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  • Is This Stock the Perfect GARP Play for 2013?

    By Lee Samaha - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: MAS, SWK, WHR

    There are three positive earnings drivers to look out for with Stanley Black & Decker(NYSE: SWK), and if they all come together in 2013, then this stock has significant upside potential. It is a nice mix of value and growth.The company offers a nice mix of improving end markets, ongoing cost savings from synergies created via acquisition integration, and it has a strategic growth initiative in place in order more »

  • Remaining Housing Bargains Are Not Pretty

    By Ted Cooper - May 3, 2013 | Tickers: MAS, OC, PPG

    As it becomes more apparent that a broad recovery in the U.S. housing market is underway, many housing-related stocks have shot up to reflect an increase in new housing starts. However, there are still some bargains to be found in stocks whose fortunes are closely tied to the housing recovery.

    Bargains drying up

    With that said, the number of bargains is quickly disappearing, and those that remain are often more »

  • Key Earnings this Week

    By Lee Samaha - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: AGN, FB, MAS, PFE

    It’s another big week for earnings and by now investors will have formulated a thesis on the first quarter. That thesis will be put to the test this week. In my view there are some clear signs that there was a bit of caution over discretionary spending among corporations. Will it continue?

    As the weeks go by, let's recall that companies will get a bit more data on more »

  • A Solid Income Growth Pick for your Portfolio

    By Piyush Arora - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: FAST, MAS, VMC

    Home constructions in the US have reached to their 4-year high levels, and the monthly liquidity injections are expected to further contribute to infrastructure development. Naturally, investing in REITs comes as an obvious choice but their rising prepayment rates and narrowing spreads are straining their profitability, and encouraging them to further leverage their operations. To take advantage of the residential infrastructural development, investors should stick to general building providers, which more »

  • A Warning Sign on This Kitchen Cabinet Provider

    By Anh HOANG - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: AMWD, FBHS, MAS

    American Woodmark (NASDAQ: AMWD) has generated a sweet return for its shareholders for more than a year. Since the end of 2011, its stock price has more than tripled, from $11 per share to $32 per share. Zacks has ranked the company as a strong buy. However, the stock seems to be quite expensive at 66.54 times forward earnings. Is American Woodmark expensive at its current price, or is more »

  • Intentional Investing : Can I Actually EARN Something From The Housing Recovery ?

    By Penny Czarra - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: AOS, AAON, ADT, AMWD, APOG, AWI, BECN, BLDR, CSTE, CLGX, EXP, ELLI, FBHS, GNRC, GFF, HW, HD, JHX, LII, LOW, LXU, LL, LEDR, MLM, MAS, MOVE, NCS, NTK, OC, PFIN, PATK, PGTI, PPG, NX, RPM, SHOS, SNA, SWK, TXI, VAL, TTS, USCR, USLM, URI, UFPI, USG, VRSK, VMC, WSO, Z

    I don't like "noise". I try to avoid it whenever / wherever I can.

    Yep , call me what you want, but I'm a "retail investor". I know this to be true because everyone (and I mean Everyone) is always trying to sell me something. This means high decibels and lots and lots of BOLD PRINT.

    "Renovation Nation". "Renters Nation". "Housing Recovery". "The ONE sure, market-beating stock for your Long-Term more »

  • Resurgent Housing Sector Favors Masco

    By Rhodora Dagatan - February 22, 2013 | Tickers: HD, HOV, MAS

    Recent rosy figures from the US housing sector bode well for Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS), which is engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and installation of home improvement and building products. Its product line, which among other items includes windows, architectural coatings, faucets, and cabinets, is distributed through multiple wholesale and retail channels. Masco also sells directly to home developers.

    One of Masco’s major retail conduits is Home Depot (NYSE: HDmore »)

  • Buy These 3 Building Stocks to Benefit From the Housing Recovery

    By Masam Abbas - February 20, 2013 | Tickers: CSTE, MAS, SWK

    A stronger-than-expected housing recovery in the US has sent bullish signals to the market. The recovery has seen not only rising home sales but also a sharp recovery in house prices. Bears believe that 2012 was the year of the housing recovery and that it has already been factored in the building stocks. However, Credit Suisse estimates home improvement spending to increase 7% in 2013 and 8% in 2014. This more »

  • 3 Top Earning Performers You Might Want to Buy

    By Brian Nichols - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMRI, MAS, KORS

    Earnings and earning-related news is the number one catalyst for stock movement. A strong quarter can dictate the direction of a stock for the following three months as can a bad quarter; in the past I have written in detail about such subjects, a domino effect like reaction following a strong quarter. Therefore, I am looking at a few stocks that could continue to trade higher after strong earnings, and more »

  • Monday After the Bell: Earnings from Annie's, Norwegian Cruise Line, Masco

    By John Macris - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: BNNY, MAS, NCLH

    As of this writing on February 8, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed at 13,992, very close to the key technical and psychological level of 14,000. Numerous analysts are commenting that the stock market has reached a so-called “triple top,” as the Dow Jones average reached an all-time high of 14,164 during October 2007.

    In addition to reaching near-record levels on the Dow Jones index, the more »

  • Fortune: Let's Get It On

    By Sidhi Kharkia - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: AMWD, FBHS, MAS

    Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE: FBHS) is a business engaged in manufacturing of home and security products. The company fulfills the dreams of homeowners and helps people feel more secure. The Company's trusted brands represent a premier name in the Building Products sector, which includes Master Lock security products, MasterBrand cabinets, Moen faucets, Simonton windows and Therma-Tru entry door systems. The company was spun off from Fortune Brands in more »

  • The Best Way to Play the Housing Recovery

    By Piyush Arora - December 18, 2012 | Tickers: MLM, MAS, SHW, VMC

     

     
     
     
     

  • This Insider Sees Fortune Brands Going Even Higher

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 12, 2012 | Tickers: AMWD, ETH, FBHS, LEG, MAS

    Since Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE: FBHS), a provider of home furnishings and security products, became an independent publicly traded company in September 2011, the stock price has risen 126%, more or less consistently. Now, economic theory tells us that it is rational for company insiders to diversify their wealth away from the same company that is responsible for much of their income. The primary exception would be if an more »

  • Understanding the Numbers Behind This Stock's Prospects

    By Lee Samaha - November 30, 2012 | Tickers: BECN, HD, LOW, MAS, WHR

    It’s always interesting to chat with young investors, not least because it forces you to go through the discipline of crystallizing thoughts and expressing them in a concise manner. In a recent discourse, an economics student was telling me he had studied a mathematics course designed to help predict the operational performance of a company. Such things are interesting and good to integrate into investing, but I think they more »

  • Reading the Trades: US Housing Market

    By Lee Samaha - November 13, 2012 | Tickers: BBBY, DHI, LOW, MAS, WHR

    An overweight position has helped me outperform this year, and I see no reason to reduce it right now. In fact, the fundamentals look like they are getting better. A host of anecdotal evidence and commentary from housing related stocks has been suggesting better days ahead. In this article, I want to focus on the fundamental data. Investors should be discerning and not afraid to research things thoroughly. After all more »

  • Warren Buffett Likes This Building Materials Stock

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 4, 2012 | Tickers: MAS, OC, SHW, USG

    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway kept its position in USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) unchanged at just over 17 million shares throughout the second quarter, refusing to take profits as the stock rose 11% in those three months while the S&P 500 fell (see more stocks in Warren Buffett's portfolio). Year to date USG is up 92% as the manufacturer and distributor of building materials- primarily gypsum products such more »

  • An Under Researched and Under Valued Stock to Play a Housing Recovery

    By Lee Samaha - August 27, 2012 | Tickers: BECN, HD, LOW, MAS, WHR

    Sometimes serendipity is a pretty useful investment strategy, at least I hope so because I used it to buy a stock recently. I’ve been looking to add a stock or two to the portfolio with the idea that the US housing sector is due for a recovery. With that in mind I thought it would be interesting to take a look at Beacon Roofing Supply Inc (NASDAQ: BECN). I more »

  • Investing in Immigrants - Manufacturing Needs Foreigners

    By Nick Slepko - July 16, 2012 | Tickers: DDD, CAT, CMI, ETN, MAS

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    Despite public perceptions that manufacturing in America is in decline, nothing could be further from the truth.  Older, yet still dynamic, American industrial powerhouses like Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Cummins (NYSE: CMI), Eaton Corporation (NYSE: ETN), and Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) are on board with the Partnership for a New American Economy’s immigration reform agenda.  Moreover, it should also give nationalists more »

  • What Happened to this Play on the Commercial Property Market?

    By Lee Samaha - April 5, 2012 | Tickers: AYI, CBE, CREE, MAS, LEDS

    Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) is a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor lighting and as such, is the sort of stock that has been bid up as the market prices in a recovery in the North American real estate market. Alongside its rival Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE) and other real estate darlings such as Masco (NYSE: MAS), these stocks have been surging this year.

    A quick look at a recent price more »

  • Tracking Cramer: 5 Picks From January

    By Christopher French - February 6, 2012 | Tickers: FRT, HON, JCI, MAS, REGN

    Stock market specialist Jim Cramer recommended that you buy these five stocks one month ago on his January 10th and 11th episodes of Mad Money.  In this article, I analyze his picks on a relative value basis and analyze each stock's performance since Mr. Cramer's recommendation. 

    Honeywell International (NYSE: HON): When Jim Cramer recommended this stock a month ago it was at $56.58 per share and as more »

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