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Brent is set to end lower for a fourth week in five, having fallen more than 15% this year as global supplies have remained high

With yields low, investors hunting for income should look at technology stocks such as Apple and at overseas shares.

Despite assurances from JPMorgan Chase that what may be the biggest data breach to hit the U.S. financial sector did not compromise individual account numbers, experts say customers must be on guard. Chase's claim that h...

The worst performing sector as of midday Friday is the Energy sector, showing a 0.5% loss. Within that group, Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE: DO) and Noble Corp (NYSE: NE) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing ...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Healthcare companies are outperforming other sectors, up 2.0%. Within the sector, Mylan (NASD: MYL) and Covidien (NYSE: COV) are two large stocks leading ...

It was an ugly start to the new month with the Dow Transports losing 2.5% as the airline stocks were hammered over the new Ebola fears. Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and JetBlue Airways (JBLU) were all...

The fortieth trading week of 2014 comes to a close with the S&P 500, NASDAQ composite and Dow Jones all higher in mid-afternoon trading today.

The solar sector had a relatively rough week, with most solar stocks shedding recent gains owing to falling oil prices, new equity and debt offerings and also due to speculation that Japan will cut its solar subsidies. T...

The growing adoption of cloud-based services and the introduction of Big Data storage and data analytics in recent years have driven demand for enterprise-level storage platforms, and as a result storage companies have s...

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money.  So let's look at one noteworthy recent insider buy.

Merck has stated that its drug will cost roughly $12,500 per month for treatment and targets advanced melanoma that accounts for most of the deaths from skin cancer cases. This means that only patients suffering from adv...

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.72 per share on common stock payable on January 15, 2015, to stockholders of record as of December 10, 2014.

In such a market, where almost 95% market is dominated by well established brands, McCafe might find it difficult to penetrate the Canadian market to such an extent. Customers will need a strong reason to shift their cof...

In trading on Friday, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Biocryst Pharmaceuticals (BCR...

In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 4.4%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of DRDGOLD (DRD), off about 9.3% and shares of Paramount Gold and Silver Corpo...

In trading on Friday, airlines shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.7%.  Leading the group were shares of CHC Group (HELI), up about 6.6% and shares of American Airlines Group (AAL) up about 6.3% on th...

A historical review of Prudent Speculator returns and analysis of Navios Maritime.

A lot of companies that once prospered from the pc market need to adjust. And those that can do so but whose shares are still valued with reference to the lost pc business rather than the emerging state of affairs can pr...

The firm will offer up to about 65.9 million shares worth about $5.06 billion under stock-based compensation plans

Looking back to 58 days ago, Extended Stay America Inc (NYSE: STAY) priced a 21,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $21.75 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecti...

Looking back to 84 days ago, Westmoreland Coal Co. (NASD: WLB) priced a 1,464,789 share secondary stock offering at $35.50 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting tha...

Shareholders of La-Z-Boy Inc. (NYSE: LZB) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.2% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $22.50 strike and collect the premium based on the 6...