Tag Archives: construction industry

Is now a good time to invest in Caterpillar stock?

posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:00 am by Mitchell Hall

Caterpillar stock (CAT, quote) is scraping its 52-week low of $78.25, trading at $84.54 at the time of writing. This is down from its 52-week high of $116.95, and CAT has been recently downgraded by JP Morgan Chase from overweight to neutral. Is the blue chip emerging markets play still a good bet?

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Trading The Globe: Caterpillar gets ploughed

posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Emerging Money

While negative earnings guidance has knocked the share price of Caterpillar (CAT, quote) down, this doesn’t necessarily bode poorly for mining stocks, which if anything, are looking attractive right now.

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Trading The Globe: What we can learn about emerging markets from Caterpillar’s earnings

posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:00 am by Tim Seymour

Construction and mining equipment giant Caterpillar (CAT, quote) was a very different beast at its analyst day in Vegas compared to in 2011.

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More signs of recovery for Chinese real estate sector

posted on September 11, 2012 at 7:00 am by Jonathan Yates

In continuing signs of recovery for Chinese real estate, large developers such as Country Garden Holdings and Longfor Properties are now seeing higher prices paid for each company’s bonds.

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Emerging market stock of the day: Cemex

posted on September 11, 2012 at 6:00 am by Sean Geary

Mexican building materials firm Cemex (CX, quote) took the first necessary steps this week to refinance a loan and help emerge from a crippling debt that has seen the stock drop significantly over the past few years.

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Will international real estate follow copper down?

posted on September 4, 2012 at 7:00 am by Jonathan Yates

Thanks to its heavy industrial use, particularly in international real estate sectors, a direct historical correlation has existed between the prices of the exchange traded fund for copper (JJC, quote) and the exchange traded fund for home builder stocks (XHB, quote).

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International real estate yearning for quantitative easing

posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:00 am by Jonathan Yates

As an example of how interconnected the global economy is, international real estate stocks are hoping Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will initiate stronger economic stimulus measures when he speaks this Friday at the economic policy summit in Jackson Hole.

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Israel’s profitable Gazit-Globe is attractive for value investing

posted on August 21, 2012 at 7:00 am by Jonathan Yates

Israeli real estate development company Gazit-Globe Limited (GZT, quote) presents a very attractive opportunity for value investing.

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Despite revenue problems on the horizon, Homex is attractively priced

posted on August 3, 2012 at 12:00 pm by Joseph Hogue CFA

It has been a heavy two weeks for Mexican ADR shares like housing company Desarrolladora Homex (HXM, quote) with most reporting their quarterly figures to date. The reports have been generally in line with expectations with some standouts at the margins.

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