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Cool weather in major markets, rising purchasing costs, few clear fashion trends: it has been a horrible spring for clothing retailers. But there is one exception: Inditex.

Immigration and education are important, but if Clinton or Trump want to give stocks a jolt they'll fix the broken tax code, says Mario Gabelli.

The U.S. economy isn't going to grow that fast under either candidate, but that may make a market crash less likely.

Demand for socially useful investments is growing, but skilled fund managers are in short supply. A new Seattle accelerator aims to change that.

Stable income and staid management are the hallmarks of REIT investing. Pesky hedge fund manager Jonathan Litt is proving that a little activism can yield even bigger returns.

The Federal Reserve has consistently proved the markets right on rates, but it isn't a sure thing that will keep happening.

Investors searching for growth are increasingly looking beyond the more familiar emerging markets to “frontier markets.” While it was rare for family office investors to invest in even the largest emerging markets su...

R-Com's competitive position has deteriorated considerably, and threatens to fall further thanks to the disruption caused by the withdrawal of CDMA services last month. Based on revenue market share, Aircel appears to be...

While the policy talks of improving sector infrastructure, implementation will be the key

The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Materials sector, up 1.1%. Within the sector, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) and Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain...

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Utilities stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.5% loss. Within that group, SCANA Corp (NYSE: SCG) and Eversource Energy (NYSE: ES) are two large stocks that are lagging, ...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of TransCanada Corp's Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 1 (Toronto: TRP-PRA) were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.8165), w...

Even though Bed Bath & Beyond didn't spend much to acquire One Kings Lane, the deal doesn't help it tackle its real problem.

Fed also lowers economic growth forecasts for 2016 and 2017, indicates it would be less aggressive in tightening monetary policy after the end of this year

Rising global economic disarray and fears of a slowing in the U.S. economy caused the Federal Reserve to resist hiking short-term interest rates for a first time since moving off of 0% in late 2015.

Whiskey has been a strong sales driver of the U.S. spirits market, as the demand for American Whiskeys is booming in the U.S. and abroad. Modernized alcohol laws have expanded consumer access and choice. Furthermore, a r...

As Amazon invests heavily in India looking to expand its footprint in the region and dominate its e-commerce market, Alibaba is gradually putting together the necessary pieces to grow organically in the region. Reports s...

Alibaba operates in a Chinese digital marketplace that by 2020 will be bigger than that of the U.S., U.K., Germany and France...combined.

Realty consultant JLL India said in a report that the country is emerging as major investment destination for Chinese and Japanese developers

By Jan Vrins

For once, the market's 'fear gauge' is actually saying something.

Large biotech companies need another wave of blockbuster drugs to push shares higher.