Tag: SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)
ETFs With Masco $MAS Exposure
Masco $MAS owners are ‘Living Mas’ lately. The building material suppliers stock is up 17% over the last month and 42% in 2015. Those impressive gains make it one of the top performing stocks in the S&P 500 over the last month. Masco is one of the largest manufacturers of brand name products for home […]
Housing Market Taking A Toll On Small-Cap Stocks
One of the biggest stories of 2014 is the weakness in small-cap stocks. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) is down 3% so far this year while the S&P 500 large cap index is up 4.4%. In other words, small-caps are underperforming large-caps by 7.7%. That’s the widest margin of small-cap underperformance in 16 years! […]
This Is A Good Sign For Homebuilder ETFs
I’m always on the lookout for signs about the housing recovery. Some of those signs are literally signs – For Sale and Open House signs – while others are economic data points. In my neighborhood, I can tell you that housing prices bottomed in early 2011 and climbed steadily higher for nearly three years. But […]
Homebuilder ETF Showdown – XHB, ITB, PKB
Earlier this week, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing-market index rose to 52 in June. It was also the first time the index came in above 50 since 2006. What’s so special about a reading above 50? A reading above 50 indicates builders are optimistic about sales trends. In other words, people on […]
