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pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:25

With bullish sentiment on the homebuilders uncomfortably high and volume not supporting the recent highs, now is clearly not the time to buy...but using technical analysis, we can determine the levels at which a pullback will create better buying opportunities. There was plenty of new data on the housing sector this week, and the latest new-home sales figures will come out later today. The consensus view is that there will be 325,000 newly constructed homes with a committed sale in February. Sentiment on housing stocks has certainly changed over the past five months, as the consensus view now seems to be that the housing market has bottomed. The fundamental data has improved sharply in 2012, causing one analyst to write on Monday that it is "an ideal time to load up on housing stocks." Last fall, the tone was quite different. On October 21, one headline read, "The Housing Sector Is a Mess," and in the story, the author cast doubt on the recent surge in housing starts, suggesting things were only going to get worse. Then in early November, after the latest S&P/Case-Shiller data reported a 3.6% drop in housing prices, one analyst said, "Housing probably won't go anywhere for the next several years." At the time, the technical picture for the housing stocks was quite positive. This is another good example of how the technical action leads the fundamental data. Now, the daily technical action of the homebuilders suggests a further correction is likely before the intermediate uptrend resumes. In a late February Trading Lesson, "Don't Miss Another Big Rally," I shared some suggestions about how not to get caught up in buying frenzies, and I used the housing sector as one example. Now that it appears that the homebuilders are completing their daily top formations, we can start to target the price levels for new buying.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:47

Guest post written by Steve Tack Steve Tack is chief technology officer for Compuware?s APM Solutions business. Website crashes shouldn?t surprise us, but there was something different about last year?s Amazon EC2 problems and similar service interruptions with Microsoft Office 365 and Akamai. The impact seemed more widespread. More websites were affected, either knocked out ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:52

Expectations are high for LULU, but if the company can continue to deliver positive earnings and sales surprises, expect the stock to continue its upward trajectory.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:50

A new paper is out saying that the Medieval Warm Period and the subsequent Little Ice Age extended to the Antarctic Peninsular. Most interesting for of course we?re seeing effects of the current warming there too. Leaving aside the boring details of what they actually did we get this: This ikaite record qualitatively supports that ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:26

Steelcase Incorporated (SCS) announced its quarterly dividend of 9 cents per share, an increase [...]

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:26

Trulia's Winter 2012 Rent vs Buy Index shows it's cheaper to buy than rent in most major cities. Here are the top 10.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:26

Not a good debut today for the China-based online retailer Vipshop. Price talk on the deal had been $8.50 to $10.50 per ADS. The deal actually priced last night at $6.50. And the stock headed south from there, currently changing hand at $5.74, down 11.7% from the IPO price. The stock is trading on the ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:26

It would be hard for any film to live up to the hype that?s preceded this weekend?s release of The Hunger Games. The frenzy reached fever pitch by opening day Friday, with expectations so high they seemed impossible to meet. Well, scratch that concern. After scoring a sensational $19.7 million right out the gate at ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 10:25

It appears that the heat problem can be attributed to the new high resolution display and the A5X chip. Steve Jobs is known to have disliked OLED technology.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 16:55