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The Federal Reserve required bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more to submit capital plans for review on an annual basis. A total of 31 firms made the list. Source: SNL Financial

The bank officials fought to explain to a Senate panel how a complex trading portfolio ballooned into a more than $6 billion loss.

Risks to the financial stability of the European Union remain "elevated," and urgent action is needed to adequately capitalize the bloc's banks, the International Monetary Fund said.

The Treasury announced a probe into the government-debt market, concerned that concentrations of holdings in certain 10-year notes may be causing recent unusual trading movements.

(Kitco News) - The direction of equity markets and a meeting by the U.S. Federal Reserve will be watched by gold market participants next week to see if the yellow metal will finally break above $1,600 an ounce.

Higher prices for gold are expected next week, according to a majority of participants in the Kitco News Gold Survey, breaking a string of weeks where there was no dominant viewpoint regarding the direction for the gold ...

Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) had its estimates increased though 2015 by Goldman Sachs (GS) as new products in the pipeline should drive growth during the next several quarters. A $105 price target was set with a buy ratin...

(Kitco News) - Eyebrows were raised in the gold market this week when a story in the Wall Street Journal said that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission may look into the operations of London gold and silver f...

Today?s tickers: INTC, PGNX & RAD

A Senate subcomittee grilled current and former JPMorgan Chase executives on the London Whale trading debacle in Washington Friday, and in her first appearance since the fiasco cost her job former head of the bank's Chie...

In trading on Friday, shares of the SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (AMEX: PSK) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $45.65, changing hands as low as $45.37 per share. SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock share...

In trading on Friday, shares of the S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio ETF (AMEX: PBP) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $20.37, changing hands as low as $20.32 per share. S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio shares are curren...

In trading on Friday, shares of the Guggenheim BRIC ETF (AMEX: EEB) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $34.96, changing hands as low as $34.93 per share. Guggenheim BRIC shares are currently trading off about ...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI China Index Fund (AMEX: MCHI) where we have detected an approximate $23.1 mil...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Proshares Short Russell2000 (AMEX: RWM) where we have detected an approximate $22.5 millio...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the DB US Dollar Bullish Fund (AMEX: UUP) where we have detected an approximate $27.0 million ...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Gold Trust (AMEX: IAU) where we have detected an approximate $34.7 million dollar ...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX: IEF) where we have detected an approx...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Russia ETF (AMEX: RSX) where we have detected an approximate $56.4 million dollar outflow ...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (AMEX: XLI) where we have detected an approximate $56.9...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Proshares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (AMEX: TBT) where we have detected an approximate $...

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Gold Shares (AMEX: GLD) where we have detected an approximate $414.3 million dollar o...