Housing

The big-volume session some people were expecting this week hasn’t come yet. Today is the last chance, and might be for a while when you consider the next two weeks are holiday-shortened and many participants are likely to be absent. With quadruple witching today as contracts for...

It seems that investors are breathing a sigh of relief after getting some closure on big issues last week, perhaps setting Wall Street up for smooth sailing into the holiday break. That would be a welcome difference from last year, when stocks had a pre-Christmas meltdown. Investors appear to still...

If you have seen the Lego movies, you will know the theme songs quite well—"Everything is Awesome" in part one and "Everything's Not Awesome" in part two. These songs could be the theme songs to the 2018 and 2019 economy and subsequently the freight market. The overheating and overspending in 2018...

Credit Suisse downgraded the home improvement space more than a year ago amid concerns of a slowdown in home price appreciation and rising interest rates. For the most part, these trends played out and a fresh look at the segment points to gradually improving demand for home improvement retailers...

Homes are being bought, but are they being built? At 10:00am ET, New Home Sales will fill in the housing market picture outlined by Existing Home Sales on Tuesday. In an industry that has shown strength in recent months, September’s sales of already-constructed houses came in below estimates...

Investors appear unsure of what to make of the past couple days of trade developments, as optimism about China and the United States sitting down at the negotiating table has been tempered with some troubling signs. The latest of the latter came Friday on news that Chinese officials wouldn’t...

‘Oakland California has a unique housing market. On one end of the spectrum, there are tenements and projects catering to low income residents and on the other there are housing projects almost exclusively geared towards luxury living. Unfortunately, this neglects a large share of the market...

Learn how negative interest rates could affect your strategy and investments. The United States has never used negative interest rates, though that may change. In September of 2019, President Trump suggested the Federal Reserve implement them. Negative interest rates are not unheard of as Europe...

This time last week, the indices were facing their worst trading day of the year. As the decline in the Yuan sparked trade concerns, sending indices and rates to multiyear lows. Today and this week, it’s all about the economic data headed our way and some of the more closely watched releases...

This morning delivered a diversion from the steady drumbeat of earnings with an update from the European Central Bank (ECB). The ECB finished its meeting today without announcing a new rate cut, but hinted strongly that one could happen in September. The ECB hasn’t cut rates since 2016, and...

When we think of the typical American consumer, we often think about someone who’s part of a family. Our thoughts drift toward the “regular” middle-class family with two parents and two kids. That image, however, is changing. The United States is undergoing something of a...

July Economic Roundup As part of FreightWaves' overall coverage of freight markets, it publishes a summary of the changes in the economy over the past month, both in terms of the data releases and developments in public policy. The Economic Roundup is designed to synthesize the events of the past...

The bond-yield and new housing purchases down, but on we roll.

While housing starts are giving us a mixed economic signal, stocks on the S&P are strong, and central Quincy, IL offers some opportunities for carriers.

Nomura Instinet downgraded several companies dependent on housing market growth Thursday, citing U.S.-China trade uncertainty that could put a damper on consumer confidence and economic growth. The Analyst Michael Wood downgraded four building-related companies from Buy to Neutral: TopBuild Corp (...