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With oil prices surging, the energy sector is getting in on the act. Predictably, that's been good news for the Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: ERX). ERX attempts to deliver triple the daily returns of the Energy Select Sector Index. As of April 12, ERX was sporting an April gain of...

FIS Astec Analytics released its latest list of the most popular stocks among short sellers. The new list includes mostly under-the-radar names that traders are betting have further downside ahead. Here’s a rundown of the hottest stocks among short sellers. Top Pick: Tellurian Oil prices...

St. Joe Co (NYSE: JOE) plunged as much as 5 percent Tuesday after Kerrisdale Capital issued a short report on the firm’s “overhyped real estate holdings.” “The bull thesis for St. Joe rests on the company’s ability to transform remote land, which no one can...

The following five stocks are currently in the midst of very strong trends and, according to VantagePoint, are likely to continue in that direction for the time being.  Best Buy Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) has somehow found a way to buck the trend in retail stocks, rising 70 percent...

The Ira Sohn Investment Conference moved multiple stocks Monday as the Street’s most prosperous and prescient investors proposed their best trades. Here’s what they had to say. Oleg Nodelman Ecor1 Capital’s managing director likes Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: ASND) and its...

Earnings season is important for all stocks, but Morgan Stanley’s equity research team came out with a report earlier this week highlighting a dozen stocks they will be watching closely this earnings season. The 11 stocks mentioned below each have earnings reports or other bullish catalysts...

The Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: GUSH) closed Friday with an April gain of over 34 percent, making it the second-best performer among Direxion's leveraged bullish exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on a month-to-date basis.   These gains are...

This week, over 15 percent of the S&P 500 stepped into the earnings confessional. Next week, that number increases dramatically as over 40 percent of S&P 500 companies report quarterly results.   The primary reason why the number of earnings reports jumps next week is the onset of...

It's only April, but AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN) has already had several pieces of good news from their drug pipeline.  In January the FDA approved the breast cancer drug Lynparza, which the company was collaborating with Merck Inc (NYSE: MRK) on. In February, its...

The big banks have started off the first quarter earnings season by exceeding analyst expectations, but that hasn't stopped Wall Street from punishing them.   The Financial Select Sector Index fell 1.5 percent on Friday following earnings results from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (...

Russian stocks and the corresponding exchange traded funds have been in the spotlight recently as the country continues its support of controversial Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russia ETFs were punished after al-Assad reportedly ordered a chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma, which...

As promised, BlackRock Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, launched a small-cap ETF excluding shares of gunmakers. The iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF (CBOE:ESML) debuted earlier this week. The new fund is designed to provide...

In light of the S&P 500's tight trading range, the index has traded between 254-266 for 13 straight trading days, there are stocks that are making strong moves. Here are five stocks to watch this week according to VantagePoint, a platform that uses artificial intelligence and Intermarket...

Longfin Corp (NASDAQ: LFIN) stock has been all over the map lately, plummeting 80 percent in a two-week stretch before surging 80 percent Thursday after CNBC interviewed CEO Venkat Meenavalli. What Happened The Longfin story has numerous moving parts at the moment, including FTSE...

After a huge run-up in semiconductor stocks, some investors are growing concerned about lofty valuations. One of the best ways for investors to mitigate risk in a particular sector is to use pair trades; a new commentary from Stifel suggests Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Advanced Micro...