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Plummeting prices, U.S.-led sanctions and diminished oil exploration raise questions about the capacity of Russia's oil industry to continue underwriting President Vladimir Putin's ambitions at home and abroad.

Apple shares deserve more credit ahead of earnings, even as the iPhone growth engine slows.

In afternoon trading on Monday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 4.0% loss. Within the sector, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) are two large stocks that are lagging, ...

MPLX (MPLX) has declared a cash distribution of $0.50 per common unit for the fourth quarter of 2015. This represents an increase of $0.03 per unit, or 6.4 percent, over the third-quarter 2015 distribution and an increas...

The First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 235,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 26,000. Shares of RDVY w...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is all set to release earnings on January 26th. Last quarter, the company performed better than expected, posting a 3% increase in their top line. LMT is the only company among its competitors...

In trading on Monday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Gold Fields (GFI), up about 9% and shares of Barri...

In trading on Monday, paper & forest products shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 6.7%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Kapstone Paper and Packaging (KS), off about 22% and shares of Resolu...

The Oil & Gas industry saw significant activity last week, with Royal Dutch Shell recently releasing an update on the company’s fourth quarter 2015 and full year 2015 results. The detailed results will be released on F...

In trading on Monday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.4%. Leading the group were shares of Gold Fields (GFI), up about 9.1% and shares of Pershing Gold (PGLC) up about 8.7% on the d...

Global consumer products powerhouse Procter & Gamble is slated to report its fiscal 2016 second quarter earnings on January 26th. (Fiscal years end with June).  P&G is expected to have achieved low-single digit organic...

Johnson Controls' planned merger with Tyco isn't risk-free, but management has left room to over-deliver.

Europe's biggest industrial group raised its full-year earnings-per-share forecast on Monday.

Coromandel International bore the brunt of demand slowdown and inventory pile-up in the Dec quarter and analysts fear it will restrict a production ramp-up

MRF put up a decent show given the odds of stiff competition from Chinese counterparts and a drop in tyre prices sustained by the firm during the quarter

A bear market is not a one that has fallen 20%, it?s a market going on a persistent downward trend. Make no mistake, we are in a bear market and have been since early last year.

Pessimism about the short-term outlook for stocks moved closer to 50% in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Neutral sentiment plunged to a five-month low.

A bedrock belief among oil forecasters has been that China's voracious appetite for fossil fuels would stoke global energy demand for decades to come. That assumption now appears increasingly shaky.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Equinix (EQIX) is now the #70 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.

Politicians have more interest in calling for an independent telecoms network than actually creating one.

Apple's TV evolution demonstrates how difficult it will be for one tech company to control the living room.

A French wheat cargo stuck in an Egyptian port for more than a month is causing concern about demand from this market's largest buyer.