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Sensex is currently trading lower by 329 points, or 1.26%, to 25,821, while the Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) falls 114 points, or 1.41%, to 7,960

Expectations of better growth after Donald Trump's election victory are also tightening financial conditions.

According to our estimates, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) derives nearly 45% of its valuation from sales of the Model 3, its mass market electric vehicle. When the vehicle was showcased for the first time on March 31 earli...

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 -- s...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Headwaters Inc (NYSE: HW), where a total volume of 5,302 contracts has been traded thus far today, a c...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Ebix Inc (NASD: EBIX), where a total volume of 1,232 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contr...

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...

A probe by the income tax dept has uncovered a trail of Rs38,000 crore involving manipulation in 84 listed penny stocks for converting black money into white

The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Energy sector, up 2.9%. Within that group, Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) are two large stocks leading the way, showing ...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD), where a total of 30,378 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.0 mi...

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...

In trading on Monday, shares of Power Financial Corp's Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares, Series E (Toronto: PWF-PRF) were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.3125), with sh...

Amazon Prime Video is now available in a few countries such as the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, with a planned roll out in India, as well. Reports suggest that will soon be expanded to about 200 countries worldwide. This ...

Systemic riskiness of U.S. banks increases in the view of the global standard setter, the Financial Stability Board.

Investors in British American Tobacco plc (AMEX: BTI) saw new options become available today, for the January 2017 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BTI options chain...

Investors in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASD: WBA) saw new options begin trading today, for the July 2017 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time ...

Investors in Texas Instruments Inc. (NASD: TXN) saw new options become available today, for the July 2017 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time val...

Investors in Comcast Corp (NASD: CMCSA) saw new options become available today, for the July 2017 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 2...

Investors in Autodesk Inc. (NASD: ADSK) saw new options become available today, for the July 2017 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 2...

Investors in ASML Holding NV (NASD: ASML) saw new options become available today, for the July 2017 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with...

Investors in NVIDIA Corp (NASD: NVDA) saw new options become available today, for the February 2017 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with...

It turns out Americans are paying more for chicken than they should be. Find out why...