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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up: Nov 30, 2009

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:26:03 GMT

There is no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the actions of owners and executives of publicly traded companies. That's why insider buying and selling is a critical piece of data for investors, both institutional and individual.[More...]

First National Financial (NYSE:FNF) Misses; Underlying Metrics The Real Story

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:30:39 GMT

First National Financial (NYSE:FNF) missed their estimate relatively large but a somewhat muted reaction after hours - this is more of a multi year play on housing recovery so I am more interested in what they have to say than the numbers.[More...]

U.S. Watchdog Panel Critical Of Obama’s $275B Mortgage Plan

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:01:00 GMT

Obama’s $275 billion plan to help as many as nine million American homeowners refinance their mortgages, avert foreclosure and help shore up and stabilize housing prices is encouraging, but it doesn’t do enough, about, for instance, legal impediments to mortgage modification, said a U.S. Congress watchdog panel on Friday. Reuters: In a report that highlights the soaring U.S. home foreclosure rate, the panel said the rescue plan also falls short in dealing with second mortgages and on empowering bankruptcy judges to help struggling homeowners. … The report praised estimates that Obama’s housing plan could aid up to five million homeowners with expanded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinancing. But it noted, “The panel has additional areas of concern that are not[More...]

First National Financial (FNF) Seems To Be Turning The Corner

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:55:00 GMT

I've been looking at ways to play the "impending" housing recovery without touching housing related retailers or home builders. One such name is Ocwen Financial (OCN) which we discussed yesterday (Feb 3: Freddie Mac to Outsource Delinquent Collections -Ocwen Financial Chosen to Start). I also mentioned the title insurer stocks in late December (Dec 26: Ways to Play the Housing Boom - Title Insurers) I have been struggling to find ways to play the refinance "boom" outside of [More...]

New York Times: The Most Underwater Community In America

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:34:00 GMT

I'm really trying hard to find good economic stories to post to counterbalance our main themes here, but talk about a needle in a haystack..... Obviously it is not like this in all states, but considering California - if independent - would be the 7th largest economy in the world - as goes California will go much of the nation. There is a neat interactive map directly on the [More...]

More Short Picks For Thursday

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:49:00 GMT

Sellers appear to be gaining the upper hand, as selling gained momentum in the second half of US trading yesterday, and Asian markets sold off overnight. While it is a bit premature to call the end of the rally, given yesterday's volume, a few factors indicate that we may resume our downtrend soon: - Momentum appears to be shifting. European markets are also lower this morning in early trading. - Individual chart setups are increasingly favoring short sellers. - Sentiment seems to have shifted too quickly toward bullishness. Investors have been too hasty in calling a bottom here, as Mish Shedlock discusses in his column Unrelenting Bullishness. - Overall, the volume of this rally has been rather weak. - MT earnings disappointed yesterday, prompting a reversal in commodity stocks. Oil also gave up its[More...]

Notable Stories of the Week

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:17:22 GMT

A lot of interesting economic news came out this week let’s take a quick look at some of the top stories:[More...]

FOMC Takes Centre Stage This Week

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:08:41 GMT

The market is in a critical junction now. S&P 500 is near 1,400 level, which is an important resistance level. If you can break and follow through, there is a good chance of uptrend continuing. Let's see how the market reacts this Wed on FOMC statement.[More...]

Yet another tough week ahead

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:42:05 GMT

The news both online and print are all about tough days ahead and the economy not improving until late or next year. Fellow Masters, hedge your portfolios by having a 70% position in cash and picking up a few shares of the inverse ETF's (betting against the market and given sectors). With that in mind, let's get to the week ahead and how to play it. So how do you play this market? By betting it will keep falling, here are some ETF's we've mentioned that increase in value as stocks continue to fall flat on their faces, we wrote about them this week and last: Down the Banks Go (BAC, WM, C) - Hello SKF Think the Financial Sector will keep falling, play SKF Gold and Shorts: Mastery for a Bear Market Here is the list o[More...]

Nearly 1 in 5 Illinois homeowners underwater on mortgage: 410,000 mortgages in state underwater during September

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:08:00 GMT

Nov. 25--Almost 410,000 Illinois mortgages, or 18.4 percent of home loans, were underwater in September, meaning homeowners owed more on their mortgages than their homes were worth.
A report issued Tuesday by data provider First American CoreLogic also found that another 5.1 percent of Illinois homeowners had less than 5 percent equity in their properties and are in danger of falling underwater.
The report came on the same day that the monthly Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index showed a fifth consecutive month of improving home prices in the Chicago market.

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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up: Nov 30, 2009

First National Financial (NYSE:FNF) Misses; Underlying Metrics The Real Story

U.S. Watchdog Panel Critical Of Obama’s $275B Mortgage Plan

First National Financial (FNF) Seems To Be Turning The Corner

New York Times: The Most Underwater Community In America

More Short Picks For Thursday

Notable Stories of the Week

FOMC Takes Centre Stage This Week

Yet another tough week ahead

Nearly 1 in 5 Illinois homeowners underwater on mortgage: 410,000 mortgages in state underwater during September

Retired banker finds new career in oil and lube

Analyst: Dallas-Fort Worth Home Prices to Turn Positive Next Summer

Analyst: Dallas-Fort Worth Home Prices to Turn Positive Next Summer

Dow Passes 10,000 for 1st Ime in Year: It's a Nice, Big Round Number, and a Psychological Lift to Investors, but the Reality is That Recovery Still Waits in the Distance.

U.S., Global Economic Recovery Underway, Bank Economist Says

SEC Says Local Businessman Defrauded Investors of Up to $70M

Negative Equity About the Norm in St. Louis

Indiana's 8.4% Spike in Foreclosure Filings Worrisome: Spike in July Suggests Problem is Being Worsened By Climbing Jobless Rate

Tri-City Housing Market Favoring Sellers

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on AHT, FAF, HTE, AJG, SNI and BCE

The First American Corporation Announces Appointment of Matthew B. Botein to Board of Directors

First American CoreLogic Announces New Apple iPhone Application for Nation's Largest Home Price and Foreclosure Database

Special Committee of First Advantage Corporation Retains Morgan Stanley as Financial Advisor

First Advantage Corporation to Hold Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call

The First American Corporation to Hold Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for the Second Quarter 2009

First American Outsourcing and Technology Solutions Adds Home Affordability Modification Program Support Features to its Loss Mitigation Platform

Christopher Del Moral-Niles Nominated as President of First American Trust, FSB

First Advantage Corporation Announces Receipt of Proposal From The First American Corporation

ESRI and First American Spatial Solutions Deliver Risk Analysis Solution

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