Has Optimism Been Guiding Home Depot And Lowe's To Glory?

Since the recession, stocks of home improvement giants, Home Depot and Lowe's, have registered phenomenal growth. Even now, analysts continue to upgrade the stocks citing a recovering U.S. economy and housing markets, coupled with strong business fundamentals as reasons. However, questions arise as to how much of this growth is a consequence of investors getting in on anticipating a recovery in the U.S. housing markets, and how much is actually a consequence of a growing business. Could it be th...