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U.S. stocks edged down as investors stayed cautious ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's July minutes.

When Wal-Mart Stores reports Q2 earnings ahead of the market open on Thursday, analysts and investors already will be braced for a decline in profit amid top-line sales that are expected to be relatively flat compared t...

VRX soaring on big smart money buy-in

For decades, discretionary macro hedge funds were the most exciting (and sometimes provocative) area in global finance. They offered investors very attractive risk-adjusted returns that were not correlated to the stock m...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (NYSE: EL), where a total volume of 5,347 contracts has been traded thus far today,...

Wal-Mart's rally this year will be put to the test in Thursday's quarterly results.

Brighter days ahead for Apple?

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc (NASD: PLKI), where a total of 965 contracts have traded so far, representing app...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc (NASD: GLPI) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized...

Sebi is checking if any entity made illegitimate gains by trading in Cairn India and Vedanta stocks on fresh merger terms before they were publicly announced

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to tak...

Change at the top of a company can be a sign to take a fresh look at a stock.  Often times, a CEO’s departure can show that the board of directors is taking seriously the problems with a company that the market has be...

The divergent postearnings stock performance of American Eagle and Urban Outfitters illustrates the fleeting nature of good fortunes in teen retail.

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW), where a total of 47,456 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 4...

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to tak...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASD: CSCO), where a total volume of 130,076 contracts has been traded thus far today,...

In trading on Wednesday, shares of TransAlta Corp.'s Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series A (Toronto: TA-PRD) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.6...

Amazon Web Services was unsurprisingly ranked first again in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure services in Q2 2016, followed by Microsoft, IBM and Google . Amazon has been a leader in this market since ...

The leading microprocessor manufacturer, Intel , recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the deep learning technology startup Nervana Systems. The acquisition was announced in an editorial blog by Diane B...

Eight years after the Fed went bananas by setting interest rates near zero, the weirdness still hasn’t stopped. In fact, the weird part is how unsurprised we are at the bizarre economic news that comes out every day.

Aetna's decision to scale back from Affordable Care Act exchanges shouldn't worry investors.

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...