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In trading on Monday, shares of Yahoo! (YHOO) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 4.0%.  Year to date, Yahoo! has lost about 3.3% of its value.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to mak...

In the Wall Street Journal, David Malpass of Encima Global LLP says this: “Rather than creating or printing money, as is often assumed, the Fed borrows heavily from banks to buy bonds, setting arbitrarily low interest ...

Adjustable-rate mortgages, one of the main culprits of the housing crisis, are back in vogue. But banks say this time is different.

The US markets are higher this Monday after completion of the vote in Crimea.

Brick and mortar stores continue to struggle against the onslaught of online retailers, and discount retailer Tuesday Morning (TUES) is not positioned well to meet this challenge. With no online store, inferior operation...

Alibaba isn't planning to give any of the banks that are leading its initial public offering a substantially bigger role than the others.

The Agribusiness ETF (MOO) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 1.6 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 379,000.  Shares of MOO were up about 1% on the day.

In trading on Monday, the First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund ETF (FBT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.6% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Biogen Idec...

Stocks look set for a positive open Monday despite the ongoing crisis in Crimea. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.51 percent and futures on the S&P 500 were up 0.5 percent while those on the Nasdaq w...

Swiss banking giant UBS AG (VTX:UBSN) disclosed in its annual report on Friday that it is reviewing its precious metals business as global regulators step up their examination of currency and commodity benchmarks. "Preci...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one ...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is 3M Co (NYSE: MMM). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interesting call...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Whirlpool (WHR) is now the #205 analyst pick, moving up by 2 spots.         This rank is f...

In trading on Monday, television & radio shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.6%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Gray Television (GTN), down about 10.6% and shares of Sinclair Broadcast...

In trading on Monday, vehicle manufacturers shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.8%.  Leading the group were shares of Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), up about 23% and shares of PACCAR (PCAR) up about...

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to mak...

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), where 22,950,000 units were destroyed, o...

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ), which added 3,800,868 units, or a 1.3% increase week over week....

In early trading on Monday, shares of Biogen Idec (BIIB) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 3.9%.  Year to date, Biogen Idec registers a 23.5% gain.

Mutual funds and other investors singed by the bond-market selloff last spring are scrambling for freshly issued corporate debt like never before, lured by how much easier it is to sell than older debt.

Goldman Sachs’ “US Weekly Kickstart” (March 7) produced warnings that Goldman is now concerned about growth stock valuations (e.g., in the WSJ: “High-Flying Growth Stocks Could See Rough Landing, Goldman Says”)...