Homebuilder Lennar Corp. posted a loss in its fiscal fourth quarter that was significantly smaller than last year’s record loss, but executives at the Miami company have yet to see signs that the troubled housing industry has bottomed.
The Managed Funds Association, the Washington-based organization that represents the hedge fund industry, announced its support for Mary Schapiro as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Gary Gensler, who will head-up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Andrew Wessel has raised earnings estimates and price targets on several mortgage real estate investment trusts in the wake of the Fed’s latest rate cut.
Real estate valuations are expected to fall next year, with the low point in the cycle expected in 2010, according to LaSalle Investment Management’s Investment Strategy Annual, a comprehensive survey of global real estate markets.
The Ryland Group has become the latest home builder to slash its dividend, chopping its quarterly dividend by 75% to 3 cents a share, from 12 cents.
A lower appetite for risk among investors has added up to some lousy returns for hedge funds concentrated in emerging markets, according to the latest data from HFR Group LLC in Chicago.
Pending sales of existing homes and median home prices fell in October, although the declines were smaller than anticipated — and there were even signs of improvement in certain markets.
The latest performance data from the hedge fund industry shows that its indexes continue to decline at a slower pace than that of the stock market, but are still widely underperforming bonds.
Fortress Investment Group LLC has suspended redemptions from its largest hedge fund and three of its feeder funds., according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jefferson National Life Insurance Co. today added the Rydex Variable Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund to its Monument Advisor variable annuity.
The manufacturing sector headed downward in November as the economy continued to weaken under the weight of the financial crisis, according to a report by the Institute for Supply Management in Tempe, Ariz.
October sales of new homes fell an estimated 5.3% to their lowest level in 17 years, the Department of Commerce reported today.
Sales of existing homes fell 3.1% in October to a 4.98-million-unit annual rate, as the stock market downfall and the weakening economy caused homebuyers to stay on the sidelines, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The global economic meltdown has walked back the hedge fund industry to where it was at the end of 2006, according to the latest data from Hedge Fund Research Inc. in Chicago.
The PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate Fund (PSR) seeks to provide high total return by investing in publicly traded U.S. real estate companies, selected using a proprietary stock selection model.
Building-permit authorizations in October fell 12% from September to 708,000 —the biggest drop in 26 years, according to the Department of Commerce.
Homebuilder sentiment in November sank its lowest level since January 1985, as shaken builders seek assistance from a higher power.
Fortress Investment Group LLC has seen more than $4.5 billion in redemption requests from clients in the year ended Sept. 30, the giant hedge fund reported in its quarterly statement yesterday.
Several prominent hedge fund managers hinted that better regulation of the hedge fund industry is a good idea, but stopped short of endorsing stricter oversight.
Legislation requiring hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be reintroduced by the ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee.
