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The Motley Fool
November 4, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Construction Spending Isn't Dead. Yet. Recently released construction spending figures are a good harbinger of things to come in the economy -- especially as real estate in all shapes and sizes continues to dominate the demise of banks.   |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Construction Spending By using the Census Bureau's construction spending report, you can identify trends and countertrends in construction and use your conclusions to improve your understanding of the overall economy and to inform your personal investment decisions. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2008
Rich Smith |
Glassmaker Gone Gangbusters Commercial construction continues to boom, and stocks like Apogee along with it. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Wednesday's ETF to Watch: Construction Fund (PKB) This construction ETF is in focus as the country looks for a housing recovery. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Building Keeps Booming Construction spending continues as interest rates remain historically low. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing Isn't Hurting The Jobless Rate A deeper look at job data offers reasons to doubt such a major plunge in residential construction payroll is imminent. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2007
James Mehring |
Builders Are Busy With Offices And Factories There's a construction boom in nonresidential building softening the blow from housing for both the industry and the overall economy. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Keep Running From This Toxic Sector The construction industry is still in a gut-wrenching state. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Ron Vlieger |
Engineer Profits With Fluor? Just how long can this global energy, commodities, and construction boom go on? These leading engineering companies are going gangbusters, but the stocks may be getting too pricey. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Perini Add More Stories to Its Stock Price? A robust backlog and stock price suggest the story is out on this engineering and construction firm. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Depression-chondriacs No one wants to return to the past. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Is KB's Foundation Solid? KB Home has stellar growth at the top and bottom line, but where's the cash flow growth? Investors, carefully consider this one. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
John Adams |
Another Lending Sector Teeters on the Edge Like a bad virus, the subprime-mortgage-driven plague is spreading from one sector of banking to another. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Construction: The Happy Sound Of Hardhats At Work The best news is that commercial and industrial construction will rebound. Higher mortgage rates will slow the residential market only slightly from last year. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2008
Sham Gad |
Basic Economics for Homebuilders Homebuilders can't sell their existing inventory, yet 1 million homes are under construction. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Remodeling to the Rescue The need to spruce up older homes could moderate a housing bust. Remember, new construction isn't the only kind of construction that matters. |
FDIC FYI
June 3, 2002 |
Favorable Interest-Rate Environment Drives Record First-Quarter Bank Earnings Commercial banks earned a record $21.7 billion in the first quarter of 2002, besting the previous quarterly earnings record set in the first quarter of 2001 by 9.6 percent. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Could This Homebuilder Be a Good Long-Term Bet? Toll Brothers reports falling revenue but higher losses. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2009
Christopher Barker |
A Contrarian View on Housing The prevailing sentiment of investors has turned from panic to confidence faster than ever imagined possible under the circumstances. Is the worst of the crisis over for the housing market? |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Can Toll Lead the Housing Recovery? In addition to its luxury builder position, Toll offers balance sheet strength. |
Job Journal
July 2, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Homes on Hold, But Otherwise Building Booms While home building has slowed, work on other projects is booming. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Why Housing is Guaranteed to Recover All markets are cyclical, and when you look at the numbers it's hard not to think we're near the bottom of this cycle. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2010
Selena Maranjian s |
Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner. |
BusinessWeek
October 24, 2005
Peter Coy |
Where A Slump Would Hurt Most If the housing market turns south, where is the economic damage likely to be the greatest? |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
The Slowdown Begins at Building Materials If the selling gets too carried away, Building Materials Holding's stock may emerge as a value. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
James Mehring |
Housing: The Slump Begins To Hit Payrolls As home sales and construction activity deteriorate at a faster pace, job growth in areas linked to residential real estate is starting to ebb and even decline outright in some parts of the country where the housing boom has been the strongest. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Worst Stock for 2009: Hovnanian Enterprises Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why you stay away from this home-wrecker. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
NCI Building From a Strong Base Investors, this stock is already discounting a strong non-residential construction market, but don't be too quick to leave. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Marko Djuranovic |
Why Housing Prices Are Nearing Bottom It seems that, for the most part, current housing prices are nearing bottom, thanks to forces other than loose lending standards and a corresponding spike in demand. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2009
David Lee Smith |
Jacobs Engineers a Stellar Quarter Jacobs Engineering provides all manner of engineering, technical, professional, and construction services for a variety of customers. It has a balance sheet that you may have seen on the World's Strongest Men. |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: The Housing Grinch Won't Steal Christmas Wallets are open, and even the outlook for home sales is improving. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Prepare for More Housing Bull Another month, another terrible job by the business media in reporting housing data released by the U.S. government. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Engineering Some Real Opportunities Take a look at some engineering companies that are in the middle of the world's rapid global industrialization and merit your time: Foster Wheeler... KBR... McDermott International... Fluor... |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009
James C. Cooper |
A Housing Upturn Suggests Recovery Is Near Price declines, low mortgage rates, and first-time buyer perks are sparking real estate gains -- and the beginning of the end of the recession |
Entrepreneur
November 2008
Gwen Moran |
3 Tips for Green Building With the value of green residential construction projected to increase from an estimated $7 billion in 2005 to at least $40 billion by 2012, now's the time for contractors to get their piece of the environmental action. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Building Upon Building Supplies With a reasonable dividend, brightening prospects for the nonresidential construction business, and expectations of continuing double-digit income growth, Hughes looks like it might be worth a further look. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Color Your New House Green Homebuilders embrace green practices. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Racing to the Bottom in Housing KB Homes reports the same tough conditions as everyone else, but are estimates finally low enough? Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing: Builders Bite The Bullet It's unlikely that the housing recession has suddenly deepened. Rather, homebuilders have set themselves up finally to reduce their inventories of unsold homes. |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Reasons To Be Bullish About American Manufacturing In the wake of financial turmoil, manufacturing takes a more central role in the economic growth potential of the United States. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Hughes Supplies Growth This construction distributor isn't widely known or well-loved -- and that could spell opportunity. Valuation looks reasonable, and the company posts a good return on capital, but share dilution is a worry. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2010
Michael Johnston |
Homebuilder ETFs Face a Tough Road Ahead With government support of the housing market drawing to a close, investors have been unsure of exactly what to expect from the housing market. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Anthony Downs |
Building Boom On Hold U.S. commercial property markets are still swamped with financial capital seeking real properties. Yet, there doesn't seem to be much evidence that a new commercial development boom is starting. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2005
Robert Aronen |
New Refineries? Not a Chance Hurricane Katrina hammered U.S. refineries -- but the odds of building new ones are slim. High fuel prices are here to stay for several years: It takes a long time to bring new refining capacity to market. Investors, take note. |
FDIC FYI
March 28, 2002 |
Housing Market Strengths and Risks A report released today in the FDIC's Regional Outlook evaluates changes in mortgage underwriting during the last expansion, and the likelihood that weakening home price growth could adversely affect home borrowers and lenders... |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Power Power Fluor Further? Oil/gas projects will start to give way to new power generation projects. Investors may want to look at other engineering and construction companies until anticipated projects actually become announced. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Are the Builders Getting Bored? The builders still aren't happy, and -- surprise -- they're not as busy as they used to be. |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
Entrepreneur
April 2006
Mindy Charski |
Built to Last By making employees its best marketers, this construction company found solid ground. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Turnaround? Downturn? Oh, What a Mess! Is there really a reason to be optimistic about homebuilder stocks. |
