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This week, Tilray and Sproutly Canada went public, Sunniva announced plans to spin off its Canadian assets, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals posted positive data for its Phase 2 trial for ZYN002 in Fragile X syndrome, and Zogenix released positive top-line results from its second pivotal Phase 3 study...

The Supreme Court of the United States last month ruled in the case of South Dakota vs. Wayfair (NYSE: W) that states could force retailers based in other states to pay sales tax on purchases made by residents of the states where the retailer is not based. To clear that up using a hypothetical...

The Heavyweights and Cruiserweights of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) have helped strengthen the stock as an Overweight contender on the Street. WWE is up more than 130 percent year-to-date, but Morgan Stanley still considers it a buy. The Rating Analyst Benjamin Swinburne...

Second-quarter earnings season is already off and running, but the party really gets started today with a slew of reports from marquee names in the financial services sector, the second-largest sector weight in the S&P 500. The financial services earning party does not end today, either....

Micro-cap stocks and the related exchange traded funds are delivering some impressive returns, so perhaps it is time for some additions to the fray. Earlier this week, AdvisorShares, one of the largest issuers of actively managed ETFs, introduced the AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro Cap...

S&P 500 member firms delivered some solid dividend growth numbers in the first half of 2018. “Aided by strong earnings and corporate management's confidence in the future, more than 40 percent of the S&P 500 constituents raised their dividends in the first half of 2018,”...

The energy sector is rebounding nicely this year, as highlighted by a year-to-date gain of 6.3 percent for the S&P 500 Energy Index — but better returns can be found in some of the group's subindustries. That includes exploration and production stocks. Exploration and production...

Broadly speaking, single-country emerging markets exchange traded funds are delivering plenty of disappointments this year, but there are some exceptions. One of the most notable is the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (NYSE: KSA). While the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is down more than 10 percent...

It feels like summer just started, but much to the chagrin of kids across the U.S., parents and retailers are already preparing for back-to-school shopping. Not surprisingly, back-to-school shopping season is big business for retailers. “Nearly half (47%) of parents say they expect to spend...

With the World Cup finals looming, the following is not the occasion Brazil was hoping to celebrate, but there is a relevant milestone to acknowledge. On Tuesday, the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSE: EWZ), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to stocks in Latin America's biggest economy,...

Second-quarter earnings is about to commence and the arrival of another earnings seasons brings opportunity for tactical traders to tap leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). “Fom the end of the quarter through the end of the earnings season, the earnings growth rate has typically increased...

After meandering through the first half of the year not doing much of anything, the Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV), the largest health care exchange traded fund by assets, is surging to start the third quarter. Highlighting the newfound strength in the S&P 500's third-largest...