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Well, that was fast. An 18 percent rally during July had Bitcoin investors feeling good for the first time in months. The world's largest cryptocurrency briefly broke above $8,000 and exceeded 6 billion in 24-hour trading volume late in July. That marked the first time it reached those numbers...

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been on the move this week, surging as high as $387.46 following a tweet by CEO Elon Musk that he had “funding secured” to take the company private at a price of $420 per share. In the days following Musk’s tweet, however, Wall Street demonstrated...

For traders that need some more juice with the FANG stocks and other big-name Internet and technology stocks, some new leveraged exchange-traded notes are designed to provide just that. On Thursday, Rex Shares introduced MicroSectors FANG+ Index 2X Leveraged ETNs (NYSE: FNGO), MicroSectors FANG+...

August is here and if history holds true to form, this could be a challenging month for domestic stocks. Over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 averages a loss of 1 percent in the eighth month of the year, according to EquityClock.com. That makes August the worst month of the year for the S&P...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), the largest U.S. company by market value, reported earnings Tuesday after the close of U.S. markets. Data from the world of leveraged technology exchange traded funds (ETFs) suggest some traders were establishing short-term bearish positions ahead of the iPhone maker'...

Semiconductor stocks and the related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have stumbled a bit in recent weeks due to escalating fears about the trade spat between the U.S. and China. The technology sector depends on ex-US markets for a substantial portion of sales and chipmakers are a big part of that...

Bitcoin rallied another 6.2 percent on Tuesday, breaching the $8,000 level for the first time in two months. The cryptocurrency is now up 17.4 percent in the past week, but at least one technical indicator is suggesting the bitcoin rally may be overbought. What To Know According to CoinDesk,...

The Energy Select Sector Index (IXETR) is up about 4 percent, underscoring a solid performance by the resurgent energy patch. Starting Friday, second-quarter earnings reports will test the energy sector's mettle as a slew of big-name sector components reports over the coming days. What Happened...

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc (NYSE: AJRD) stock traded lower Thursday after short seller GlassHouse Research accused the company of accounting shenanigans and misleading earnings reports. GlassHouse alleges that Aerojet Rocketdyne has abused its percentage of completion accounting practices...

In a speech on Wednesday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb ripped drug makers for blocking competitors from bringing potentially cheaper biosimilar drugs to the market. On Thursday, Citron Research, which is known for its short theses, tweeted that Gottlieb’s...

The auto and agriculture industries are getting plenty of headlines related to the international trade war. However, B. Riley analyst Dave Kang says the trade war could have a big under-the-radar impact on the optical components industry as well. What To Know President Trump’s proposed...

The second quarter earnings season is upon us, meaning traders and investors are primed to take advantage of volatile moves in stocks.  There are many ways to trade a stock before and after it reports earnings. Traders looking to keep it simple can buy or sell a stock outright, or they can use...

On Monday in Helsinki, President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, producing a firestorm of controversy and criticism in the traditional media as well as social media. Eschewing politics to focus on investing, the S&P 500 closed modestly lower yesterday while the MVIS Russia...