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On April 29, 1952, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) IBM president (and soon-to-be CEO) Thomas J. Watson, Jr. announced to the public that IBM would soon introduce "the most advanced, most...... (read more)

Exchange-traded funds (ETF) like the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD) have many similarities with regular stocks. However, even though it trades like a stock on the market, an ETF is a security that...... (read more)

Three of the longest-serving components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI), past and present, experienced major milestones in their corporate lives on April 24. Two of these were notably...... (read more)

To most stock holders, hedge funds are perceived as unimportant, outdated financial vehicles of years past. While there are over 8000 funds in operation at the moment, we at Insider Monkey hone in on...... (read more)

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (NYSE:FDP) was in 7 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. FDP shareholders have witnessed a decrease in support from the world's most elite money...... (read more)

Thomas Edison's enduring legacy is that of a tireless inventor, but he also happened to be a strong businessman in his own right. However, without the brilliant backing of financier JPMorgan Chase &...... (read more)

Two members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached important development milestones on April 6. One would have far-reaching effects on the global computer industry. The other would provide the world...... (read more)

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) knew it had something big on its hands when it introduced the System/360 series of mainframe computers on April 7, 1964. Legendary International Business...... (read more)

The Bakken oil boom, upon which so much of the United States' domestic energy revival depends, is popularly thought to have begun in the latter half of the 2000s. Improved drilling technologies, particularly...... (read more)