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Investors don't anticipate the Fed raising rates any time soon. Wednesday's Fed minutes may alter that mind-set.

U.S. stocks retreated Tuesday after closing at a record high in the previous session even as a rise in industrial production and housing starts pointed toward a robust economy.

With the gap between CPI and WPI narrowing, consumer goods-producing firms' operating margins are likely to be squeezed, analysts say

Shares of Terra Chips maker Hain Celestial have been getting hammered since the company announced that it would delay the release of its fourth quarter earnings results due to an accounting issue. The organic-and-natural...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

Less driven by fear, corporate spending on cybersecurity gets more selective.

What investors from outside China get access to is just another volatile and expensive sort of stock market.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $12.35 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a t...

In trading on Tuesday, shares of CenterPoint Energy, Inc (NYSE: CNP) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $22.02 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, whi...

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — ...

As many as 10 investors in the National Stock Exchange, including Tiger Global Five Holdings and SBI, have urged NSE to accelerate plans to go public

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY), where a total volume of 58,793 contracts has been traded thus fa...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, shares of Windstream Holdings Inc (NASD: WIN) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.60), ...

In trading on Tuesday, shares of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto: REI-UN) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its monthly dividend (annualized to $1.41), with the stock changing hands as low as $28.13 o...

Increased drilling activity in the US and strong Opec production have also had a bearish impact on oil prices

George Soros made his fortune, over the last few decades, from his prescient macro views on markets. When Mr. Soros speaks, people listen. Mr. Soros is still bearish on stocks and sold some of his gold. In his quarterly ...

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Utilities stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.0% loss. Within the sector, Alliant Energy Corp (NYSE: LNT) and CenterPoint Energy, Inc (NYSE: CNP) are two large stocks that...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.4%. Within that group, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) are ...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), where a total volume of 80,362 contracts has been traded thus far today,...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASD: URBN), where a total of 8,749 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately...

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...