construction

Heavy equipment manufacturers, such as Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) are directly affected by the new construction markets, as an increase in construction can lead to greater demand for their products. Although 2013 has been hailed as a turnaround year for real estate...

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) -- which has been facing increased competition from mining equipment makers in China and India -- is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter full-year 2013 results on Monday, before the markets open. While the housing and wider economic recovery are...

Considering it's a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is a very volatile stock. With a beta of 1.83, the price moves up and down almost twice as much as the stock market as a whole. For patient, long term investors, that price action provides opportunities to...

Investors watching the homebuilders market are starting to see the development of an interesting trend. Many of the privately-owned homebuilder companies are expressing interest in going public, and taking steps to file prospectuses that begin the process of making shares available for sale to...

There are a couple of major economic reports due out on the first day of trading in 2011, and the market will most certainly be paying attention to what the reports say. At 10 a.m., construction spending for the month of November is expected to show a rise of 0.2%. The major report is the ISM...