 Reuters About 8.21 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, slightly lower than last year's daily average of about 8.47 billion. On the NYSE, advancers beat decliners by a ratio of more than 2 to 1. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| So You Want to Invest in Stocks Motley Fool Moving from the tangible to the somewhat less tangible, Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY ) is a real estate investment trust that invests in mortgage bonds. Unlike Ford or many of Berkshire's businesses, it's highly unlikely that you'll run into Annaly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stock Market News for August 24, 2011 Zacks.com However, two Virginia based nuclear reactors at operated by North Anna Power Station Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE:D - Snapshot Report) were taken off-line automatically by safety systems.Shares of the company dropped by a percentage point moments ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The Better Way to Get Your Retirement on Target Motley Fool You'll want at least a broad-index US stock fund like Vanguard Total Stock (NYSE: VTI ) , an international stock fund, and a bond fund such as iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond (NYSE: AGG ) . Add further ETFs if you want more diversification. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hot Option Plays: Moody's Remix Daily Markets Yet, despite a 1.1 percent loss in Japan's Nikkei, stock index futures pared their losses on the data and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was able to build gains through morning trading. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) shares rallied 8 percent and are the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Corner Coon Rapids Herald The fishing district was larger than the financial district, and stocks were second to bonds. In the 1880s, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed just a few dozen companies (today it lists some 3100 issues), and a 300000-share day was big volume ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Buying Brocade Will Pay Off for Patient Investors Motley Fool But even though the final $503 million in revenue and $0.09 of non-GAAP earnings per share were above the midpoint of the new guidance, the canary died again. To be fair, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) chose the same day to start taking steps out of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Afternoon Roundup: Today's Top Stories Motley Fool McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP ) , which is involved in such varied activities like publishing books and rating bonds, is said to be worth 40% more if it is divided up and sold in pieces. The company has seen its valuation drop by a third since 2006. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Evolution Of Ticker Symbols San Francisco Chronicle MUNI is the ticker for one ETF that invests in municipal bonds, while KORN is the name of another that invests in grain. Some ETF tickers even suggest positive aspects of a fund's risk or return, such as the Power Shares High Equity Dividend Achievers, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NBR Transcripts-August 24, 2011-Full Episode PBS Nightly Business Report MILLER: It was at the same Jackson Hole conference a year ago that Bernanke laid the groundwork for buying Treasury bonds, known as QE2. That helped ignite an eight-month stock market rally. Many investors are hoping for the same boost to confidence ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bank of America corp: Low stock price could force bank to raise more capital Director of Finance online Bank of America corp (NYSE:BAC) has been left fighting rumours that it may have to raise about $50bn in new capital to bolster its finances amid growing concerns about global financial liquidity. Jefferies' analyst Layla Peruzzi writes: "Our traders ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How to Profit from the Downgrade of Japan and Its Banks IBTimes Canada The downgrade was expected by many, so it didn't have a great affect on the bond or currency markets and the Japanese stock market fell much less than it did in reaction to the recent downgrade of America's credit rating. Another reason why the bond ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why Traders Should Play it Safe for the Rest of the Week Investorplace.com JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) is the stock in the financial complex we keep our focus on, and the hourly chart displays the still unfilled gap from Aug. 18 (much like the S&P 500). Also note the downtrend line originating back in late July coming into play here. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Toll Brothers net income up 55% to $42M in 3Q Bizjournals.com Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported net income of $42.1 million for the third quarter, or 25 centsshare, compared with net income of $27.3 million, or 16 cents a share, for the year-ago period. Toll Brothers, one of the largest builders of luxury ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index Sacramento Bee (NYSE: SCHW) in a deal expected to be completed on or about that date pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com. Oritani Financial provides retail ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| How far can gold fall? Globe and Mail (blog) Gold stocks, which lagged the price of gold when it was charging higher, are getting beaten up worse now. The NYSE Arca Gold BUGS index was down 3.3 per cent in midday trading, following a 3.6 per cent decline on Tuesday. There aren'ta whole lot of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| RLI Declares Dividend Insurance News Net (press release) (NYSE:RLI) - The RLI Corp. board of directors has declared a third quarter regular cash dividend of $0.30 per share, the same amount as the prior quarter. The dividend is payable on September 20, 2011 to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2011 . ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| McGraw Hill worth more in pieces, investors and analysts say Financial Post (blog) Shares of McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHP/NYSE) surged 6% to $40.82 by Wednesday afternoon. The gain was the second-largest in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Thestock had slumped 31% in the past five years through Tuesday, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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