Nucor (NUE)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Nucor (NUE) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 50% agree 2 votes   Nucor announces decreased demand for steel Top Contributor: Rashad Badr | Created when NYSE:NUE was $38.67 | Edit | History Despite increases in the U.S. steel industry's operating rate from 60% to 73%, as well as Nucor's current 75% operating rate, the U.S. steel industry will only inch forward at best according to Nucor's CEO and President. End markets, according to the CEO, are still in poor form as the housing market continues to struggle with a 10% decrease in housing starts for the month of May along with a 32.7% decline in May home sales. Consumers of steel are tentatively watching the economy to see how conditions fair; as such, steel consumption will level off in the meantime. See http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2316469320100623 (100 character max) Cancel 50% agree 4 votes   Imports from China hurting the domestic market Top Contributor: Charles Colon | Created when NYSE:NUE was $59.93 | Edit | History Continuing imports of foreign steel, especially from China , has led to further decreases in demand for domestic steel. (100 character max) Cancel 33% agree 3 votes   Economic slowdown has decreased demand for steel Top Contributor: Charles Colon | Created when NYSE:NUE was $59.93 | Edit | History Recent turmoil in the U.S. Housing Market, including the subprime credit crisis and continuing troubles in the U.S. Auto Industry has led to decreased demand for steel. (100 character max) Cancel 33% agree 3 votes   High costs could drive up prices even further Top Contributor: Charles Colon | Created when NYSE:NUE was $59.93 | Edit | History Nucor relies on scrap steel for its production. Historically high scrap steel prices have persisted through 2006 and global demand for scrap steel may continue to increase which could drive prices up even further. (100 character max) Cancel

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