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The Home Depot, inc. (NYSE: HD) managed to do better than rival Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW).  The earnings were down 7% on lower sales but the home improvement retailer’s beat expectations  and which looked much “less-bad” than Lowe’s.  At 8:25 AM EST we have shares up 4% at $27.15 on over 170,000 shares traded.  This [...]

Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) is getting clipped after the home improvement and hardware giant posted $0.51 EPS vs. $0.54 estimates.  Revenues were light as well, and same store sales were a disappointment. At 8:35 AM EST we have shares actively traded with almost 150,000 shares (will pick up in next hour) and almost 14 million [...]

Housing stocks may be active afer KB Home (NYSE: KBH) posted a smaller-than-expected loss, and the company said that it’s starting to signs that negative housing market trends may be moderating. The company said increasing consumer confidence is among the factors that says the market may be approaching stability. KB Home (NYSE: KBH) shares are [...]

We are seeing a lot of buying interest in Lowe’s Comanies inc. (NYSE: LOW) that is strong enough to spill over into shares of larger rival Home Depot (NYSE: HD).  The buying interest is after lowe’s managed to beat estimates and keep tepid guidance in line with estimates.  The hopes that Tropical Storm Fay turning [...]

The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) is seeing a major move today, although not so much on news.  This appears to be a technical indictor more than anything since the stock has broken above its key 200-day moving average.  Just late last week the stock broke above a 50-day moving average as well now that [...]