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This week we will reach the fifth anniversary of the Fall of Lehman Brothers and the near collapse of the financial system.

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session with sharp losses and hit a four-week low Thursday. Deteriorating near-term chart postures for both gold and silver markets are leading to fresh technical selling pr...

Updated to include comments from Chris Grams, director of corporate communications for the CME Group.

The most recent short interest data has just been released by the NASDAQ for the 08/30/2013 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel have sifted through this fresh data and screened out these five S&P 500 stocks....

Latin America has suffered as U.S. equities have gone through the roof in 2013, with investors taking their money out in the face of Bernanke's possible taper, yet strong institutions provide great opportunities, particu...

A weekly look at the highest ranked stocks to buy in the big emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, based on the valuation models at equity forecasting firm ValuEngine.com. In other words, these company nam...

World markets were pretty quiet overnight as they need to digest a big September move. Many are buzzing about Russia PM Putin's Op-ed in the NY Times, but it doesn't appear to be having any effect on stocks.

Oil explorer hires Deutsche Bank to help it make its big move from the junior market.     

On 9/16/13, Gladstone Commercial Corp's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock (NASD: GOODN) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1484, payable on 9/30/13. As a percentage of GOODN's recent sha...

On 9/16/13, Gladstone Investment Corp's 7.125% Series A Cumulative Term Preferred Stock (NASD: GAINP) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1484, payable on 9/30/13. As a percentage of GAINP's recent sha...

In trading on Thursday, shares of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) touched a new 52-week high of $52.95/share. That's a 66.09% rise, or $21.07 per share from the 52-week low of $31.88 set back on 11/16/2012. That means at today'...

In trading on Thursday, shares of Dominion Resources Inc (NYSE: D) touched a new 52-week high of $61.94/share. That's a 26.56% rise, or $13 per share from the 52-week low of $48.94 set back on 11/13/2012. That means at t...

A nice way to pick up income and to position for possibly higher prices in oil is by owning Canadian Oil Sands, owner of the largest stake in the Syncrude Project joint venture that has been producing oil from sands sinc...

Looking back to 2 days ago, MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp (NYSE: MX) priced a 1,700,000 share secondary stock offering at $21.20 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expectin...

Looking back to 30 days ago, Medicines Co (NASD: MDCO) priced a 5,785,123 share secondary stock offering at $30.25 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that their ...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Western Union Co. (NYSE: WU) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $18.72/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their...

    

Investors eyeing a purchase of Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE: EW) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $71.81/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies ...

Seven years after paying $26 billion for Hilton private equity giant Blackstone is taking the hotel chain public.

Net flows to emerging markets are strongest when global interest rates and risk aversion are both low, says an IMF working paper

Not only does a longer cash conversion cycle indicate greater vulnerability to liquidity pressures, firms will also find it difficult to raise funds

The confidence that households once showed is now only a thing of the past