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(TheStreet) -- The rollercoaster stock market has investors running for shelter in the form of top-rated companies that pay high dividends or mutual funds that invest in them. All U.S. equity mutual fund categories have seen large outflows this year, except for so-called equity-income funds, which...

(TheStreet) -- Hedge funds peeled back the curtain this week to reveal a bit about what biotech stocks they were buying and selling during the second quarter. Funds that manage more than $100 million are required to disclose their equity holdings, options and convertible debt on a Form 13F filed...

(TheStreet) -- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), already the top favorite among hedge funds, gained more admirers in the second quarter, including Eric Mindich and Larry Robbins. Apple was ranked the No. 1 "must-have" stock in the first quarter, according to Goldman Sachs' Hedge Fund Trend Monitor, which...

It's been a rough year for ReneSola (NYSE: SOL), to say the least. But maybe shares have hit bottom and can only go up. Shares of the Chinese manufacturer of solar wafers and provider of solar modules were beaten down to a 52-week low of $2.65 last week, an almost unimaginable fall from their 52-...

(TheStreet) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry missed the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday because he was announcing his candidacy, but he still managed to garner more votes than former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney. Perry's 718 votes edged...

(TheStreet) -- The shocking decline in financial stocks over the past week highlights another opportunity for long-term investors to back up the truck and load up on bank stocks that are trading below their liquidation value. TheStreet has identified 10 actively traded banking names -- large and...

(MainStreet) -- For every freshman on the quad kicking a Hacky Sack and senior at a house party hitting the last cup at a beer pong table this fall, there'll be some "commissioner" out in the real world making sure they follow rules and pay dues for those games once they graduate. Remember the...

(TheStreet) -- Scared investors, some ready to put their life savings under the mattress after the stock market's stomach-churning volatility of the past few days, are being told by professional investors to stay put. The biggest gains come from sudden rebounds, while a diverse mix of assets helps...

(TheStreet) -- The Standard & Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating has investors seeking safer financial havens, and that spells trouble for the biotech sector. A majority of biotech stocks are high risk, unprofitable and burn tons of cash -- three toxic characteristics in an extended...

(TheStreet) -- The next time you head into the kitchen for a snack you may also be able to satisfy your appetite for quality investments. A common bit of advice is that you should invest in what you know, and food is something we all know well. Are there benefits to a "refrigerator portfolio,"...

(TheStreet) -- New York has yet to be destroyed by a giant marshmallow man. There has never been an attempt to rob either Fort Knox or the money room at the Bellagio. Neither dogs nor babies can talk and there isn't much concern of a zombie apocalypse happening any time soon. Movies are often at...

(TheStreet) -- After its first month, Google+ has flown by a few huge milestones, but it hasn't achieved its ultimate goal as the clear successor to Facebook. Google+, Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) social networking site that allows Gmail users to sort friends and share photos, rocketed to 25 million...

(TheStreet) -- Star Trek and I Love Lucy are making CBS (NYSE: CBS) an emerging winner in the media space. The media conglomerate reported profit more than doubled in its second quarter, lifted by its domestic streaming content deal with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) which rakes in new money for old...

(TheStreet) -- There's a reason we said back in March that the Midwest regional story could be a compelling one for long term investors in bank stocks. Out of the 10 Midwest Bank Stocks we highlighted at the end of the first quarter -- based on the upside implied by analysts' consensus price...

(MainStreet) -- While we chide government officials for how they have handled the nation's debt ceiling, many Americans are guilty of similar problems and have the opportunity to learn from Washington's mistakes. While the government crashes into its $14.3 trillion borrowing limit, households...