Centex Corp (CTX)

TheGarcipian (99.64) Submitted: 3/19/08 12:28 AM : Start Price: $22.10 CTX Score: 34.11

Having continued its downward 2-year slide, Centex still looks to me like raw egg waiting to be fried. Purely from a timing perspective, Centex is the wrong place at the wrong time. It markets its houses to first-time home buyers and those middle-cla...

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TMFEldrehad (99.98) Submitted: 7/24/07 1:08 PM : Start Price: $39.72 CTX Score: -49.21

A contrarian pick, and trying to catch a falling knife to boot, so this pick isn't without a great deal of risk, especially for the short-term.
That said, some not to shabby investor once said, "Be greedy when others are fearful". I admit I could be...

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MKArch (< 20) Submitted: 8/27/06 3:48 AM : Start Price: $48.23 CTX Score: -70.27

Value play in deeply out of favor sector and a larger more goegraphically diversified version of Bill Mann's recent pick MDC. Less managment issues as well. Potential additional upside if they weather a downturn in the housing market fairly well. The...

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StocksForCash (< 20) Submitted: 2/13/08 10:14 AM : Start Price: $23.45 CTX Score: -36.20

Okay ... so I tried a swing short on some of the homies that had popped up a few weeks ago. Most of them worked out for minor gains and a few lost. Now, with the rate cuts, Fed. stimulus, gas going down and whatever else, ... changed my thinking that...

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NakoQuant (96.96) Submitted: 9/23/07 3:48 AM : Start Price: $33.62 CTX Score: 47.90

Housing downturns in America run an average of around 7 years in the U.S, following periods of appreciation. The bubble we just experienced is unlike any in modern history. It will take much longer (or be much worse for a short period of time) to r...

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joeycakes (89.80) Submitted: 4/24/08 11:11 AM : Start Price: $19.80 CTX Score: 24.67

Housing market has not yet bottomed out.

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asilbs (78.45) Submitted: 5/23/08 10:53 AM : Start Price: $18.82 CTX Score: 20.77

Umm, Centex homes, housing slump, big Florida builder, etc. If the S&P can't beat Centex, we're all in trouble.

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MarketBottom (95.57) Submitted: 6/13/08 1:31 PM : Start Price: $18.84 CTX Score: 19.74

The present breed of homebuilder will be totally lost in this market. They would need to build homes that actually might appreciate in the future and sell them to people that can make a resonable down payment. Most will elect to file bankrupcy over t...

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RandomGuy123 (85.21) Submitted: 9/05/07 11:34 AM : Start Price: $46.26 CTX Score: -55.30

Why the hell did I go long on a homebuilder? I can't remember what I was thinking... But since it's already down 40%, I might as well just hang onto it - Because Centex isn't going bankrupt.

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hondo928 (99.81) Submitted: 11/24/07 1:39 AM : Start Price: $19.88 CTX Score: 20.58

Jumping on top the knife not trying to catch it, the risk of recession is to high to try and catch the knife.

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