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Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Nissan North America, Inc. (OTC: NSANY) today reported July U.S. sales of 84,601 units versus 82,337 units a year earlier, an increase of 2.7 percent. Nissan Division sales increased 6.4 percent for the month at 77,191 units. Sales of Infiniti vehicles decreased 24.1 percent from the prior year,...

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE: ADM) reported a decline in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit. Archer Daniels Midland reported its quarterly profit at $381 million, or $0.58 per share, down from $446 million, or $0.69 per share, in the year-earlier period. Analysts were expecting earnings of $0.85...

Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) reported a 99.4% decline in its Q1 net income and raised its annual earnings outlook. Toyota's quarterly net income dipped to 1.16 billion yen ($15 million), from ¥190.47 billion, in the year-ago period. The company posted an operating loss of 108 billion yen ($1.4...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Hyperdynamics (NYSE: HDY) is a “very speculative stock.” He advises investors “not to buy above $5 a share.” Cramer said that Magnum Hunter Resources (NYSE: MHR) is “too risky right now.” He added, “I would rather go with...

General Motors Company (NASDAQ: GM) releases its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 4, 2011. Here's Benzinga's advanced look at General Motors' second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of $1.21/share and revenues of $36.71 billion...

Foxconn announced this morning that it is going to add 1 million robots to its assembly lines to help with production of products such as the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, iPhone and other products manufactured there. There are supposedly 10,000 robots working at the factory now, and that number is...

Allstate Corp (NYSE: ALL) swung to a second quarter loss on Monday. Allstate reported a quarterly loss of $642 million, or $1.19 per share, versus a profit of $441 million, or $0.27 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its catastrophe losses surged to $2.34 billion, from $96.8 billion, in the...

US stock futures are higher this morning, after Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives reached an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 119 points to 12,207.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 8.50...

Honda Motor Co (NYSE: HMC) reported an 88% decline in its quarterly profit and lifted its full-year outlook. Honda reported its April-June profit at 31.7 billion yen ($406 million), down from 272.4 billion yen, in the year-ago period. Honda now projects a 230 billion yen ($2.9 billion) profit...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) to report its Q2 EPS at $2.06 on revenue of $9.32 billion. Humana shares dropped 0.01% to $74.57 in after-hours trading. Analysts expect Allstate Corporation (The) (NYSE: ALL) to report its Q2...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and entry/exit points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Wednesday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

The S&P 500 (SPX) took a major hit in Wednesday's trading session, finishing down 27.05 points, or 2.03%, from Tuesday's close to 1304.89. The selling began just after the opening bell, and the index extended its losses throughout the session, closing near the low of the day (1303.49), as...