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What would the growth rate be if the 'discrepancies' are left out of the GDP data? A mere 3.9, at constant prices

Bonds can be risky in different ways. Investors shouldn't underestimate interest-rate risk.

Many U.S. investors say, “why should I be interested in what is happening in China? I don't intend to invest there.”

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO), where a total volume of 22,269 contracts has been traded thus f...

If you feel trapped “grinding out” dividend income with classic 3% or 4% payers, you can double your payouts (or better) immediately by moving to closed-end funds, or CEFs. In fact, you can often make the switch with...

EMC has witnessed a slowdown in its core information storage business over the last couple of years – a trend consistent across most large storage vendors, including NetApp, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems and HP Enterprise....

Recently Starbucks Corporation‘s announced that it will bring its first International Starbucks Roastery and Reserve Tasting Room to China in 2017. The 30,000 square feet Roastery, which is to provide Chinese consumers...

One of the questions I am most frequently asked is - 'Are we in a credit bubble?'

Encouraged by Qatar's record issue last week, Saudi Arabia is weighing a sale of at least $10 billion in 5, 10 and 30-year bonds after Ramadan ends in July

A day after the GDP data for the March quarter was released, a look at the key economic indicators stand

Nothing mysterious about buying or selling gold. Gold bugs aren't smarter than you or me. Many wax fanatical, and fanatics tap out in financial markets because of inflexibility. As long as they don't close out positions ...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.16), with...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in VMware Inc (NYSE: VMW), where a total volume of 32,095 contracts has been traded thus far today, a con...

In a year filled with an impending US election, the prospect of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (aka Brexit), among other events, there has been a particular negative sentiment on the part of so...

Record-low interest rates have led corporations like Apple and GM to load up on debt, but Morgan Stanley doesn't think massive corporate bond issuance is a sign of peril for the equity market.

Diversifying from smartphones helps as the chip maker digests a huge merger.

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.5% loss. Within the sector, Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) and National Oilwell Va...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Healthcare companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.6%. Within that group, Endo International plc (NASD: ENDP) and Allergan PLC (NYSE: AG...

Comments by CEO Jeff Bezos suggest Amazon isn't planning to supplant FedEx or UPS anytime soon. Investors should be glad.

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Bank of New York Mellon Corp's Series C Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE: BK.PRC) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.30), wit...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Monster Beverage Corp (NASD: MNST), where a total of 10,197 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately...

Volkswagen AG reported its Q1 results on May 31st, and as expected, lower volume sales, unfavorable currency impact, and lower profit from its joint ventures in China — its single largest market — ate into the German...