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At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 23 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE: MRK) was held by 14 of these funds. When hedge fund m...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday committed to keeping short-term interest rates near zero at least until midyear and set the stage for tough debates in the months ahead about whether to wait even longer.

Penny stocks, which may not have the fundamentals to power their rise, have caught the fancy of traders

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 3.1% loss. Within that group, Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) and Murphy Oil (NYSE: MUR) are two of the day's laggards, showing a ...

The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Technology & Communications sector, up 0.5%. Within that group, Electronic Arts (NASD: EA) and Apple (NASD: AAPL) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a g...

The tax software price war is cutting earnings and making future growth uncertain, particularly for Intuit. H&R Block's recent rise offers opportunity to take profits and move on.

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...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Netflix Inc. (NASD: NFLX), where a total volume of 59,794 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contr...

The Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer looked to protect its premium brand image by keeping supply in line with demand in the latter part of 2014, as retail sales in the U.S. remained flat in Q2, while shipments to ...

We expect the company's Pay-TV subscriber base to continue to shrink in this quarter and beyond. In contrast, we expect steady growth in the broadband operations driven by rising residential and business demand for high-...

The country?s second largest wireless carrier added 854,000 postpaid subscribers and about 1.3 million connected devices during the fourth quarter, more than double the figure from a year ago. The carrier?s strategy to c...

As expected, the company's new flagship iPhones were the key driver of results, owing to robust shipments to both developed and emerging markets and higher average selling prices. However, the performance of the other ma...

The company's core advertising revenues continued to disappoint as the revenues (excluding Traffic Acquisition Cost or TAC) decreased marginally by 1% year on year to $1.253 billion. Furthermore, the non-GAAP operating i...

Forecasters say the U.S. new-auto sales are making a much stronger start this year than in 2014, when a harsh winter storm kept shoppers away from dealerships for the last half of January. The storm that hit the Northeas...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 25 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Google Inc (NASD: GOOGL) was held by 17 of these funds. When hedge fund manag...

Eli Lilly reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, January 30, 2015, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 74 cents per share.The consensus estimate has risen over the past month, from 73 cents, but it's...

Online investment management services now have billions of dollars under management but they've yet to weather a significant market downturn. Are they prepared?

Newell Rubbermaid reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, January 30, 2015, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 48 cents per share.Over the past three months, the consensus estimate has fallen from 51...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Honda Motor as it prepares to reports its third-quarter earnings on Friday, January 30, 2015. The consensus earnings per share estimate is 55 cen...

Apple's board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $.47 per share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on February 12, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 9, ...

Qatar's sovereign-wealth fund and Canadian investors Brookfield Property Partners are set to gain control of London's Canary Wharf business district in a deal worth $3.94 billion.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, General Electric (GE) is the #13 analyst pick.  General Electric also comes...