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In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD: NPSP) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for ex...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE: GGP) has taken over the #177 spot from BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT), according to Th...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, DuPont (NYSE: DD) has taken over the #68 spot from Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW), according to The Online Invest...

Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) have maintained an upward trend for the last two years and appear to be maintaining that trend for now, but subtle indications in the price action whisper that trouble might lie ah...

Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we...

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.1%. Within the sector, Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) and Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a ...

In afternoon trading on Friday, Financial stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.1% loss. Within the sector, Comerica (NYSE: CMA) and Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss...

The first full trading week of 2014 comes to a close with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ composite lower in early-afternoon trading on Friday.

At Billionairesportfolio.com, we’ve been studying the buying patterns of the world's greatest billionaire investors and hedge funds for the past 15 years. So when we heard last night that Carl Icahn on CNBC said “som...

The Significance of Obama's New Plan to Make Homeownership More Affordable

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 20 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Microsoft Corporation (NASD: MSFT) was held by 13 of these funds. When hedge ...

While housing recovery was steady through most of 2014, it slowed down significantly in November, which appears to be the reason why Bed Bath & Beyond's growth in the quarter was weaker than expected. However, in the con...

We will be keeping an eye on CSX's operating ratio (operating expenses are expressed as a percentage of revenues), which increased considerably in the first quarter, followed by a marginal increase in the second quarter....

Datalogix tracks offline consumer spending and provides insights therefrom to digital marketers. Such insights allow marketers to optimize their customer identification, mode of advertising as well as spending allocation...

The iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (IHI) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 289,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 91,000.  Shares of IHI were off about 0....

In trading on Friday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.8% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Gabriel Resources (GBU.CA), up about 9...

In trading on Friday, department stores shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Five Below (FIVE), off about 18.9% and shares of PriceSmart (PSMT) off abou...

In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.1%.  Leading the group were shares of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration (TRX), up about 9.4% and shares of Harmony Gold Mining Com...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX) is now the #123 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.        ...

Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we...

Investors holding shares of Goldman Sachs Group (GS) may become increasingly disappointed with their performance in 2015, especially if the S&P 500 repeats its strongly bullish trend. The relative weakness of the financ...

Rich acquisition multiples, increased adoption of high-deductible health plans and margin pressures could hit pause on health care's multi-year rally.