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The stock has rallied from $70 in January to its current market price of over $77. This translates into a return of over 10% in the last month alone. While we have recently revised our price target from $62 to $70, we be...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Thursday, shares of Mosaic Co (NYSE: MOS) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.00), with the stoc...

The FAO's food price index for February dipped by 14% over a year ago and declined by 1% sequentially

Among the sectoral indices, the BSE healthcare index was the top sectoral gainer, up 1%

The partially convertible rupee opens at 62.33 per dollar compared with its previous close of 62.27

Savvy participants can tilt the process in their favor when mediation is used in divorce, disputes with brokers and other conflicts.

Indonesia's president wants to pour billions of dollars into state-owned firms to encourage the private sector to invest in infrastructure. Investors have their doubts.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Thursday, shares of Joy Global Inc (NYSE: JOY) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.80), with the...

In trading on Thursday, shares of Finning International Inc (Toronto: FTT) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.71), with the stock changing hands as low as $23.64 on the day....

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to tak...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,992 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Baidu, Inc. (NASD: BIDU) wa...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,992 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13F filers. For each compone...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) is the #54 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To ma...

General Dynamics (GD) declared a regular quarterly dividend of 69 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable May 8, 2015, to shareholders of record on April 10. The dividend represents an 11.3 percent increas...

The signing of the additional streaming agreement with Silver Wheaton is part of Vale's ongoing response to an environment of low commodity prices, particularly those of iron ore. The upfront cash payment will lessen the...

Following these results, Abercrombie's stock fell a sharp 15%, raising questions about the effectiveness of its revival strategies. The company is phasing out its logo business, testing new storefronts and pricing for Ho...

The First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 322,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 57,000.  Shares of...

While the deal will make Springleaf the single biggest sub-prime lender in the country, Citigroup stands to gain a lot from the disposal of what is its most profitable business in terms of return on assets (RoA). The cas...

In trading on Thursday, the Biotech ETF (BBH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), up about 12.9% and shar...

The JPMorgan Chase and Co. head of Asian emerging markets research says budget conveys the vision the govt wants to move away from being an enabler for growth and business to being a facilitator

In trading on Thursday, packaging & containers shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.3%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Greif (GEF), down about 13.5% and shares of Packaging Corporation ...

In trading on Thursday, oil & gas refining & marketing shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.7%.  Leading the group were shares of Pacific Ethanol (PEIX), up about 24.3% and shares of Rex American Resou...