BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) iShares unit, the world’s largest ETF issuer, added to its lineup of factor-driven ETFs today with the debut of five......
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April 22 - Stock Analysis - Comments
To keep up with Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)’s Twitter Feed Saturday was something like listening to your Aunt Hilda after downing 6 mugs......
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April 17 - News - Comments
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund Investor Shares (MUTF:VWINX) is a balanced fund with a focus on quality income stocks. With the market at elevated levels......
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April 16 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Chevron......
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April 15 - News - Comments
Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) A bad week for the S&P shouldn’t worry you at all. Seriously......
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April 13 - News - Comments
In the same week when Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) paid a fine of $1.7 million for a spill in the Yellowstone River in 2011, the company has again......
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April 9 - News - Comments
Ken Griffin, a billionaire with $4.1 billion in net worth, runs Citadel Investment Group, a financial firm he founded in 1990. The firm is a multi-strategy......
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March 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
“What are your top two stock holdings?” The question strips away opinion, growth projections, and hypotheticals, and shows you a small truth......
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March 18 - News - Comments
After the close of U.S. markets Tuesday, Bloomberg reported Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not be sworn in on Thursday January 10. The likely reason......
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January 11 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the top stock pick among the hedge funds we track. Let’s take a look at one money manager in particular that holds a......
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January 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
A long-standing staple of the ETF business has been, and probably always will be to some extent, the passively managed index fund. An index fund, in most......
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January 3 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Value investors buy stocks of companies that appear to be priced below their intrinsic values based on financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratios......
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December 24 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
It takes a buck to make a buck. That’s true for individual investors and the corporate giants in the S&P 500 alike. Through the history of ......
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December 21 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Blue chip companies in the DJIA, with proven earnings power and consistent dividend growth, are some of the best dividend plays out there. They are usually......
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December 4 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
It appears the dreaded fiscal cliff is good for something. “Something” being the spate of special dividend news investors have been treated......
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November 30 - Stock Analysis - Comments
The price of a gallon of gasoline ranged from $3.27 along the Gulf Coast, to $3.90 along the West Coast in November 2012; ever wonder how much of that......
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November 26 - The Smart Set - Comments
The past few weeks have been rough on crude oil, as the massive commodity has been seeing a major decline in price. But with a sudden drop, this fossil......
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November 16 - News - Comments
Politicians from both sides of the aisle have started to sound a more optimistic tone regarding the chances of avoiding the fiscal cliff. Investors would......
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November 13 - Stock Analysis - Comments
As a new addition to Chicago’s Invest for Kids conference, an emerging manager panel was featured, focusing on managers who are early in their careers......
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November 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company. Our analysis......
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November 6 - Stock Analysis - Comments
According to the CIA World Fact Book, the United States operates the largest single-country economy in the world. Its gross domestic product for 2011......
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November 5 - News - Comments
One of the wealthiest countries in the world, and the richest in Asia in GDP per capita terms, Australia is an unusual mix of a modern market economy......
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November 2 - News - Comments
Major political events can have a powerful effect on the market, particularly oil stocks. And with the presidential election only two weeks away, a big......
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October 25 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Oil has long been, arguably, the most popular commodity on the market, as investors and traders alike look to hop in on the fossil fuel. Though most......
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October 8 - News - Comments
It has a $420 billion market capitalization, so it is nearly halfway to a trillion. It trades at only 10 times trailing earnings, meaning that it is hardly......
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September 27 - Stock Analysis - Comments
