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Japanese stocks plummeted Friday morning, sinking to their lowest level in more than a year as sharp declines overseas fueled investor anxiety.

Struggling oil and gas companies are maxing out revolving credit lines typically used to cover short-term funding gaps, raising fresh concerns about banks' exposure to the decline in energy prices.

With the market struggling, it's a great time to focus on the benefits provided by companies with lengthy streaks of annual dividend increases. There are more than 760 companies that have raised their dividend for at lea...

(Kitco News) - Although gold prices may see some selling pressure at the start of the shorter trading week, analysts explain that improving market sentiment and continued uncertainty in global markets will bode well for ...

Energy MLPs burned yield-hungry investors. Now, the sector looks attractive, but investors have to tread carefully.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Cavium Inc (NASD: CAVM), where a total of 4,762 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 476,20...

Stock in videogame publisher Activision is paying dearly for a rare earnings miss. But it can level up from here.

Energy shares are faring better than consumer stocks this year, marking a reversal of fortune in the S&P 500.

The worst performing sector as of midday Friday is the Utilities sector, showing a 0.3% loss. Within that group, NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) and Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED) are two of the day's laggards, showing ...

Global uncertainties and concerns about ballooning bad loans at state-owned banks prompted a sell-off by investors

CNN's brand new show about the all-electric race series Formula E, presented by Nicki Shields

Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO), the global internet media company, released its Q4 2015 earnings on February 11th. The company is following a two-way strategy of expanding its member base (while focusing on the quality of the ...

American banks have so far escaped the billions of dollars in fines that have been levied by U.S. and British regulators leading a global seven-year probe into interest-rate rigging. That is likely to change.

American International Group (AIG) declared a 14 percent increase in the quarterly dividend to $0.32 per share on AIG Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share. The dividend is payable on March 28, 2016, to stockholders of...

Monster Worldwide’s below-par fourth quarter results and its disappointing guidance for the first quarter this year resulted in the company’s stock nosediving following its earnings release on Thursday. Monster’s o...

The year 2015 was a challenging one for graphics processor manufacturer AMD , with the company’s revenue base declining by 28% and its net loss expanding to $660 million, compared to $403 million in 2014. In addition t...

Time Warner’s Q4 earnings were above street estimates led by better performance of HBO. While the media industry is facing headwinds from declining subscribers, HBO continues to post solid subscriber growth. The networ...

The First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FYC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 406,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 32,000. Shares of FYC were ...

In trading on Friday, the iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of JP Morgan Chase (JPM), up ab...

In trading on Friday, entertainment shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Eros International (EROS), off about 4.4% and shares of AMC Entertainment Holdi...

In trading on Friday, non-precious metals & non-metallic mining shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 5.9%. Leading the group were shares of Ryerson Holding (RYI), up about 17.9% and shares of Freeport-McM...

For most of the past 15-20 years, the market has been flush with cash, and many stocks have traded at astronomical heights without real businesses to support them. In this exuberant market, fundamentals mattered little w...