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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 — ...

In trading on Thursday, shares of Frank's International NV (NYSE: FI) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $10.905 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, w...

Investors in AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) saw new options become available today, for the October 7th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AZN options chain for the new O...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/29/16, Corning Inc (NYSE: GLW), Newell Brands Inc (NYSE: NWL), and Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcom...

In trading on Thursday, packaging & containers shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 4.2%.  Leading the group were shares of AEP Industries (AEPI), up about 43.7% and shares of Owens Illinois (OI) up abou...

On 8/29/16, Crescent Point Energy Corp (Toronto: CPG) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.03, payable on 9/15/16. As a percentage of CPG's recent stock price of $20.68, this dividend works out to appro...

The Coca-Cola Company might lose volume sales in South Africa, should the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened drinks be implemented next year. The government has proposed a 20% tax on sugary drinks that will be levied with e...

In trading on Thursday, shipping shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.6%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Euronav (EURN) down about 7.3% on the day.

In trading on Thursday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.1% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of B2gold (BTG), up about 8% and shares...

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Tiffany (TIF) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 6.2%.  Year to date, Tiffany has lost about 4.1% of its value.

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.4%.  Year to date, Cisco Systems registers a 14.8% gain.

On 8/29/16, CI Financial Corporation (Toronto: CIX) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.115, payable on 9/15/16. As a percentage of CIX's recent stock price of $25.28, this dividend works out to approx...

DHFL says NCD issue of face value of Rs1,000 each with a base issue size of Rs2,000 crore and an option to retain oversubscription of up to Rs8,000 crore

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL), where a total volume of 21,370 contracts has been traded ...

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG), where a total of 9,524 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 952...

Retail sales are a pretty good proxy for consumer spending. So to me, any nationwide drop in retail sales is a warning flag about our consumption-based economy.

Investors in Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK) saw new options become available today, for the October 7th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the NOK options chain for the new Octobe...

Investors in AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) saw new options begin trading today, for the October 7th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the T options chain for the new October 7th con...

As investors debate whether markets are calm, the hope is Janet Yellen's Jackson Hole speech provides more clarity than confusion.

Shares of Workday climbed 7 percent after the enterprise software company reported an increase in subscriber revenue.

Many American investors focus solely on the U.S. economic cycle and ignore the rest of the world. But sophisticated family offices are now paying a lot of attention to China as well. China has become the world’s second...

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...