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The Stock Market, as represented by the S&P 500, showed continued strength on Tuesday despite a lower close in the NASDAQ 100. Weakness on earnings and subscriptions caused Netflix (NFLX) to fall more than fourteen dolla...

United Continental reported first-quarter earnings that topped analyst estimates, sending its shares higher in after-hours trade.

Yum Brands, which owns Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, has something to celebrate. More Chinese customers are coming to its restaurants.

Yum shares went higher Wednesday after the company announced better than expected earnings and China growth.

Could a Saudi bond dump send U.S. interest rates skyrocketing and send the American economy into recession? Well, U.S. Treasury Department data shows that Saudi's holdings in U.S. Treasuries represent not even a third of...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), where a total volume of 16,622 contracts has been traded thus far ...

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Netsuite Inc (NYSE: N), where a total of 2,473 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 247,300...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Splunk Inc (NASD: SPLK), where a total volume of 4,913 contracts has been traded thus far today, a con...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of VEREIT Inc (NYSE: VER) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.55), with the st...

Rules may also be relaxed on standard risk statements and the format of commercials, fund branding activities

The government has come down heavily on rising sugar prices in the past and it can do so again, a risk in sugar shares that investors have to now watch for

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.5%. Within the sector, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: ...

The worst performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Utilities sector, showing a 1.2% loss. Within the sector, CMS Energy Corp (NYSE: CMS) and NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss o...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Tractor Supply Co. (NASD: TSCO), where a total volume of 4,298 contracts has been traded thus far today, a ...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW), where a total of 31,927 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.2 m...

Foxconn to set up retail stores to sell Apple products in China

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), where a total of 9,642 contracts have traded so far, representing approximat...

Canadian Pacific (CP) authorized an increase to the company's quarterly dividend to $0.50 per share from $0.35 payable on July 25, 2016 to shareholders of record on June 24, 2016.

AMD is set to release its Q1 2016 earnings on April 21st. The year 2015 was a challenging one for AMD. In addition to weak macroeconomic conditions and declining PC sales, the company was hit by significant market share ...

The WisdomTree LargeCap Value Fund ETF (EZY) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 414,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 33,000.  Shares of EZY were trading...

In trading on Wednesday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Callon Petr...

With valuations stretched and earnings sagging—a forecast 7.9% drop for S&P 500 companies in the first quarter—it’s getting tougher to find reliable dividend growers at bargain prices.