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European stock markets are lacking a spark to get investors truly enthused again about their prospects.

The big debate on Wall Street is whether stocks are in a steep correction in an aging bull market or if this is the early stages of a new bear market? I believe the jury is still out and more data is needed before we kno...

Voice-controlled 'bots' may be an alternative to the mobile-app world that software giant has largely missed.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), where a total of 79,647 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 8.0 ...

Through the first three months of the year, stocks and Treasurys followed a similar pattern to 2015. Will the parallels continue?

There is still little evidence that this cash hoarding is going on outside of a few people buying safes in Japan. Bernanke observes this, and wonders out loud if the impact of negative interest rates could be greater tha...

The slowdown seems to fly in the face of RBI's contention that higher real rates of interest lead to an increase in savings and deposit growth

Five of the eight Dogs of the Dow have outperformed the index after setting their lows. Here's how to trade them.

After delaying the inevitable, rapid decline rates are poised to catch up with shale crude producers, giving them a big role in balancing the global crude market.

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.2% loss. Within that group, CenterPoint Energy, Inc (NYSE: CNP) and NRG Energy Inc ...

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Consumer Products stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 0.6%. Within the sector, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE: RCL) and Mattel Inc (NASD: MAT) are two large stocks leadi...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), where a total of 56,942 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 5.7 ...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASD: ISRG), where a total volume of 3,438 contracts has been traded thus far today...

Banner Corporation (BANR) increased its regular quarterly cash dividend 17% to $0.21 per share. The dividend will be payable April 20, 2016, to common shareholders of record on April 11, 2016.

Gold prices on Wednesday ended the U.S. day session moderately lower and took back around half of Tuesday's solid gains.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL), where a total volume of 30,310 contracts has been traded thus far today, ...

The CEF Municipal Income ETF (XMPT) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 321,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 41,000.  Shares of XMPT were up about 0.2% o...

In trading on Wednesday, the iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan ETF (AAXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.5% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of JD.com (JD), up...

After the launch of its mobile application last year, McDonald’s now appears to be going full steam on its digital initiatives. The company’s chief digital officer said in a recent interview that McDonald’s will be...

In trading on Wednesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.9%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Comstock Mining (LODE), off about 11.8% and shares of Great Panther Silv...

In trading on Wednesday, advertising shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.7%.  Leading the group were shares of ReachLocal (RLOC), up about 6% and shares of Tremor Video (TRMR) up about 5.1% on the day...

The only justification for mutual funds to have higher fees than ETFs is “active” management that leads to out-performance. How can a fund that has significantly worse holdings than its benchmark hope to outperform? ...