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Chinese authorities have begun investigating the possible manipulation of stock prices on Chinese exchanges even as local shares traded at a three-year high on Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed off...

While Twitter posted excellent financial results during 2014 - we think ?huge expectations? caused its stock price to decline by over 40% during the year. The company posted top-line growth of near-120% during each of th...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,609 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Liberty Global plc (NASD: L...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Technology & Communications companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.8%. Within the sector, KLA-Tencor (NASD: KLAC) and Intel (NASD: INTC) are two ...

In afternoon trading on Monday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.4% loss. Within that group, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN) are two of the day's laggards, show...

The smallest budget deficit since 2008, a soaring dollar and high yields on US Treasuries will probably combine to bolster demand at US debt auctions

Total government spending as a proportion of GDP has been going down

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and NASDAQ Composite are higher in afternoon trading on Monday. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Gilead Sciences (GILD) down 11.6%, Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACH...

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.

CVS has a 30% market share in the managed Medicaid market and believes it is well-positioned to gain additional share through Medicaid expansion. The company estimates the managed Medicaid market will grow by 40% through...

Ford has been trying to cut costs and reduce its production capacity in order to break even in Europe for the last couple of years. The company expects to break even in the continent in 2016. The company has guided for a...

While quarterly revenues fell by around 13.5% sequentially to $793 million, the company posted an adjusted (Non-GAAP) net profit of $6 million compared to an adjusted loss of $11 million during the previous quarter. Over...

MSCI's all-country world index up 0.3%; ECB QE hopes, Greek political relief boost European shares

Investors in CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) saw new options become available today, for the August 2015 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 242 ...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interest...

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...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one intere...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one i...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interestin...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one in...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one inte...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Intel Corp (NASD: INTC). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interestin...