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This weekend's Barron's cover story offers a look at the prospects for a troubled industrial giant. Other featured articles offer four stock picks for an aging bull market and the prospects for real estate investment trusts as interest rates rise. Also, whether an embattled...

Earnings highlights this week include results from a recently merged semiconductor producer. A leading medical technology company is also set to share its latest quarterly results this week. Wall Street analysts are looking for solid bottom-line growth from each of them. In what overall will be a...

Three more prominent retailers are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts expect year-over-year revenue growth from all three but earnings growth from just one. Consensus forecasts see earnings growth from only a few other retailers this week. Although most of the big...

U.S. stocks were moderately higher as the S&P 500 continues to reach new highs. Investors found plenty of positives after the Federal Reserve released its summary of commentary on current economic conditions, also known as the “Beige Book.” “All twelve Federal Reserve...

The first-quarter earnings season is wrapping up now, and much attention will turn this week to the G-7 summit in Brussels, possible European Central Bank policy changes and the latest unemployment numbers in the United States. But among the handful of companies scheduled to report quarterly...

U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors found no new catalysts to maintain a bull rally, especially ahead of Friday's employment report and no new major developments arising from the Ukraine/Russia stand-off. The Beige Book, released at 2:00 pm, confirmed what most already...

Major indices continued its decline from yesterday as the Dow suffered a triple digit point loss for the second consecutive day. Positive retail sales data added to an otherwise already convincing case that the economy is strong enough for the Federal Reserve to begin tapering. The Fed's policy...

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) is expected to release its fourth quarter 2013 and full year 2013 results prior to the market open on December 10. A scheduled conference call is set for 2:00 PM EST the same day. The Street's consensus for the company's quarterly EPS is $0.42. The company pre-released...

In early September, the housing market continued to recover, even while mortgage rates crept higher as well. Overall, the short interest moves in residential construction stocks were modest in the period. However, KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL) and Taylor Morrison Home (NYSE: TMHC)...

This looks to be another quiet week on the earnings front, while attention is on questions such as whether the United States will take action in Syria and when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its quantitative easing efforts. But Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Lululemon Athletica (NYSE: LULU) will...

The short interest moves in residential construction stocks were mixed again during the early weeks of August, as concerns about rising interest rates began to grow. M/I Homes (NYSE: MHO) and Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) saw upswings in short interest of more than 12 percent. The number of shares...

The short interest moves in residential construction stocks were mixed again during the final weeks of July, as the recovery in the housing market continued to recover. KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Meritage Homes (NYSE: MTH) and NVR (NYSE: NVR) saw upswings in short interest of more than 20 percent. The...

The short interest moves in residential construction stocks were mixed again during the early weeks of July, as the recovery in the housing market continued to sputter along. Taylor Morrison Home (NYSE: TMHC), Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) and TRI Pointe Homes (NYSE: TPH) saw the sharpest upswings in...