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Pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli--who gained notoriety earlier this year for significantly raising prices on drugs--was arrested on charges of securities and wire fraud based on his former work at a hedge fund.

The Bank of Japan announced supplementary measures to its quantitative easing program Friday, saying it would increase its exposure to longer-term government bonds and domestic stock funds.

ECB asset purchases, assurances from the Fed that rate increases will be moderate, attractive yields and the belief that problems in the energy sector are not spreading to other areas have led some fund managers to turn ...

On the day the Federal Reserve implemented its plan to raise interest rates, driving up overnight borrowing costs, broader market forces conspired instead to drive other U.S. interest rates down.

U.S. dollar strength and a weakening yuan are driving mainland visitors away from shopping paradise Hong Kong to Japan.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in GoPro, Inc. (NASD: GPRO), where a total volume of 69,658 contracts has been traded thus far today, a c...

Though there isn't an across-the-board consensus -- BTIG, in particular, has a dour outlook for what the latest Star Wars installment can do for Disney -- many Wall Street observers have a decidedly bullish take on just ...

Until other economies step up, the dollar will likely only get stronger.

Rates are still low, but as rates gradually rise over the next few years, people will be incentivized to move out of risky things and into less-risky things.

In afternoon trading on Friday, Healthcare stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.3%. Within that group, McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) and Baxalta Inc (NYSE: BXLT) are two large stocks leading the way, showing...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Financial companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.6% loss. Within that group, Navient Corp (NASD: NAVI) and E*trade Financial Corporatio...

Biotech stocks tend to perform very well in the month of January. Historically, January tends to be a good month for stocks - especially small caps. This phenomenon is also known as the January Effect. The January effect...

No wonder Uruguay's Punta del Este race track is known as the "Monaco of South America." The shore is so close that sand drifts onto the circuit, and when the checkered flag falls even the slowest drivers can be sunbathi...

All eyes will be on the U.S. dollar next week, although expected illiquidity in the gold market could mean increased volatility, traders and analysts said.

The iShares Global Materials ETF (MXI) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 673,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 31,000. Shares of MXI were off about 0.1% on ...

It has been more than 5 weeks since the release of Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Black Ops III, and the sales trend for this title has been a bit interesting for analysts. No doubt, Call of Duty has been the most s...

In trading on Friday, trucking shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Celadon Group (CGI), down about 9.7% and shares of YRC Worldwide (YRCW) off about 9....

In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 4%. Leading the group were shares of Primero Mining (PPP), up about 9.7% and shares of Novagold Resources (NG) up about 8.5% on t...

Although currently India does not contribute significantly to Google's revenues, it has a huge potential for growth in terms of number of users. The number of internet users in India will exceed those in the U.S. in Dece...

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 dollars to ...

Alcoa has announced the signing of multi-year supply agreements with Boeing worth $2.5 billion, as it continues to enhance the size and scope of its value-added businesses. As part of these deals, Alcoa will supply multi...

Accenture reported its Q1 FY 2016 results on December 17th. (Fiscal years end with August.) Due to the strong dollar, the company posted 1% year-over-year growth in revenues to $8 billion, though revenues were up 10% in ...