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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
How Did Comstock Homebuilding Do It? (CHCI, XHB)	Comstock Homebuilding Companies Inc. (CHCI) is looking like a crazy micro-cap stock in the crazy homebuilder sector. This stock doesn’t even fit the bill of any stock screens we run because even after this massive run its market cap is still under $20 million. Yet Comstock’s stock is up a whopping 150% at $0.927. Its 52-week trading range is $0.05 to $2.65. Keep in mind that after this came public in late 2004 or early 2005 that this was north of $20.00 per share during the hom...	September 03, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Options Action Jon Najarian noticed unusual options action in AFLAC (AFL). He said options traders are buying $65 out of the money calls on the stock. Tech Trade The traders talked about the strength in Apple Computer (APPL) Wednesday off the rumors that the new Mac products could be released soon. Najarian said new products could be coming and it makes sense. Terranova said Apple and Research In Motion (RIMM) are his favorite tech stocks right now. Tatro said ...	August 27, 2008
High Foreclosures, Low Home Prices Don’t Detract from ETFs	Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are up this morning, even though the markets had a slate of bad news with coffee and a side of bacon. Foreclosures in the United States shot up 55% in July from a year ago, says Alan Zibel for the Associated Press. It was also an increase of 8% from June. Even though the government intervened to help stem the housing crisis, it’s predicted that nearly 2.8 million homes will either face foreclosure, turn their homes over to lenders or sell the propert...	August 14, 2008
Clues can be found in WMT, ETFs	Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Indices, Commodities, Oil, HousingMinyanville Professor Quint Tatro dares to share the kind of keen insight and actionable information you won't find in any prospectus. For more original thought, visit www.minyanville.com. There are a few things I am watching for today to give me better clues as to the internal character of the market. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT): It's off on retail numbers after the stock broke out of a four-month consolidation pattern on good volume. I...	August 07, 2008
Look At Facts Before Pointing to Homebuilder ETF Rally	Homebuilding exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been seeing a nice rally in the last month, but is it for real? One Merrill Lynch economist says there are a few factors that indicate that it probably isn’t, reports Jesse Emspak for Investor’s Business Daily. Homes are now sitting on the market for longer than any other time in history. According to the U.S. Census, since 2006 the average time has gone up from three and a half months to nine. Even in the 1991 housing slump, it took ei...	August 05, 2008
Bailout Provisions Don’t Have ETFs Whooping and Cheering	The pen might be mightier than the sword, especially if real estate exchange traded funds (ETFs) have something to say about it. President Bush signed a major housing bill that is meant to provide mortgage relief for 400,000 homeowners. The move could help stabilize the financial markets and improve consumer confidence, reports Jennifer Loven for the Associated Press. The measure allows homeowners who can’t afford their payments to refinance into more affordable, government-backed loans. I...	July 30, 2008
ETF Movers: Hombuilder and Financial ETFs Jump Higher (XHB, XLF, KRE, KBE, RKH)	Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Insider+Trades/ETF+Movers%3A+Hombuilder+and+Financial+ETFs+Jump+Higher+%28XHB%2C+XLF%2C+KRE%2C+KBE%2C+RKH%29/3857164.html for the full story....	July 29, 2008
Homebuilder ETFs Trade Nervously Lower Ahead of Earnings News	Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) is expected to deliver their second-quarter earnings numbers, but investors and exchange traded funds (ETFs) aren’t exuding positivity ahead of the news. Meritage is the 12th-largest homebuilder in the United States. If the numbers aren’t up to par, it’s just the latest in a long list of bad news for the housing industry. Home sales and prices are falling, with the Commerce Department reporting a 0.6% drop in new single-family home sales in June...	July 28, 2008
Existing Home Sales Take Down Real Estate ETFs	Some stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are trading lower today after existing home sales fell in June. The 2.6% drop was more than twice what had been expected, reports Martin Crutsinger for the Associated Press. Sales are also 15.5% below what they were a year ago. Prices are continuing to slide, too: the median price for a home sold last month was $215,100, off by 6.1% from a year ago. It’s the fifth-largest year-over-year price drop on record. Last week, it was announced that sing...	July 24, 2008
Best and Worst Performing ETFs This Week	This week has been opposite week, at least when compared to most of the last 9-12 months. Below we highlight this week's best and worst performing ETFs. As shown, the Homebuilder ETF (XHB) is up the most at 16.3%, followed by the Regional Banks (RKH), Financial Services (IYG), Banking (KBE), and Investment Services (IAI). Other notables on the list include two dividend ETFs (PEY and DVY), the Semiconductors (SMH), Clean Energy (PBW), and Retail (RTH)....	July 18, 2008

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