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The top 10 countries as ranked by GDP growth and how to invest in them through the most liquid corresponding exchange-traded funds.

Elon Musk's new battery packs are a threat to utilities, but also represent an opportunity to maintain relevance.

Apollo Global Management is embarking on an unusual campaign to improve its image with debt investors after a series of spats between the private-equity firm and creditors in some of its troubled deals.

The seventeenth full trading week of 2015 comes to a close with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ composite all higher near the close on Friday.

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 21 most recent 13F filings for the 03/31/2015 reporting period, and noticed that ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was held by 15 of these funds. When hedge fund man...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 20 most recent 13F filings for the 03/31/2015 reporting period, and noticed that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was held by 10 of these funds. When hedge f...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, up 0.4%. Within the sector, Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW) and Dominion Resources Inc (NY...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Materials companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.9%. Within the sector, Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) and Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (NYSE: NWL) are...

Visa and MasterCard showed with healthy first-quarter results that they can swim against the economic current.

The First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FXZ) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 921,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 102,000. Shares of FXZ were up abo...

LinkedIn's first-quarter stumble was costly, but the professional social network should recover.

In trading on Friday, the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.8% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Teradyne (TER), up about 11.8% a...

In trading on Friday, advertising shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.6%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Sizmek (SZMK), down about 9.5% and shares of Harte Hanks (HHS) off about 4.2% on ...

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.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is now the #10 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.

Home Depot holds the dominant position in the U.S. home improvement industry, accounting for approximately 60% of all revenues. With 1,977 stores across the U.S., Home Depot has been a one-stop shop for many consumers lo...

One of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the U.S., Anadarko Petroleum, is set to announce its 2015 first-quarter earnings after markets close on May 4th. We expect lower crude oi...

Visa reported its fiscal first quarter earnings on Thursday, April 30. The company reported net income of $1.55 billion, about flat on an year-over-year basis. However, the company's net operating revenue increased by 10...

Ford Motors has been struggling in Europe over the last few years. Since the beginning of 2012 the U.S. auto maker has lost roughly $4 billion in the region. Part of the reason behind that is the overall decline in the E...

Netflix posted strong numbers in its quarterly earnings announcement on April 15th and the stock has jumped over 17% since then. (You can read our earnings review here.) Subscriber growth exceeded expectations as the com...

Comcast will report its Q1 2015 results on May 4th. We expect the company' high-speed internet business to continue to perform well, while its pay-TV business will likely continue losing customers. However, Comcast has b...

Shares of Yum! Brands Inc.