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U.S. stocks experienced an upward trend today, with the Dow Jones climbing over 130 points to 44,156.73. The NASDAQ surged by 1.3% to 20,009.34, while the S&P 500 rose by 0.6% to 6,086.37. These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors throughout the day:...

U.S. stocks were in the red at the end of trading on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 0.25% lower at 37,266.67, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.56% to 4,739.21. The Nasdaq ended the day down 0.59% lower at 14,855.62. These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail...

The alternative investments platform, YieldStreet has just launched two new structured note portfolios to its list of investment offerings.  Structured notes are hybrid securities that are issued as debt, but whose outcomes are tied to the performance of an underlying stock. Each structured...

This weekend's Barron's cover story discusses how the U.S. economy could soar as the pandemic fades. Other featured articles discuss why big pharmaceutical stocks are cheap, the outlook for the aerospace industry and what comes next for three meme stocks. Also, the prospects for an...

This weekend's Barron's takes a look at the expected winners and losers following Donald Trump's election victory. The prospects for a leading biotechnology product development company and a prominent financial services company are also examined. Other featured stories offer...

According to recent reports, investment banking giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) is planning to open a consumer lending unit that will offer loans to customers through a website or an app in a similar way that LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC). Jeffery Harte, principal of Sandler O'Neill...

Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and State Street (NYSE: STT) not only passed the latest Fed stress test, but analysts see some headroom for the shares. The Federal Reserve announced the results of the latest so-called stress tests...

A research report this past week from Credit Suisse analysts featured financials Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), as well as energy plays Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO), as picks for the remainder of 2014. The momentous rise in the stock...

The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...

Major indices reversed Monday's losses and posted strong gains following a better than expected retail sales report and a luke-warm start to earnings season. Related: Stocks Higher, But Dollar Indecisive After Retail Sales Release Philidalphia's Fed chief Charles Plosser said that he wants QE...

This weekend in Barron's online: recommendations for investing in Latin America, as well as the prospects for Twitter, Discover, Boeing and Covanta. Cover Story "The New Latin America" by Reshma Kapadia. After more than a decade of solid returns, Latin American stocks are down eight percent so...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE) and BlackBerry (NYSE: BBRY). Analysts are looking for solid year-over-year revenue growth from both, as well as earnings growth from the former and a narrowed net loss from the latter. Others on deck to share...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will be the reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL). Analysts are looking for marginal year-over-year growth of earnings and revenues from both of them. Others on deck to share quarterly results this week include General Mills (NYSE: GIS),...