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Trade of the Day: Fidelity National Financial (FNF)

Title insurance companies tend to lag moves in homebuilders -- which is opening up a bearish opportunity in Fidelity National Financial now.

Home Prices Weigh on Existing Home Sales

Home prices and mortgage rates are up, and that has caused existing home sales to decline, according to the latest National Association of Realtors report.

Homebuilder Stocks Are in a Technical Mess

The broader SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF as well as individual homebuilder stocks like D.R. Horton are showing troublesome charts, but don't be too quick to jump into bear trades.

Housing Prices More Proof of a Cooldown

The latest Movoto data on housing prices is another sign that housing's red-hot run in 2013 might chill out as we get further into the year's second half.

Housing Shepherds Stocks Higher — Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

Data drove the major stock indices Tuesday, with the Dow Jones returning from the Memorial Day weekend to advance to fresh all-time highs.

Bundle Up Berkshire: ETF Alternatives for Hot Stock Picks

Consider bundling five hot names in Internet, housing, consumer discretionary and more via these exchange-traded funds instead.

Previously Ignored Sector Exploding Higher

A breakout from a major cup-and-handle formation has drawn in buyers.

‘Housewarming Party’ Continues in Q1

Housing prices continue to rise -- especially in the areas hit hardest during the market decline -- causing homeowners to feel the "wealth effect."

ETF Winners and Losers From Q1 2013

Funds dealing in gold, housing and emerging markets make this list of some of the best and worst ETFs from the first quarter of 2013.

Shorts Begin to Pile Back Into Homebuilders

Recent short interest data shows that more people are betting heavily on a decline ... especially for homebuilders. Find out what that means for the sector.

Hot Cement Stocks Starting to Show Cracks

Cement stocks Texas Industries and Eagle Materials have unsurprisingly exploded along with the rest of homebuilders, but there's little gas left in the bull case.

Is This the Beginning of Another Leg Higher for Housing Stocks?

A bumpy 2013 for homebuilders and housing-related stocks might finally be ready to smooth out into another run higher.

Think Before You Act on QE Comments!

The Fed minutes suggesting and easing of the QE program led investors to pull out of the market, but most were just looking for a reason anyway, so stay tuned.

A Cautious Trade for PulteGroup’s Earnings

PulteGroup could follow in the footsteps of D.R. Horton and other homebuilders by rocketing after earnings. Cautious bulls should consider this options spread.

Friends of the Trend: 3 ETFs, 3 Stocks

Materials, homebuilder and tech ETFs are all in favor right now -- as are a few of their component stocks. Here's a look.

ETF Alternatives for Last Week’s Hot Stocks

Some of InvestorPlace's top stock picks in energy, dividend, pharmaceutical, home furnishings and financial stocks can be wrapped up into exchange-traded funds.

Best & Worst Stocks of 2012: Homebuilders Rule, PCs Drool

In an overall surprisingly strong year for stocks, here are the winners (like Pulte and Lennar) and losers (like Hewlett-Packard and AMD) so far.

Housing Rebound Stocks, From Builders to Boilermakers

Upbeat housing data continued to roll in this week, making an entire shotgun blast of housing-related stocks -- from Lennar to Pier 1 -- look even more attractive.

Beazer’s Weakness Is All Its Own

Beazer Homes' poor earnings report sent the homebuilding sector to the floor Monday ... but as a group, homebuilders are holding up much better than BZH.