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Investors in Costco Wholesale Corp (NASD: COST) saw new options begin trading this week, for the November 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the COST options chain fo...

A rough year for Vertex Pharmaceuticals gives biotech investors an opening.

There are ways around Brexit for financial firms, but politics needs to help.

Investors in Equinix Inc (NASD: EQIX) saw new options begin trading this week, for the November 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the EQIX options chain for the new ...

Investors in Clorox Co (NYSE: CLX) saw new options become available today, for the December 16th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 87...

Investors looked again like they were treading cautiously into the markets today as the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day meetings launches in the U.S. and the Bank of Japan has its own central bank meetings there...

Wells Fargo chairman and CEO John Stumpf has said he is sorry for his bank opening millions of fake bank accounts for customers. On Tuesday, he is apologizing again -- this time in a testimony to the Senate Committee on ...

Investors in Expedia Inc (NASD: EXPE) saw new options begin trading this week, for the November 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the EXPE options chain for the new ...

Investors in Applied Materials, Inc. (NASD: AMAT) saw new options become available this week, for the November 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AMAT options cha...

To become a "Dividend Aristocrat," a dividend paying company must accomplish an incredible feat: consistently increase shareholder dividends every year for at least 20 consecutive years. Companies with this kind of track...

Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weigh...

Investors in Xilinx, Inc. (NASD: XLNX) saw new options become available this week, for the November 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XLNX options chain for the ...

Investors in PepsiCo Inc (NYSE: PEP) saw new options begin trading today, for the December 16th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so wit...

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Marriott International (MAR) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 3.1%.  Year to date, Marriott International registers a 5.1...

n early trading on Tuesday, shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 3.4%.  Year to date, Royal Caribbean Cruises has lost about 33...

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of General Electric (GE) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.9%.  Year to date, General Electric has lost about 4.6% of ...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 9/22/16, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.64, payable on 10/6/16. As a percen...

On 9/22/16, National Bank of Canada (Toronto: NA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.55, payable on 11/1/16. As a percentage of NA's recent stock price of $47.78, this dividend works out to approxim...

In recent trading, shares of Banco Santander Chile (NYSE: BSAC) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $20.57, changing hands for $20.63/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set,...

In recent trading, shares of Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (NYSE: ITUB) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $10.67, changing hands for $10.70/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has...

The ICICI Prudential Life IPO received applications for 68.78 million shares against 132.37 million shares

REITs help make investments in real estate more accessible, long-term and income oriented.