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Wall Street's billion dollar club is about to get a new member but it's not a club any of them want to be a part of.

Investors are buying bonds that bet against natural disasters such as earthquakes and storms at the fastest pace in six years, a sign that debtholders are seeking increasingly novel ways to boost returns amid the low-yie...

More than 100% of equity market gains since January 2009 have taken place during the weeks the Fed purchased Treasury bonds and mortgages. And during the other weeks the returns from the stock market were negative.

Ranger Equity Bear ETF says the four companies won't be able to maintain its dividend.

Chipotle had a solid third quarter, with same store sales growing and increased guidance despite a miss on profits.

If you remember investing in the 1980s, you probably remember when certificates of deposits paid handsomely. But what is the investing strategy today, when interest rates are low and likely to stay there?

In trading on Thursday, shares of Huntington Bancshares, Inc (NASD: HBAN) touched a new 52-week high of $8.89/share. That's a 53.01% rise, or $3.08 per share from the 52-week low of $5.81 set back on 11/15/2012. That mea...

The market heads into the close with the S&P 500 higher by about 0.7%, after the government has come to a deal to end the shutdown and lift the debt limit.

The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on October 15, 2013.

Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session sharply higher and pushed well above the key $1,300.00 level Thursday. Heavy short covering was featured in the futures market as well as some safe-haven buying inter...

Company earnings, overshadowed by the rupee's decline and RBI steps to curb it, are yesterday's story. Looking beyond the numbers, there is still reason for hope

Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen is looking to have his hedge fund SAC Capital settle criminal insider trading charges with Preet Bharara for $1.2 to $1.4 billion, according to reports released Thursday.

France's Finance Ministry is considering watering down a proposed financial-transactions tax, in a bid to gain French banks' support for reviving the country's stock exchange.

El Paso Pipeline Partners (EPB) increased its quarterly cash distribution to $0.65 payable on Nov. 14, 2013, to unitholders of record as of Oct. 31, 2013. This represents a 12 percent increase over the third quarter 2012...

Today, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) increased the firm's quarterly dividend to $0.55 per common share from $0.50 per common share. The dividend will be paid on December 30, 2013 to common shareholders of record on December 2...

CEOs have had to publicly apologize more than once for failures that many blame on a management structure that until recently was aimed at preserving power equally among the three banks that formed Mizuho in 2002.

The First Trust US IPO Index Fund ETF (FPX) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 218,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 66,000. Shares of FPX were up about 0....

Earnings this morning from Goldman Sachs were very disappointing. The stock traded as low as $156 but has since recovered to $158. Goldman is raising its dividend from 50 cents to 55 cents.

High cash levels and significantly underweight exposure of fund managers to emerging markets indicates outperformance may continue

Tesla shares have been on fire so how do you play the stock from here?

In trading on Thursday, the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF (XME) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of McEwen Mining (MUX), up about 8...

Morningstar has a bullish opinion on ESRX as detailed in this article and calculates a fair value of $89 per share for the stock. It seems to me that Morningstar's research overlooks details in the financial footnotes ...