June 22, 2022 | Daily JAM |
Lennar (LEN) has started trimming prices and offering buyer incentives to bolster sales. The bad news here is that a slowing housing market is an early indicator of rising odds of a recession. The good news is that this is supposed to be what happens–the housing sector slows–when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to fight inflation.
September 28, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
Here's the historical wisdom: Bank stocks go up when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. The logic is simple and rather compelling--when the Fed raises interest rates banks see the rate at which they can lend out money--the long term interest rate rise faster...
September 27, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
Yesterday's meeting of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee ended with the committee raising the short-term Fed Funds benchmark rate 25 basis points and signaling an intention of raising rates again in December and then three more times in 2019. Yesterday the...
December 22, 2016 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Tomorrow, Friday december 23, we get news on new home sales in November. Coming after some market weakness this week and before the long Christmas holiday (financial markets are closed on Monday, December 26), this report has the power to set the tone for a few days. Especially because U.S. mortgage rates are up since the Federal Reserve raised interest rates on December 14.
December 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
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May 29, 2013 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
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March 19, 2013 | Daily JAM |
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January 29, 2013 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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January 16, 2013 | Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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November 19, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Existing home sales climbed to an annual rate of 4.79 million in October, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s up from the 4.69 million annual rate in September. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had projected a 4.7 million annual rate for October
October 17, 2012 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Morning Briefing |
Huge surge in new housing starts in September, according to data released this morning by the Census Bureau. Starts jumped to an annualized rate of 872,000 in September from a 758,000 annualized rate in August. The consensus forecast among economists surveyed by Briefing.com was that starts would rise only modestly to a 768,000 annualized rate.
September 25, 2012 | Daily JAM, Videos |
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