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Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. For the second week in a row, Bill Gates sharply increased his stake in a water and energy company. Some financial companies also saw notable insider buys this past week. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10...

Analysts were pleased with the recent positive earnings surprise and guidance. But short sellers piled on the stock in the most recent settlement period. Note that top insiders have sold shares as well. While Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE: BK) saw some analyst upgrades in the wake of its...

Fourth-quarter results from the big banks have been unimpressive so far. Analysts are looking for some earnings growth from Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) this week. Wall Street expectations are lower for Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Citgroup, JPMorgan and Wells...

Shares of LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC) have lost nearly 50 percent year-to-date. The company's CEO continues to maintain a view that its peer-to-peer lending structure hasn't been impacted by the Madden v. Midland case. Michael Tarkan of Compass Point Research maintained a Sell rating and $12 price...

Earlier this week, the Bank of New York Mellon suffered a system breakdown, which has affected the computer programs running hundreds of mutual and exchange-traded funds. The glitch has kept the funds from giving investors updates on the values of their holdings, a significant problem in...

This weekend in Barron's online: Yale goes to Singapore, Barron's 20th annual broker survey, as well as the prospects for sovereign funds, Bank of New York Mellon, Dillard's, Foot Locker, Whirlpool, Century Communities and more. Cover Story "Yale Goes To Asia" by Leslie P. Norton. Can a first-class...

Secondary offerings by small biotech companies have brought out the insider buyers recently, as did the sell-off following Microsoft's disappointing quarterly report. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that they really only buy shares of a company for...

U.S. stocks were lower as leaders from Britain, France, Germany and Canada have all made their respective countries position clear that Russia will face further sanctions if air investigators are not given full access to the crash site in Ukraine. Israel continued its ground offensive in the...

U.S. stocks rose as many questions remain unanswered following the crash of MH17 over the unstable region of Donetsk in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence sources speculated the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile but cannot confirm who was responsible. Investors appear to focus on...

U.S. stocks rose as earning season unofficially kicked off with Citigroup reporting better than expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average set new intra-day records, hitting an all time high of 17,088.43 as investors appear to be comfortable with holding blue chips instead of...

After Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) kicked off the second-quarter earnings season last week, things ramp up this week with reports from many of the big banks, some tech giants and other blue-chips. Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) get...

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...

Alcoa may have reported disappointing results last week, but the fourth-quarter earnings season really kicks off this week with reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) on Tuesday. Big name financials will be well represented this week, with results due from the likes of...

Among the financial stocks that analysts at Credit Suisse expect to flourish in the coming year are private equity firms Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) and Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), as well as investment broker giant Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and asset manager State Street (NYSE: STT...

The third-quarter earnings crunch is underway this week. The financial sector will be well represented, with quarterly reports due from the likes of Goldman Sachs and American Express, as well as the tech sector, highlighted by Google and Intel. Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are among the...