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Xi Jinping says his country's economy faces serious dangerous. If so, how can he offer Trump concessions on trade?

Vanguard recently banned all purchases and sales of these types of funds.

U.S. corporates' speculative and investment grade debt maturing in five years has now risen to over $2 trillion. Half of it is speculative grade. As interest rates rise and spreads widen, the environment will be tougher ...

It pays to read Danger Zone reports - the Danger Zone stocks averaged a -12% return in 2018 versus the S&P 500's 8% decline, and outperformed as a short portfolio.

With all the volatility in the market, the repeat purchases earned by consumer staples stocks deliver consistent dividend growth with a track record of capital gains too.

CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) recently posted a better than expected Q4 performance with a 10% top line growth and 58% surge in the earnings, led by continued cost cutting measures, along with better pricing across its seg...

IBM beat expectations on results from the latest quarter and gave a stronger-than-expected forecast for 2019.

Abbott Labs (NYSE:ABT) is set to report its Q4 2018 earnings on January 23, and we expect the company to post steady growth, primarily led by its Cardiovascular & Neuromodulation, as well as Diagnostics segments. While t...

If asset prices inflated with QE, why wouldn't asset prices deflate with QT? As long as the Federal Reserve continues to mop up liquidity through quantitative tightening, asset prices are probably going to continue to de...

Palladium is used in the production of catalytic converters, which "scrub" pollutants from the exhaust of internal combustion engines. Because of Europe's strict new standards, demand for these devices is surging, along ...

Investors have been betting on Elon Musk to be able to ramp Model 3 production with higher margins and profits. It is appearing less likely that Tesla can pull this off, which throws uncertainty into the Bull's thesis fo...

Schlumberger, the largest oilfield services provider, published its Q4 2018 results on Friday, posting revenues that beat market expectations, while earnings were largely in line with street estimates.

Comcast is scheduled to announce its fiscal fourth quarter results on Wednesday, January 23. The company has reported solid results so far this year, as its revenues and earnings per share came in ahead of market expecta...

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.

Be positive. Think positive. Don't focus on the negatives. Forget about it. These are all great pep talk lines. But for investors in 2019 and beyond, they are a trap, and a good way to lose a small fortune...or a big one...

Beeps--bond market slang for basis points--grow more important to your profitability the closer your bonds approach maturity. Here's how to use this concept to your advantage and an extraordinarily profitable recommendat...

Socially sustainable investing has always been a hot topic in theory, but is the narrative finally relevant?

The Fed tightened more than people thought it would. And stock prices indeed dropped.

Whatever hurts the UK will hurt the US, too. A Brexit-sparked recession will hinder trade. It will force some US companies to find other partners and aggravate our own problems.

For the iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF, we found that the implied analyst target price for the ETF based upon its underlying holdings is $211.81 per unit.

For the SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF, we found that the implied analyst target price for the ETF based upon its underlying holdings is $377.86 per unit.

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