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The post-earnings rise and fall at a leading mortgage REIT brought out some insiders. Two top executives have acquired 130,000 shares so far this month. Insider buying often can be seen as a good sign for investors. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10 percent owners really only buy...

Annaly Capital Management, GNC Holdings and Southern Copper are among the companies that have seen insider buying recently. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will rise and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have...

Markets have been hitting new highs and the unemployment rate has ticked down. Despite the uncertainty about when the Fed's quantitative easing will end, the slowdown of the Chinese economy and the ongoing economic troubles in Europe, analysts are still optimistic about certain stocks. Here is a...

In a recent research report, analysts from Credit Suisse updated their list of possible candidates to join the S&P 500. The firm used qualities such as market cap, liquidity, domicile, public float and financial viability to determine those companies Standard & Poor's selection committee...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a...

Many of the top performing dividend payers in the financial sector over the past six months, such as Triangle Capital (NYSE: TCAP) and Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT), have done just that, while others are at or near their mean price targets. It is not unusual for a stock on a tear to overrun its mean...

Companies often raise capital when the market is strong. Recently, a slew of companies have announced secondary offerings. Here is a quick look four of them: BreitBurn Energy Partners (NASDAQ: BBEP), HealthSouth (NYSE: HLS), Meru Networks (NASDAQ: MERU) and Zillow (NASDAQ: Z). BreitBurn Energy...