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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...

It’s not just about timely data. It’s also about trust. Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) partnership with comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) is designed to provide major advertisers, like Kellogg, with timely data from a trusted source. The move, Google and comScore said, would provide better and faster data about...

The market continues to tell investors that volatility is here to stay at least for now. The VIX is hovering around 20 after spending much of 2013 somewhere around 12 and triple digit moves in the Dow are now commonplace. Yesterday, the Dow was up 188.3 points or 1.2 percent to finish the day...

U.S. stocks moved sharply higher today as investors and traders digested positive news about the job market. It is unclear if Thursday's momentum will be carried forward Friday with the release of the January employment survey. The Dow gained 1.22 percent, closing at 15,628.53. The S...

January, with its five percent correction, is behind us, and earnings continue to roll out this week, whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow. Highlights will include quarterly results from General Motors (NYSE: GM), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS),...

The major indices can bank another day in the green. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 both reached new highs during Friday's trading session as markets continued its momentum following U.S. Federal Reserve's new boss Janet Yellen confirmed the central bank's economic stimulus would continue. The...

While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

Warner Brothers, a division of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is reveling in the first-weekend haul of its newest mega-blockbuster, Man of Steel. According to the Associated Press, early metrics show a domestic revenue of $125 million plus an additional $71.6 million internationally. This puts Man of...

First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...

The S&P ended last week above 1,500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000. Some strong earnings reports could push the markets higher, and there are plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule this week. Analysts by and large expect to see year-over-year earnings per share (EPS)...

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report came out this past week. The analyst was looking for stocks of well-positioned companies with products that are protected from consumer weakness or those with strong franchises in developing markets. Its top turnaround...

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report came out this week. The analyst was looking for stocks of well-positioned companies with products that are protected from consumer weakness or those with strong franchises in developing markets. Its top developing markets...

Here's a quick look at eight of the best-performing stocks of the past six months that also had dividend yields of two percent or more. Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida (NYSE: PVD) has risen more than 31 percent in the past six months, despite pulling back more than four percent from...