HOMZ News and Press, Hoya Capital Housing From 01/17/24

2024-01-17 00:35:00 ET Summary Banks kick off earnings season on a sour note. The LERI shows corporate uncertainty easing to its lowest level since 2015. Up next: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Birkenstock. Peak weeks for Q4 season run f...

2024-01-16 21:20:00 ET Summary January US Empire Manufacturing reading this morning was -43.7, much worse than the -5 estimated and much weaker than during the 2008 financial crisis/great recession. The analyst consensus is for S&P earnings per share growth of more than 10 per...

2024-01-16 21:17:00 ET Summary SPX index rose 1.8% to 4,783.83. After the week's headlines, the CME Group's FedWatch Tool projects the Fed will hold the Federal Funds Rate steady in a target range of 5.25-5.50% until 20, March 2023 (2024-Q1), when investors anticipate it will laun...

2024-01-16 04:50:00 ET Summary Why US banks could be poised for a rebound? Sectors primed for a pivot if the Fed cuts. The outlook for healthcare and real estate. The potential for interest rate cuts this year by the U.S. Federal Reserve is raising the outlook for ...

2024-01-14 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets resumed their rally this week, while interest rates fell sharply after a critical slate of inflation data pointed towards a continuing "normalization" of inflation towards pre-pandemic levels. While CPI data was best characterized...

2024-01-14 00:20:00 ET Summary Looking back at last year, the best investment decision would have been to ignore diversification. Throughout history, we’ve seen numerous instances where capital heavily concentrates on a single company or a small cluster of stocks. We ar...

2024-01-13 01:45:00 ET Summary What to expect in the upcoming earnings season. Can the Fed still cut rates after the latest CPI data? The market implications if inflation continues to be sticky. Markets have been pricing in a U.S. Fed interest rate cut by as early ...

2024-01-12 15:04:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 was just shy of its all-time high at the end of 2021, with a market cap of $40.36 trillion. The S&P 500 was approaching that record high again as of the end of 2023, with a market cap of $40.04 trillion. The top 10 component s...

2024-01-12 02:25:00 ET Summary Prospective home buyers face high prices and elevated borrowing costs, while homeowners refrain from listing their properties. As global central banks raised interest rates to tame inflation, home prices have cooled relative to the start of the hikin...

2024-01-11 06:05:00 ET Summary Hype in the media about real estate going to the moon or whatever is a never-ending drama. Mortgage demand jumps nearly 10% to start the year, even as interest rates tick up again. People are seeing lower mortgage rates on the horizon, and they d...