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U.S. stocks rose as investors as the S&P 500 traded at new historical highs and clearing its 2014 losses. Investors shrugged off disappointing earning reports and economic data and chose to focus on several prominent merger and acquisition activities. The S&P 500 hit a new intra-day...

3D printing companies have dominated the news headlines in 2013. As the technology continues to improve, investors can expect the relatively new technology to dominate the headlines even more in 2014 and beyond. Peter Misek, analyst at Jefferies, attended a recent 3D Printshow in New York and...

Go big or go home isn't the mantra of just Olympic athletes anymore. With more pomp, circumstance and security threats than any other global athletic event, the Sochi Olympics may deserve its own medal – or at least those backing it do. The competitive events of The Olympic Partners (TOP)...

U.S. stocks continued its losses on an accelerated basis on Monday. Investors are in clear panic mode following a report that U.S manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace in January. The Dow plunged more than 300 points while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both fell more than two percent as...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will rise and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have...

U.S. stocks fell steeply on Friday as Wall Street recorded its first monthly loss since August. Investors have plenty on their plate to worry about from emerging markets, an earning season failing to ignite excitement and a lackluster consumer confidence that is being felt by many retailers who...

Technology plays a major role in the U.S. economy. It seems like every day there is a new gadget or new way of doing things that didn't exist before. Over the last 15 years or so, technology has changed the U.S. economy at such breakneck speed that even major corporations have had a difficult...

Blame Goldman Sachs and Citigroup for putting the breaks on the rally Thursday and Best Buy didn’t help either by reporting holiday sales figures well below expectations and losing nearly 30 percent of value. The Dow ended down 0.4 percent to close at 16,417.01. The S&P had a more...

Record cold temperatures are gripping much of the nation but expect the U.S. markets to return to business as usual this week now that the holiday season is over. Investors will watch Washington as the monthly jobs report hits the market Friday as well as minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke took to the podium today in what many consider to be his farewell speech. During his tenure, Bernanke developed the nickname "Helicopter Ben," which is likely to stick with him for some time. Bernanke noted, "The FOMC's decision to modestly reduce the pace of asset...

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) has converted part of its debt in USG (NYSE: USG) into more than $600 million of common stock. Berkshire Hathaway and Canadian-based Fairfax Financial acquired $400 million of USG convertible senior notes in a private placement back in 2008. The...

Major indices barely budged Thursday following yesterday's monster rally after the Fed announced it will begin tapering. Overall volume was below average which is typical in the final trading days of the year. Next week will be shortened as investors break for Christmas and a week later for new...

Between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) grew by the largest percentages among U.S. defense stocks. In the days leading up to the federal...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will kick off the new earnings season this week. Analysts are looking for revenue declines from these three, and only Wells Fargo to post year-over-year earnings growth. Since it has dropped out of the Dow Jones...

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), the company behind Call of Duty, Skylanders and the ill-fated Guitar Hero franchise, is seeking independence from Vivendi (OTC: VIVHY). The company had hoped to buy back roughly 429 million shares -- worth $5.83 billion -- from Vivendi earlier this year....