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The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Capital One Financial (COF) is now the #110 analyst pick, moving up by 2 spots.         Th...

When the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange rings on Monday morning, companies on the trading floor will be joined by a new addition -- inasmuch as a 91-year-old brand can be described as "new." Time Inc., the U...

Stocks rise to fresh records after jobs reading comes out in line with estimates.

Brazil's drought has caused problems for coffee growers and folks charged with keeping up the nation's hydroelectric plants, but it has been good for the sellers of natural gas and the commodity's price in Brazil has jum...

Where art thou volatility? Not here, nor there, but soon to revive, me thinks.  Volatility in risk markets is simply the measurement of variation in prices which is often calculated over certain time periods and against...

Fed makes rare warning about investors' risk complacency. Time for cautionary concern? No, just the opposite. The correct reaction should be contrarian confidence.

The ECB did as promised on Thursday as they cut a key rate to below zero in a belated effort to counter the threat of deflation in the Eurozone. The German Dax made new all-time highs in Thursday's session, led by the fi...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, not showing much of a gain. Within that group, SCANA Corp (NYSE: SCG) and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NR...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Industrial companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.9%. Within that group, Joy Global Inc (NYSE: JOY) and Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) are two large sto...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,692 13-F filings for the 03/31/2014 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13-F filers. For each compo...

The portfolio manager recounts his (bad) bet on silver.

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...

While volatile exchange rates resulted in weak reported revenue growth rates in Avon's largest market of Latin America, strategic executional lapses in North America and Asia-Pacific weighed on the company's revenues.

The drivers of the Toro Rosso team reveal how hard it is to make it to the driver's seat and how it's even tougher to stay there.

Despite the strong proliferation and installed base, the QNX business is not believed to be very meaningful to BlackBerry's financial performance (the company does not break out QNX financials). The business generates re...

Boeing's commercial airplane backlog jumped to nearly 5,200 airplanes at the end of last month, from around 3,770 airplanes at the end of 2011. This sharp growth in the company's backlog over just two-and-half years forc...

Under preliminary terms of the reported deal, Sprint is likely to pay around $40 per share for T-Mobile, valuing the company's equity at close to $32 billion. Sprint would also assume T-Mobile's net debt of about $9 bill...

Several sources on Friday reported that Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) is in talks to pay up to $18 billion to settle civil allegations of mishandling bad mortgages in the years ahead of the financial crisis.

The EGShares FTSE Beyond BRICs ETF (BBRC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 1.4 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 140,000. Shares of BBRC were up about ...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,692 13-F filings for the 03/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Micron Technology (NASD: M...