Home builders among few gainers in stock ETFs
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Exchange-traded funds targeting home builders and related stocks were among the few equity-based ETFs holding steady in Tuesday’s sell-off. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose 1 point to 17 in March, according to a report released Tuesday morning. The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund was up 0.2% in recent …
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10 U.S. stocks investors are betting will fall
These companies saw the largest percentage increases in short interest during the last two weeks of February
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Stocks fall on Japan crisis, weak economic reports
(AP:NEW YORK) Worsening fears about the nuclear crisis in Japan shook financial markets Wednesday. Stocks opened lower then dropped sharply in midmorning trading after the European Union’s energy chief was quoted as saying that Japan’s nuclear crisis could get worse.
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