Market News

Applied Materials (AMAT) is expected to report poor first quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 with analysts expecting a 83.3% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 3 cents per share, do...

Vulcan Materials (VMC) is expected to book a narrower loss than a year ago when it reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, February 14, 2013 with analysts expecting a loss of 10 cents per share, up from a loss of 14...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/13/13, Protective Life Corp. (NYSE: PL) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.18, payable on 3/4/13. As a percentage of PL's recent ...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Lancaster Colony Corp. (NASD: LANC) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for exam...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Hasbro, I...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp (NYSE: CDE) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for exa...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Rackspace Hosting Inc (NYSE: RAX) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for exampl...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (NYSE: HLX) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500,...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NVE) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Genw...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for exampl...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component A.O. Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Mole...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE: HTZ) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for ex...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) has taken over the #101 spot from Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF), according to Th...

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...

In trading on Monday, shares of Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE: COF) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $56.42, changing hands as low as $56.33 per share. Capital One Financial Corp shares are currently trad...

In trading on Monday, shares of Intact Financial Corp (Toronto: IFC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $62.36, changing hands as low as $62.27 per share. Intact Financial Corp shares are currently trading off...

The dollar jumped against the yen to start the new week after fresh comments from Japanese officials pointed toward further measures to weaken the Japanese currency.

American Capital Strategies (ACAS) announced that profit for the fourth-quarter fell by 79 percent, though results still beat estimates. The company earned $123 million, or 38 cents per share, down from $594 million, or ...

Boise Cascade Company (BCC) today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten IPO of 11,764,706 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 per share. In connection with the initial p...

Nike (NKE) was upgraded by JP Morgan (JPM) from overweight to neutral as the firm expects earnings to grown over the next several years.

Gold fell to the lowest price in more than a month as the start of a weeklong holiday in major consumer China kept potential buyers at bay.

In trading on Monday, shares of Gibson Energy Inc (Toronto: GEI) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.04), with the stock changing hands as low as $25.36 on the day. Dividends...