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This weekend's Barron's cover story examines why investors should be wary of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Other featured articles discuss how to find opportunities in preferred stocks and which utilities now look undervalued. Also, see the prospects for a natural gas play, an...

Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...

Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...

It was a Black Monday of sorts for oil and natural gas company Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), down 34 percent after reports surfaced that the company is working with restructuring attorneys Kirkland & Ellis. The drop off indicates the market saw a relationship with the firm as a...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's makes a case that the price of oil will bottom at $20 a barrel. Why a recovery in oil means a recovery in stocks is also discussed. Other featured articles focus on mutual funds, master limited partnerships and biotech companies. Oil could fall as low as...

Many of the blue chips and household names have already reported their first-quarter results, but earnings season continues this week. Highlights on the earnings front will include Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN). Wall Street forecasts call for earnings growth...

Even with volatility having returned to the markets, insider buying of stocks has remained strong, including among certain players in the struggling energy sector. Most prominent recently have been significant insider buys of Chesapeake Energy, Jabil Circuit and Opko Health. Insiders may sell...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) kicked off retail earnings season last week, though its strong quarterly earnings were overshadowed by news of its wage hike. More big retailers take turns in the earnings spotlight this week, including Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:...

October's jobs numbers are due at the end of the week, but before then there are plenty more earnings reports on the docket. Analysts are looking for year-on-year earnings growth from the likes of: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG...

U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday as the Dow Jones index traded lower by 206 points before recouping most of these losses. However, the index closed the day in negative territory for the sixth straight day, despite encouraging U.S. labor data being reported. Speaking to Bloomberg, St. Louis...

U.S. stocks were little changed as uncertainty in Ukraine remains with comments out of Poland's government suggesting that the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased over the past day. NATO's deputy secretary general shared similar sentiments and stated that Russia...