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U.S. markets followed European equities and sold off after Portugal's second largest bank Banco Espirito Santo missed a debt payment, renewing concerns over the health of the Portuguese and European economy. Despite a comeback from hefty losses, major indices still finished the day in...

U.S. stocks rose following the FOMC minutes which stated that the Fed is on track for a final month of tapering in October. The Fed plans to slash $15 billion from its monthly asset purchasing program at that time. “Some committee members had been asked by members of the public whether...

U.S. stocks rose as investors cheered the latest move by the Federal Reserve who stacked on another $10 billion to its tapering effort. By doing so, the central bank has lowered its asset purchases to $45 billion per month. “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in...

U.S. stocks failed to rise in a choppy session which began the day in positive territory. Shares reversed and turned negative with technology stocks leading the way. The CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the "fear index" rose 3.9 percent to 14.57 despite economic data released today coming...

The new year has proved to be a volatile one on the stock markets. The Nasdaq is no exception, swinging down and up some 300 points in the first two months of 2014. Here is a quick look at five of the top-performing Nasdaq stocks in the past month. Note that all of them have market caps greater...

U.S. stocks finished the day near session lows as investors found little reason to be bullish. Housing data came in poor and failed to rally the bulls. Several Fed members raised the idea of a rate hike but “participants agreed that, with the unemployment rate approaching 6.5 percent, it would...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Chelsea Therapeutics: FDA Approval confirmed On Tuesday, shares of Chelsea Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CHTP) were halted. An FDA decision for the company's Northera drug application was postponed from Friday due to severe weather. Shortly...

Your children can tell you if you don’t already know yourself, but that fancy, space-age navigation system in the console of your car is a dinosaur, regardless of the age of your car. Auto manufacturers understand that as well, and that’s why they, along with a host of other companies, are...

The recent sell off in the equity market created some attractive buy levels in some of the high yielding dividend stocks. We ran a screen that looked at larger cap. companies yielding at least five percent that are heavily traded. We also looked for charts that had seem a recent sell off but...

Everybody's doing it. It's become so mainstream that when somebody hacks the Associated Press Twitter feed, it moves the Dow more than 100 points. If you've resisted the Twitter experience so far, give it a try. The secret to using Twitter is to be choosy. Don't follow just anybody. Constrain...

Before you replace your favorite news aggregator with an always-on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) or Twitter feed, don’t get too excited. The way companies communicate with Wall Street isn’t likely to change that much. In a ruling that surprised much of the investing community, the SEC ruled that social...

In a report this past week, analysts at the Merrill Lynch unit of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) offered list of potential large cap leveraged buyout candidates. All the companies that made their list have healthy cash flow, smart valuations and low corporate debt. Here is a quick look at four of...

U.S. markets are closed on Monday for the Presidents' Day holiday, and many of the S&P 500 have already posted results for the most recent quarter. But PC makers Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) step into the earnings spotlight this week. Also, the world's largest retailer...

Contrary to a previous report, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has no interest in acquiring Waze. Designed to be a crowd-sourced app that draws traffic data from its community of users, Waze made headlines when its CEO, Noam Bardin, told Business Insider that Apple was foolish to partner with TomTom (OTC:...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is getting ready for the biggest smartphone launch in history this weekend. Short-term sales are expected to exceed analysts' wildest expectations. In the months ahead, however, the iPhone maker has one glaring challenge that it may not be prepared to overcome. Earlier this...