economic report card earnings reports ADP's July Employment Report provided the only upside surprise on Wednesday as the Fed held its fire.

If you can afford to invest in it now, it's time to buy real estate. Housing may never be more affordable again in most markets.

Housing data can be a good economic and investing proxy beyond demand for big yellow excavators. Swings in the month-over-month change for construction starts and property resales tend to drive housing and economic-sensitive stock prices in the short ...

June ended with a bang as the u.s. Supreme Court upheld "Obamacare" and pushed sectors into positive territory. Health care saw the largest bump, with the broad-based Health Care Select SPDR (NYSE Arca: SLV) posting a 5.69 percent return by month ...

It may not feel like a turnaround is underway in the housing market, but the numbers are beginning to back up the theory. The most recent S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed that all 20 of the cities tracked had gains in May.

Standard & Poor's Case Shiller reported its Home Price Index for the month of May Tuesday morning. Housing prices were indicated higher for the fourth consecutive month and the popular press hyped the news as a wonderful sign for real estate.