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Shareholders of Jones Group Inc (NYSE: JNY) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.4% annualized dividend yield can sell the November covered call at the $16 strike and collect the premium based on the 75 cen...

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

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

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

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

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

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, W.W. Grainger Inc. (NYSE: GWW) has taken over the #207 spot from Mosaic Co (NYSE: MOS), according to The Online Inv...

In trading on Friday, shares of Medivation Inc (NASD: MDVN) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $51.34, changing hands as high as $52.38 per share. Medivation Inc shares are currently trading up about 6.5% on t...

In trading on Friday, shares of Finisar Corp (NASD: FNSR) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $14.04, changing hands as high as $14.27 per share. Finisar Corp shares are currently trading up about 4.5% on the d...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

Investors considering a purchase of Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $12.35/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at ...

Investors eyeing a purchase of NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $27.10/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their d...

In trading on Friday, shares of Apollo Group, Inc. (NASD: APOL) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $21.22, changing hands as high as $21.24 per share. Apollo Group, Inc. shares are currently trading up about 4...

Shareholders of Axiall Corp (NYSE: AXLL) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.8% annualized dividend yield can sell the November covered call at the $50 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.95 bid...

Shareholders of Iron Mountain Inc (NYSE: IRM) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 3.7% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2014 covered call at the $30 strike and collect the premium based on the ...

In trading on Friday, shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE: TEVA) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $39.33, changing hands as high as $39.72 per share. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd shares ...

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 Friday, shares of Newfoundland Capital Corp. Ltd (Toronto: NCC-A) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its semi-annual dividend (annualized to $0.18), with the stock changing hands as low as $8.80 on th...

In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond Fund ETF (AMEX: CIU) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $109.43 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relat...

In trading on Friday, shares of Acadian Timber Corp. (Toronto: ADN) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $13.79, changing hands as high as $14.24 per share. Acadian Timber Corp. shares are currently trading up a...

In trading on Friday, shares of Canadian General Investments (Toronto: CGI) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $15.73, changing hands as low as $15.62 per share. Canadian General Investments shares are current...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Ingles Markets, Inc. (NASD: IMKTA) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.66), wi...