Topic: The Home Depot Inc.

Reflections: When fathers fail

I was born in southern California to a family of six. As a child I can remember begging my father for him to spend time with me. You see my father didn't buy into the whole religious thing. Some lady at one ...

101 ways to save $500 a month

101 Ways to Save $500 or More Every Month Trim the fat not the fun from your budget By Bryan Daly This special report will provide you with 101 ways to save money on everyday items. Shopping #1 Shop One Per Week ...

GDP Is 'Better'

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2009, (that is, from the second quarter to the ...

The Savings Rate and Retail Stocks

Today, I'm going to try to tie together three distinct threads into something I've been debating for about a year now - the savings rate, consumer discretionary stocks (i.e. Now, the savings rate is another economic datapoint, and as such not one ...

Understand Major Parts to a Home Insurance Policy

Understand Major Parts to a Home Insurance PolicyBy Shafi FarooqWhen you are out in the market looking to buy a house, monthly mortgage is not the only item for budgeting your monthly cash outflow. Companies often give discounts to consumers with multiple ...

The Merits of Staying in Cash

So, you've got some money that you want to invest? You've read stories that some of the smartest economists, like former Chief Economist of the IMF, Kenneth Rogoff, are predicting that at least one of the biggest banks, as well as a ...

Gun Shy

Home Depot drops selling price of HD Supply by 18%. The New York Times reported Sunday that separate quarterly data due out Thursday were expected to show the first-ever quarterly drop in the median sale price for a home in the U.S. ...

Lowe's: Building On a Solid Foundation

One of the first things many investors do when looking at a company is compare it to its peers. Consider, for example, the 2-year performance of Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW). It's hard to blame a company for doing poorly in ...
It's part of Seeking Alpha's coverage of the real estate market and homebuilder stocks. " Portland Home Prices Bucking National Trends (KOMO TV, Aug. 19th): "Portland region's median home sales hit $300,000 in July, up 9% from July 2006 [and] exactly double. ...

S&P Alarm Jolts Subprime Debt Market

Following a sleepy week surrounding the July 4 holiday in the U.S., credit markets snapped to attention Tuesday as Standard & Poor's said it plans to downgrade up to $12 billion of mortgage bonds backed by subprime loans. S&P also said it's ...