospects for my reasonable growth + reasonable risk + reasonable price portfolio. I’m continuing my search among home improvement retailers despite the fact that I don’t expect to find any bargains there. In 2012, home improvement retailers really tore things up with the S&P Home Improvement Retail Index gaining 45.4% versus the 13.7% up-tick in the S&P 1500 more »

  • Crashing the Home Improvement Party

    By Robert Hanley - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The U.S. home improvement retailing duopoly of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) have been content to carve up their industry among themselves, leaving few scraps for their competitors.  They have used their size and national scale to put mom-and-pop retailers out of business, with a seemingly limitless inventory of products in their warehouse-style stores, which average more than 100,000 square feet.  However, customer service more »

  • Lumber Liquidators Is Taking Advantage Of The Remodeling Boom

    By Dusan Jovanic - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    Lumber Liquidators Holdings (NYSE: LL) is one of the beneficiaries of the housing recovery. Its share price rose more than 400% since the mid-2011 lows, along with the company’s improving fundamentals. The company reported earnings of $0.57 on April 24, up 96% from the same quarter last year, and blew away analyst estimates for $0.42. Management also raised full year guidance, and shares zoomed higher after the more »

  • 3 Post-Earnings Reactions Presenting Value

    By Brian Nichols - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GLW, LL

    On Wednesday, post-earning reactions created value throughout the market. With earnings season in full force, it is difficult to assess every company. With that said, here are the three that caught my attention as presenting the most value after earnings.

    Buy Apple! Yeah, I said it!

    All B.S. aside, why not buy Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)? The company announced earnings that beat expectations and the market couldn’t make up more »

  • These Small Caps Will Profit from the Housing Recovery

    By Brian Shaw - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: LL, SCSS, TTS, TREX, Z

    Last week, I wrote about how housing markets around the country are showing signs of improvement. While the U.S. is still nowhere near the frenzied market (and prices) of five years ago, a resurgence of demand has led to some significant investing opportunities. The previous article emphasized how companies beyond home builders, home improvement stores, and banks are poised to benefit from this recovery; companies as diverse as copper more »

  • These Small Caps Will Profit From the Housing Recovery

    By Brian Shaw - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: LL, SCSS, TTS, TREX, Z

    Last week, I wrote about how housing markets around the country are showing signs of improvement. While the U.S. is still nowhere near the frenzied market (and prices) of five years ago, a resurgence of demand has led to some significant investing opportunities. The previous article emphasized how companies beyond home builders, home improvement stores, and banks are poised to benefit from this recovery; companies as diverse as copper more »

  • These Small Caps Will Profit From the Housing Recovery

    By Brian Shaw - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: LL, SCSS, TTS, TREX, Z

    Last week, I wrote about how housing markets around the country are showing signs of improvement. While the U.S. is still nowhere near the frenzied market (and prices) of five years ago, a resurgence of demand has led to some significant investing opportunities. The previous article emphasized how companies beyond home builders, home improvement stores, and banks are poised to benefit from this recovery; companies as diverse as copper more »

  • Will This Home Improvement Retailer Continue to Rally?

    By Lior Cohen - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The rally in the housing market in recent years has also pulled up the stocks of leading home improvement companies Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lumber Liquidators Holdings (NYSE: LL). Will the recovery in the housing market continue? Will these home improvement retail chain stores continue to trade up? Let’s examine the recent developments in the housing and home improvement sectors.

    Housing Market Continues to Recover

    The U.S more »

  • Will This Home Improvement Retailer Continue to Rally?

    By Lior Cohen - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The rally in the housing market in recent years has also pulled up the stocks of leading home improvement companies Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lumber Liquidators Holdings (NYSE: LL). Will the recovery in the housing market continue? Will these home improvement retail chain stores continue to trade up? Let’s examine the recent developments in the housing and home improvement sectors.

    Housing Market Continues to Recover

    The U.S more »

  • These Small Caps Will Profit from the Housing Recovery

    By Brian Shaw - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: LL, SCSS, TTS, TREX, Z

    Last week, I wrote about how housing markets around the country are showing signs of improvement. While the U.S. is still nowhere near the frenzied market (and prices) of five years ago, a resurgence of demand has led to some significant investing opportunities. The previous article emphasized how companies beyond home builders, home improvement stores, and banks are poised to benefit from this recovery; companies as diverse as copper more »

  • Will This Home Improvement Retailer Continue to Rally?

    By Lior Cohen - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The rally in the housing market in recent years has also pulled up the stocks of leading home improvement companies such as Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lumber Liquidators Holdings (NYSE: LL). Will the recovery in the housing market continue? Will these home improvement retail chain stores continue to trade up? Let’s examine the recent developments in the housing and home improvement sectors.

    Housing Market Continues to Recover

    The more »

  • Plywood: Foundation of the Building Boom

    By Howard Rothman - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: BCC, HD, LPX, LOW, LL

    In the world of building materials, people are starting to party like its 2004. That was when the last building boom drove demand and prices through the roof for critical construction materials like cement, copper, nails and plywood. Producers of these commodities benefited big time, before the boom turned bust and stayed that way for eight long years.

    Now it’s starting to look like it did back then. The more »

  • Housing Market Recovery is Good News for Home Improvement Retailers

    By Kyle Colona - March 30, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The long-awaited housing market recovery is sprouting more green shoots. This is good news for the home improvement retail sector.

    Home prices rising in 2013

    Combined news sources recently reported that U.S. home prices rose more than expected during January, compared to a year earlier. According to Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller home-price indexes, this is the biggest increase since the summer of 2006.

    The Case-Shiller index of 10 major more »

  • Is Home Depot a Buy With Housing Recovering?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL, SHW

    Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is up 40% in the last year, with many investors claiming that the home improvement retailer is well poised to benefit from a stronger housing market. In theory, Home Depot sees demand from several stages of the real estate transaction process: homeowners improve their houses before selling, home buyers make purchases as part of customizing their new property, and people buying houses to “flip” them will more »

  • Are There Risks That Could Hammer Home Depot’s Earnings?

    By Brian Hill - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: HD, KBH, LOW, LL

    Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a remarkable example of a company that's able to adapt to considerable turbulence in its market due to the ups and downs, and more downs, in the housing market -- and keep growing. Let’s visit Home Depot’s 10-K filed in 2012 and see what risks are of particular concern to the company.

    Economic trends

    “Sustained uncertainty regarding current economic conditions and other factors more »

  • Pros and Cons of Owning These Home Improvement Retailers

    By William Bias - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: HD, LOW, LL

    The housing recovery currently provides the catalyst for the share price gains of home improvement retailers, Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), and Lumber Liquidators (NYSE: LL). However, a company with good fundamentals will provide superior returns in good times and bad. Weighing the fundamentals from the perspective of pros and cons can help you decide if these companies can do just that.

    Home Depot pros

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