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The United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) is down 7.6 percent in the past month as investors anticipate the next major OPEC meeting this week. OPEC is meeting in Vienna on Friday and Saturday and is expected to discuss potentially raising crude oil production now that prices have stabilized...

Later this week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia meet in Vienna. The cartel and Russia, the largest non-OPEC oil producer, are expected to discuss potentially upping output to take advantage of higher prices. Year-to-date, oil is one of the best-performing commodities...

Alcoa Corp (NYSE: AA) shares have returned 60 percent over the past year, rendering their valuation unattractive, according to an analyst at Citigroup. On Monday, however, the stock plummeted 13 percent after the U.S. Treasury issued a six-month reprieve on sanctions levied on Rusal, one of Alcoa...

The markets shook Wednesday morning as President Donald Trump threatened to fire missiles into Syria in retaliation against the ruling regime’s suspected use of chemical weapons. Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice...

Ex-U.S. equity exchange-traded funds have been popular destinations for investors for over a year, but some investors like the idea of skirting volatility in international markets. This is particularly true with emerging markets stocks. The iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Emerging Markets ETF (CBOE:EEMV...

The markets had been steadily recovering over the last week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each rose 8.4 percent and seemed to be on a stable trajectory — until a common catalyst resurfaced. Both indices fell 1 percent Friday afternoon after Special Counsel Robert Mueller...

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower, while the VIX trended higher Friday as investors grew concerned about rising interest rates and a couple of underwhelming tech earnings reports. Amid the selloff, House Republicans released a declassified intelligence memo...

Each day, Benzinga will take a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened? On this day 26 years ago, the Soviet Union, America’s Cold War rivals for decades, officially dissolved. Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 closed the previous week at...

The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE: DIA) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) initially dropped more than 1 percent on Friday following reports that former Trump administration security adviser Michael Flynn agreed to testify against members of the Trump family and other...

Former security adviser Michael Flynn has agreed to testify against President Donald Trump, members of the Trump family and White House officials on their willful contact with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to Friday reports. Flynn confessed during a Friday hearing that...