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SEC, FINRA: 5 tips to avoid penny stock scams
By Melanie WaddellPenny stocks aggressively promoted as great investments may be stocks of dormant shell companies, alert warns.
October 24, 2014
’Tis the Season for Small-Cap Stocks: Delaware InvestmentsTwo small-cap portfolio managers expect increased M&A activity along with share buybacks, debt reduction and dividend hikes.
October 21, 2014
Should Investors Take Advantage of Cheap Oil?Low energy prices have many positive ramifications for the economy, forecasts from LPL and Janney Montgomery Scott say.
October 17, 2014
Ritholtz: The Easy-Money Stock Market Is OverThere's a palpable tension in the equity markets, Barry Ritholtz writes. So what is happening beneath the surface?
October 06, 2014
S&P 500 Companies Spend 95% of Profits on Buybacks, PayoutsCompanies in the Standard & Poors 500 index really love their shareholders. Maybe too much.
October 02, 2014
Wells Fargo Research Analyst Told Trader What Stocks to BuyEx-Wells Fargo analyst Bolan and trader Ruggieri benefited so little from their alleged insider trading, it's hard to tell if they broke laws intentionally.
September 29, 2014
Growth Stocks Beating ValueDisagreement is the only thing value and growth equity investors can ever seemingly agree about. And thus far this year, it's investors who favor high-priced…
September 23, 2014
Small-Cap Woes: It’s All About Rates (Not the Death Cross)But does the weakness in small-cap indexes present a short-term trading opportunity?