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The MBA Mortgage Applications Survey tracks new home mortgage applications and resembles a current indicator for the U.S. housing market. The Survey increased 4.5% versus the prior week. This is essentially bullish for the U.S. housing market. MBA Mortgage Applications measures the change in the...

The MBA Mortgage Applications Survey tracks new home mortgage applications and resembles a current indicator for the U.S. housing market. The Survey decreased 4.1% versus the prior week. This is essentially bearish for the U.S. housing market. (NYSE: XHB) MBA Mortgage Applications measures the...

TD Securities has downgraded Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) from Hold to Reduce.

Scotia Capital is out with a research report on Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) and it has a Sector Underperform rating and is lowering its price target to $8 from $8.15 after it reported earnings. In a note to clients, Scotia Capital writes, "Louisiana-Pacific reported adj. EBITDA of...

BMO Capital Markets says Louisiana-Pacific's (NYSE: LPX) results will stay in line, as it maintains its Underperform rating and a target price of $6.00 on the stock. BMO states, "We estimate Q3/11 EPS from continuing operations of ($0.19) compared to the First Call Mean of ($0.17) and our...

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) today announced that Executive Vice President Curt Stevens, LP's chief financial officer since 1997, will move into the interim position of executive vice president and chief operating officer, newly created by the LP board of directors for the purpose of...

Air Transport Services Group Inc (NASDAQ: ATSG) is projected to post its Q3 EPS at $0.18 on revenue of $192.40 million. Tesco Corp (NASDAQ: TESO) is projected to report its Q3 earnings at $0.22 per share on revenue of $129.2 million. Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) is projected to report its Q3...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) to report its Q3 EPS at $0.74 on sales of $3.64 billion. DISH shares dropped 0.84% to clsoe at $23.48 on Friday. Tesco Corp (NASDAQ: TESO) is projected to report its Q3 earnings at $0....

Shares of Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) are lower on the session by 3.99%, currently trading at $6.73. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) (NYSE: LPX) announced today it has executed a fourth amendment, dated October 14, 2011, to its loan and security agreement, dated March 10, 2009, with the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent. Among other changes, the Fourth...

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Deutsche Bank provided color on Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) in a research report published today. Deutsche Bank has previously given Louisiana-Pacific a Hold rating and $10 price target. In the report, Deutsche Bank states, "A near-term recovery in housing looks unlikely at the moment. Most...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Brian Kelly said that he is a buyer of euro. He wants to buy CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NYSE: FXE) tomorrow. CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) fell 0.22% today, and closed at $143.53. Dan Nathan wants to sell rallies in the S&P 500. If you agree, you can take a look at SPDR...

BMO reiterated its Underperform rating on Louisiana Pacific (NYSE: LPX). At the same time, the rating agency reduced its price target on the company's stock from $10 to $7. On Tuesday, LPX lost 3.17% of its value to end the day at $7.03.

KBW is out with its report today on Weyerhauser (NYSE: WY), reiterating Outperform. In its report, KBW writes, "We view the recent weakness in shares as an opportunity for investors to take advantage of the company's significant earnings upside at a reasonable valuation of just 19.5x 2012 AFFO....