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The anticipation over the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates has reached a fever pitch, with investors beginning to reshuffle assets in preparation of a rising interest rate cycle. The problem they face, however, is t...

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Utilities sector, not showing much of a loss. Within the sector, AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a...

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Consumer Products stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.6% loss. Within that group, Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK) and Mattel Inc (NASD: MAT) are two large stocks that ...

In trading on Tuesday, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.6% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of KT (KT), up about 1.3% and ...

In trading on Tuesday, defense shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.6%.  Leading the group were shares of Arotech Corporation (ARTX), up about 16.3% and shares of Gencorp (GY) up about 0.6% on the day.

India has one of the largest bases of Internet users in the world, but the online retailing market is relatively smaller

FMC had in December said KCSL and Kotak Mahindra Bank, which has a 40% stake in Ace, were 'related parties'

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 4,002 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that General Motors Co. (NYSE: G...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 4,002 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...

Investors might be hesitant to consider big-technology companies a bargain right now, but perhaps they should not feel that way.

Apple's buyback activity may not be enough for Carl Icahn, but during the fourth quarter of 2014, it was good enough to top the S&P 500. According to a new analysis from financial research firm FactSet, Apple spent more ...

The device, which has been in markets outside of U.S. since 2005, has struggled to gain approval after complications stemming from efficacy and complexity during implantation. The device was finally able to satisfy the F...

We believe that the company's VIP gaming turnover in Macau will continue to see some pressure in the coming months amid the ongoing anti-corruption crackdown in the region. However, we believe the growth in this segment ...

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.

This potential loss of subscribers has not been telling for Netflix as of yet and its international subscriber base has increased from 1.9 million customers in 2011 to 18.3 million by the end of 2014. However, subscriber...

Given the bank's roughly 1.95 billion outstanding shares, the proposed 15-cents-a-share quarterly dividend represents a total dividend payout of around $1.15 billion. Coupled with the share buyback plan, the approved pla...

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.75 per share on the Company's Common Stock, payable in cash on April 22, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 1, 2015.

The Social Media Index ETF (SOCL) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 1.6 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 102,000.  Shares of SOCL were up about 0.9% ...

In trading on Tuesday, metals & mining shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.4%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Molycorp (MCP), off about 32.7% and shares of FMSA Holdings (FMSA) down ab...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Gilead Sciences (GILD) is now the #90 analyst pick, moving up by 2 spots.

GMR Infrastructure subsidiary DIAL sells its entire stake in cargo services for `29 crore

Following stake sale in the rating agency, the bank's shareholding comes down to 10.3% from earlier 10.5%