Companies that pay out dividends have traditionally been seen as stable and established. But the global economic downturn has turned a lot of that old-school thought on its head, while volatile markets ...

Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.23 percent to 16,235.46 while the NASDAQ surged 0.36 percent to 4,307.65. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.23 percent to 1,849.36. Leading and Lagging Sectors ...

Among the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies, Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN ), Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB ) and BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN ) saw the largest percentage increases in short ...

We continue to track the short interest changes in the primary 3D printer and services companies. The following information is based on data reported for the period ended February 14, 2014. Short interest ...

Here is a look at the six Nasdaq-traded stocks with the largest number of shares held short as of February 14. Of the six, only one saw short interest fall, while the rest had short interest rise. For ...

After largely shying away in the previous period, short sellers returned to many of the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical stocks in early February. The largest upswings happened to BioMarin Pharmaceutical ...

AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE: ACO ) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved an amended merger agreement with Imerys S.A. ("Imerys"), pursuant to which AMCOL ...

How often have you bought a stock because someone told you it was a good company to own? It is still amazing to see so many individual investors with such a gamblers mentality when it comes to the stock ...

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.16 percent to 16,205.67 while the NASDAQ surged 0.32 percent to 4,301.20. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.14 percent to 1,847.73. Leading and Lagging ...

WidePoint Corporation (NYSE: WYY ), a leading provider of secure, cloud-based, enterprise-wide solutions and services in mobile communications management and identity management, announced today the pricing ...

Most Wall Street firms run model portfolios for their institutional and retail clients. Here are stocks that recently were added to the Piper Jaffray Model Portfolio.

ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE: ALE ) (the “Company”) today announced that it plans to commence an underwritten public offering of up to 2,500,000 shares of its common stock, subject to market conditions, in connection ...

The initial public offering for Coupons.com is getting closer and closer to fruition. The online coupons site has set the terms at 11.5 million shares to be sold between $12.00 and $14.00. The company ...

Toward the end of trading Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.19 percent to 16,176.05 while the NASDAQ declined 0.17 percent to 4,286.67. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.17 percent to 1,844.71. Leading and Lagging ...

Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.04 percent to 16,214.05 while the NASDAQ declined 0.03 percent to 4,291.67. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.01 percent to 1,847.71. Leading and Lagging ...

Facebook investors have enjoyed a huge start to 2014, up more than 28%, seventh among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.23 percent to 16,169.19 while the NASDAQ declined 0.27 percent to 4,281.28. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.25 percent to 1,843.09. Leading and ...

“I am going to buy BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY ) and leverage heavily. Maybe buy options rather than the stock. I believe the company’s stock prices are going to go much higher than where they stand ...

Piper Jaffray took a large chunk out of its model portfolio, and in the process eliminated some high-profile names. Here are the stocks that recently got the axe from the Piper Jaffray Model Portfolio....

As the stock market races to new highs, all investors seem to ask the same question. With this much positive momentum, how do I stay involved? How do I not get scorched if a wicked sell-off comes around?...