ETFs like the XHB and ITB make it easy to buy a basket of builders.
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Yesterday the Homebuilders (NYSE:XHB) were one sector that helped the did rally back after some softer data.
Leading the way are the Transports (NYSE:IYT), Financials (NYSE:XLF), Industrials (NYSE:XLI), Homebuilders (NYSE:XHB) and the Russell 2000 (NYSE:IBM).
Though the monthly analysis is clearly positive for XHB the daily chart shows a potential topping formation, line d.
The XHB homebuilders ETF, for example, is up nearly 50% year to date.
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Homebuilders have benefitted too, as the aforementioned performance of the XHB ETF proves.
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Among the largest underlying components of XHB, in trading today Ryland Group, Inc. ( NYSE: RYL) is trading flat, M.
Homebuilders have been on a tear since about October 2011, with the XHB homebuilders ETF rallying 84% in that time.
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Taking the XHB home builders ETF as a proxy, the sector is up almost 70% over the last 12 months.
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The charts of the Russell (IWM), Transports (IYT) and the Homebuilders (XHB) as each has a pattern more bearish than the SPY.
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The Homebuilders (NYSE:XHB) also had a nice bounce back into resistance.
The SPDR Homebuilders ETF (XHB) is up 90% from last October.
The Homebuilders (XHB) have been weaker but bounced pretty strongly yesterday.
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The Homebuilders ETF (NYSE:XHB) is bit lethargic now, which is confusing.
All three reports gave a big boost to housing and financial sectors, driving the materials SPDR (NYSE:XHB), and the financials SPDR (NYSE:XLF) higher for the week.
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Bears on residential real estate could sell (if they own it) or short (if they don't) the StreetTracks SPDR Homebuilders (35, XHB) or buy the puts thereon.
Home builder stocks, measured by the XHB ETF, are up 50% since October 3, and Toll Brothers has clocked a 70% gain, Lennar is up 65%.
The SPDR Homebuilders ETF (NYSE:XHB) has been one of the strongest sectors in the market over the last year, more than doubling in price during that time.
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The XHB homebuilders ETF is up more than 50% this year, while KB Home and Lennar have clocked in gains in excess of 93% and 84% respectively.
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The XHB and most of its component stocks now trade below their 200-day moving averages, below which their 50-day averages plunged in the past month and a half.
This has helped drive the SPY 8.8% higher this year, the DJIA Diamonds (DIA) up 6.3%, the QQQ up 14% and the Homebuilders ETF (XHB) higher by 16%.
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Redler is long XHB, BAC, GS, FB, S, SPY puts.
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Among the largest underlying components of XHB, in trading today Tempur Pedic International Incorporated ( TPX) is up about 3%, and Pier 1 Imports Incorporated ( PIR) is higher by about 2.3%.
Among the largest underlying components of XHB, in trading today Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc ( NYSE: LL) is up about 1%, PulteGroup, Inc. ( NYSE: PHM) is up about 0.1%, and M.
The SPDR Homebuilder (XHB) ETF is up 36%.
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The XHB and ITB ETFs that track builders have more than doubled since last October, and new highs are the order of the day for stocks like Toll Brothers, Lennar, KB Home and others.
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Since October 2, 2008, the SPDR Homebuilder (XHB) ETF is down 25%, while Toll Brothers is 40% lower, Standard Pacific is down 48% and big losers like Hovnanian and KB Home have plummeted 83% and 69%, respectively.
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