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Investors are hurting as stock prices plunge, but shares of financial middlemen are a rare bright spot.

Gold has been one of the best performing commodities in over a year, with the global gold price rising from close to $1,300 per ounce in the beginning of 2019 to about $1,630 per ounce in February 2020. The rise in price...

U.S. shale drillers are poised to be among the biggest losers in the oil-price war stoked by Russia and Saudi Arabia that has sent global prices crashing.

We don't expect Abbott's (NYSE: ABT) revenue to grow in double-digits in the near term. The company has seen its revenue grow at a CAGR of 12.4% from $20.4 billion in 2015 to $31.9 billion in 2019, but this growth was la...

Some financial pros say DRIPs have lost their luster. Many investors, however, still like the circular experience of dividend reinvesting.

Investing in unprofitable companies is risky--but you might not be fully aware of the types of risk you are taking on, says a George Mason professor.

While many niche products fail to attract enough assets to be profitable, the number of ETFs overall continues to grow.

Q&A: An interview with economist Henry Kaufman, whose declarations on the markets made Wall Street shudder in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Spotlight: IQ Candriam ESG US Equity and IQ Candriam ESG International Equity take a proactive approach to socially responsible investing, which could lead to some surprises for investors.

The only sound advice ever given on market panics came from Bernard Baruch. Some poor devil thrust his portfolio (written on a scrap of paper) in Bernie's face and asked what he should do. Baruch swiped away the paper wi...

Aon agreed Monday to acquire rival Willis Towers Watson for almost $30 billion in stock, the biggest global M&A deal of the year announced on one of the wildest days for markets in recent memory.

With oil down more than 20% today, markets around the world tumbled with the fear and panic due to coronavirus spreading and hitting hard. Spreading fear could be more fatal than the virus itself, as Italy has quarantine...

A broad swath of U.S. stock-market sectors entered a bear market, defined as a 20% drop from a recent high, after major European indexes suffered a similar fate.

You've seen this movie before, and the ending isn't any different this time. The virus will become a distant memory, the world will right itself, things will get back to normal, and all will be well.

Stock Market Bloodbath: S&P, Dow, Nasdaq All Down More Than 7% In Worst Drop Since 2008

Accumulating shares now appears to be a strategic move to capitalize on lower fuel costs as well as coronavirus-impacted travel, which has depressed airline stock prices.

The Federal Reserve cut rates last week, after President Trump tweeted that he wanted a "big" interest-rate cut "to make up for China's coronavirus situation and slowdown." Bond traders see more cuts coming.

Bitcoin fell to a two-month low today as multiple factors drove losses. Is the cryptocurrency headed for a rebound soon?

Some believe that Russia and maybe Saudi Arabia intentionally tanked the oil market to hurt U.S. frackers. This is bunk. Here's why.

We have expanded our "contingent risk" data functionality -- currently live for International Relations/Geopolitical Risk and Political Violence/Terrorism Risk -- to include Health Risk.

Separately, it was also reported that Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO, $40.50, Market Cap: $26.8 billion), a private equity firm which had approached TGNA twice in 2019 with strategic deals, has matched GTN's bid with...

Energy stocks in the S&P 500 hit their lowest intraday level in more than 15 years, dragged down by a feud between oil giants Saudi Arabia and Russia that threatens to flood the market with a glut of crude.