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By Suneet Chandvani and Simone Baribeau

...I am optimistic that the midterm elections could provide another form of stimulus to this secular bull market.

Facebook (FB) is positioned for a jump after earnings this quarter. The set up looks so good, it may be too perfect. Assuming all goes well, when trading resumes on Wednesday morning after a positive earnings report, Fac...

The investors are exploring options and likely to move in consonance in the next few days in opposing the draft order that the govt said was in 'public interest'

The worst performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Utilities sector, showing a 0.3% loss. Within the sector, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE: PNW) are two of the day's laggards, showing a...

IDBI Bank raises funds in overseas senior unsecured notes through its Dubai branch, says Fitch

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD) has declared a $0.15 per share quarterly cash dividend, an increase of 25 percent year-over-year, payable on Nov. 20, 2014 to all holders of record of common stock as of Nov. 6, 2...

On 10/30/14, JPMorgan Chase & Co's 6.30% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series W (NYSE: JPM.PRE) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3937, payable on 12/1/14. As a percentage of JPM.PRE's recent sha...

On 10/30/14, Bank of Montreal's Non-cumulative Perpetual Class B Preferred Shares Series 14 (Toronto: BMO-PRK) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3281, payable on 11/25/14. As a percentage of BMO.PR...

The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 329,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 33,000.  Shares of ICLN were up about 2...

As drivers of F5's future growth, we see: 1) continued strength in sales of F5's security solutions; 2) the "Good, Better, Best" bundling options; 3) rising momentum from the replacement of Cisco's ACE installed base; an...

In trading on Tuesday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.9% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Clean Energy ...

In trading on Tuesday, department stores shares were relative laggards, up on the day by about 0.1%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Kohls (KSS), down about 7.3% and shares of JC Penney Company (JCP) off abo...

The company has guided non-GAAP revenues of between $600 million to $650 million and expects to recognize sales of between 325 megawatts and 360 MW of capacity. Adjusted gross margins are projected to come in at between ...

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 two noteworthy recent insider buys.

Looking beyond the swelling legal expenses - something that remains a nagging issue for all global banking giants - UBS's results show a notable improvement in operating performance. The bank reported increased revenues ...

We believe the recent investor reaction stems from unrealistic expectations which had raised the market valuation to very high levels, and not due to any weakness in the company's business model. Twitter actually raised ...

Federal Reserve officials meeting Tuesday and Wednesday are virtually certain to end their latest bond-buying program, but they won't be retiring the policy for good.

The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lease farmland covering an area larger than France in a bid to attract capital and technology capable of boosting jobs and food productivity in one of the world's poorest countri...

Gross non-performing assets as a percentage of advances declined to 1.59%, the lowest in over four years

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Starbucks when the company reports its fourth quarter results on Thursday, October 30, 2014. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 74 cents a share, a rise from 60 cen...

Optimism surrounds PerkinElmer, as it gets ready to report its third quarter results on Thursday, October 30, 2014. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 57 cents a share, up from 49 cents a year ago.The...