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Following the bids for the private sector NPS this year, the pension regulator will be finalising the pension fund managers in a couple of week's time

The PMI for November came in at 52.3, down from 54.4 in October; though the demonetisation impact has not been very severe

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/5/16, Ross Stores, Inc. (NASD: ROST), Ameren Corp (NYSE: AEE), and Greenhill & Company Incorporated (NYSE: GHL) will all trade ex-dividend for their r...

Looking back to 112 days ago, Franklin Street Properties Corp (AMEX: FSP) priced a 6,125,000 share secondary stock offering at $12.35 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, ex...

Investors in Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) saw new options begin trading today, for the January 2017 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BAX options chain for t...

The US dollar declines against most of its 16 major peers before payrolls report that is scheduled to be released on Friday

For almost a decade Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock has been a "super growthstock," riding on the success of the iPhone and other gadgets developed by the late company founder, Steve Jobs. Each quarter was another strong qua...

Indians queue up outside a bank to withdraw cash in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Nov. 8 televised address, announced demonetization of India's 500 and 1,000-rupee ...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Thursday, shares of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASD: CY) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.4...

Glencore is healthier thanks to China, but uncertainty in demand and heavy debt means calls for caution.

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Technology & Communications stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 2.8% loss. Within the sector, Microchip Technology Inc (NASD: MCHP) and Lam Research Corp (NASD: LRCX) are t...

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, up 1.5%. Within that group, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Transocean Ltd (NYSE: RIG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a ga...

The Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee suggested enhanced disclosures by AIFs while raising capital from retail investors with ticket sizes of less than Rs10 crore

In trading on Thursday, shares of Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.'s 7.75% Fixed-to-Floating Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: IVR.PRB) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (an...

Oil producers in the 14-member group have earned billions from the anticipation of Wednesday's cut and now will earn billions more even if the deal fails to reduce supply.

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...

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 Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE: CRM), where a total volume of 32,943 contracts has been traded thus far today, a ...

One of the most important metrics in analyzing a company's operations is how efficient it is at reinvesting its earnings to generate future growth. Although it is incorrect to attribute the increase or decrease in income...

We all know the importance of maintaining a well diversified portfolio but few of us actually do it. Most people, lack the discipline and "know-how" to properly diversify their portfolio. President-Elect, Donald Trump, k...

Optimism pulled back in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey after having risen significantly over the previous three weeks.

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...